On Friday, March 14, the History Department hosted its first “Teachers’ Day” event. Conceived of as an opportunity to put Geneseo History faculty in touch with local high school educators, the event attracted 45 teachers representing districts in Livingston, Monroe, Genesee, Steuben, and Wyoming Counties. Morning workshops led by Joe …
In October, the History Department hosted the annual Bill Gohlman Memorial Lecture in Global History. We had Tim Nicholson (class of 2004 and currently Assistant Professor at SUNY-Delhi) on campus to speak on “East African Students in a Post-Imperial World”. We had terrific student turnout for an impressive presentation on Tim’s research …
The History Department is pleased to announce the program for the 2014 Teachers’ Day, which will be held on campus on Friday, March 14. This program will include workshops intended for K-12 social studies educators, including graduates of the History program at Geneseo. A full program and information on registration …
Professor Kathy Mapes is one of the featured experts on the NPR broadcast/podcast of BackStory with the American History Guys with a segment on “The Anti-Imperialist Farmer”. You can listen to the full show at http://backstoryradio.org/shows/green-acres-2/. Congratulations!
In April, the History Department presented a number of excellence awards to Geneseo students. We congratulate the following award recipients as well as our May 2013 graduates. Scholarships and Awards Dr. Katherine J. Beck Prize for Outstanding Senior History Major: Co-Awarded to Justin Shapiro and Cory Young Senior Award for …
The department extends its congratulations to the History Department’s three 2013 SUNY Chancellor’s Award recipients. Justin Behrend received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Michael Oberg received the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, and Emilye Crosby won the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in …
The department would like to extend its condolences to the family of Professor Emeritus Bill Derby, who passed away on July 26, 2013. Professor Derby retired from a position in the History Department at Geneseo in 1993 after 35 years at the College. By all accounts, he was a remarkable …
In April, Geneseo hosted the annual West/Central New York Phi Alpha Theta (History Honors Society) conference. Geneseo students represented the College extremely well. Twelve students made presentations and once again our students did wonderful work, winning three of the six best paper prizes (awarded to Lila Chambers, Peter Olsen-Harbich, and …
In April 2013, The Lamron profiled David Tamarin as he transitioned into retirement after nearly thirty years at SUNY Geneseo. The write up is here David has been with the department since 1984, teaching courses on Latin American history, US-relations with the Caribbean and Latin America, the history of Spain, …
The department is delighted to report that recent history graduate Cory Young was awarded the inaugural COPLAC (Council of Public Liberal Arts Colleges) David J. Prior Award for “a student whose academic career has been shaped by the transformative power of the liberal arts and sciences experiences at a COPLAC …
