The History Department invites you to submit outstanding paper/s for the annual writing awards (which look impressive on your resume and include a certificate and a check). Award winners will be announced at the annual history alumni/ae and awards dinner on Saturday April 21st at the InterFaith Center. Please submit your paper to the History Department office by Friday April 6th. …
Sick of staring at the blinking cursor on your computer screen? Don’t know where to start with paper revisions? The History Department will be offering free tutoring help starting this Monday. If you’re in a history class and you need help with editing a paper, developing a thesis, using primary …
Lake of Betrayal, a national public television documentary which explores the history of Kinzua Dam on the Allegheny River in Warren, Pennsylvania and its impact on the Seneca Indians whose lands were taken for the reservoir and floodplain, will be given a theatrical screening on Wednesday, November 15, at 7pm …
Graduates of SUNY Geneseo’s History Department take with them the skills and knowledge they need to achieve some interesting things in life. Here’s a round-up of just some of the things our alums have been doing recently. Justin Vossler (’11) When he graduated from Geneseo in 2011, Justin Vossler took …
Professor Michael Leroy Oberg’s revised textbook, “Native America: A History, Second Edition,” hit college bookstore shelves just in time for the new academic year. Oberg, a SUNY Distinguished Professor of history at Geneseo, says that the new edition includes expanded discussions on the law and native history since World War …
When applying to Geneseo as a seventeen year old, the list of majors intimidated me. While deciding which box to check, I crossed out math and science because I despised chemistry and algebra. However, this still left me with a big decision to make. I knew history was a subject …
Over fifty people attended the SUNY Geneseo Medieval Banquet at the Yard of Ale restaurant on April 21. This event, co-sponsored by the History Department, brought together students, faculty, and community members who contribute to our Medieval Studies minor. Attendees dined on medieval-inspired dishes, were introduced to the love songs …
On Saturday, April 22, 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 …
Earlier this month, the History Department co-hosted a series of panel discussions as part of Geneseo’s annual honoring of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his legacy. Civil Rights Campaign veterans Freddie Greene Biddle and Jennifer Lawson, together with Shaketa Redden (Black Love Resists in the Rust, Buffalo) spoke with …
There are two different – but equally misinformed – reactions that I get when I tell someone that I am a history major. Either, “wow, that must be so boring,” or, “what could you possibly do with that?” These reactions are indicative of a profound misunderstanding of what the study …
