On Saturday, May 4, the History Department held its annual Honors and Awards Luncheon, in recognition of the academic excellence and civic achievement of our undergraduate students this past year. A number of students were also formally inducted into Phi Alpha Theta, the national honors society for history. Thank you …
As a first-year history student, I started Professor Amanda Lewis-Nang’ea’s class on the Anti-Apartheid Movement in South Africa with very limited knowledge on the subject matter. At the beginning of our semester, we were assigned a project that would act as a sort of capstone to this class – a …
This past fall I had the unique opportunity of initiating my own dek hockey (ball hockey) program at the Dansville Primary School and Community Center. As a Community Advocates Ambassador, I was awarded a $3,500 grant through the Geneseo Center of Integrative Learning to implement a program addressing youth recreation …
The skills learned in the SUNY Geneseo History Department are widely applicable to work outside of college. During the Fall 2018 semester, I interned at the Livingston County Planning Department at the Government Center in town. Though this internship was set up through the Geography Department and requires GIS mapping …
It’s been a busy semester in the SUNY Geneseo Department of History! Here’s some of what our faculty has been up to over the past few months. Catherine Johnson Adams (Associate Professor, U.S. History) was appointed to a term as co-chair of the Black Studies program, together with Maria Lima …
Research into Sherman’s March to the Sea and the role of African Americans led me to a better understanding of why historical analysis is an important skill. Throughout the research process, I was taking all these primary source accounts of the Civil War at face value and was temporarily lost …
I spent last semester living and interning in Washington, D.C. through the SUNY Washington Internship Program. I’ve always wanted to work in politics or government in some capacity in Washington after finishing school, but I never dreamed I would have an opportunity to live and intern in D.C. during my …
This past summer, I spent five weeks in Ireland. The first week, I was travelling around the country with my mother and grandmother. The last four weeks I worked in the Irish National Heritage Park, just outside of Wexford Town doing an archaeological dig. It was… the best experience of …
Hello and WELCOME! When Dr. Battles invited me to address you today, I immediately said, yes, I would be thrilled, and I meant it. I am honored to be a part of your Geneseo origin story. I knew I had been offered a unique and important opportunity, although it came …
This announces an extended deadline for proposals for the 68th annual meeting of the New York State Association of European Historians (NYSAEH) to be held at D’Youville College in Buffalo, NY on October 5-6, 2018. The NYSAEH invites proposals for papers or panels on any topic in European history or Europe’s …
