The students and faculty of the History Department have been working hard to prepare for GREAT Day 2017, our annual college-wide symposium celebrating the creative and scholarly endeavors of the students here at Geneseo. Looking for a sneak-peek of what’s in store, historically speaking, on April 25? Check out this …
The students in our Spring 2017 research seminar “Hacking the Middle Ages” (HIST 302) collaborated on recreating medieval Paris using digital mapping techniques and drawing on the Description de la ville de Paris (1434). Here they team up again to tell us what they learned about digital history, trial and …
“Denial” is based on one of the most high-profile libel cases in recent years: when David Irving sued historian Deborah Lipstadt in 2000 for writing that he was “one of the most dangerous spokespersons for Holocaust denial.” The ensuing trial, dramatised in this recent movie starring Rachel Weisz and Timothy …
We continue our student Q&A series Isabel Owen (’19), who’s majoring in history and creative writing. We talk about the importance of approaching history from the bottom up, and the links between history and social change. Is there a particular kind of history (field, approach, time period, theme) that you’re …
This post was co-written by Tom Garrity ’17 and Jen Galvão ’19, two of four Geneseo students who currently work as interns for the SNCC Digital Gateway Project and enjoy every minute of it! The SNCC Digital Gateway – coordinated by the SNCC Legacy Project, Duke’s Center for Documentary Studies …
We were pleased and proud to host our fourth annual Teacher’s Day event here in the History Department on Friday, March 10. Approximately 50 high school history teachers from 17 school districts in the region came to hear Geneseo faculty members review scholarly trends in U.S. and global history. Faculty …
In the first of our series of Q&As with current SUNY Geneseo history majors, we’re chatting with Jenna Lawson (’18), about what she finds fascinating about history, her career goals, and why Richard Pryor would be a great person to have a cup of joe with. Why were you …
Join us in the scenic Genesee Valley! The Department of History at SUNY Geneseo is seeking applicants for a Visiting Assistant Professor position in global history with a focus on East Asia, South Asia, or Africa to begin August 2017. The appointment is for one year, and there is a possibility of …
Well done to our many history majors who presented talks at the Phi Alpha Theta Western New York Regional Meeting 2017 at SUNY Brockport on March 4! All of their presentations were based on independent research which they have undertaken in courses here at Geneseo, and covered topics ranging from …
Professor Cathy Adams will give a talk this Sunday in the Livingston County Historical Society Museum on how the Underground Railroad operated in this area. The talk is free and open to the public, and all are encouraged to attend. Professor Adams has been a member of the Geneseo faculty …
