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 …
We’ve had a busy few months here in the History Department! Here’s a round-up of some of the individual and collective achievements of our faculty. In October, SUNY Geneseo Provost and Professor of History Stacey Robertson opened the annual Historians Against Slavery Conference at the International Slavery Museum in Liverpool, England. …
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 …
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 late December, 1776, and early January of the following year, General George Washington led his troops into battle – and won two unlikely victories that effectively saved the American cause in the Revolutionary War. On January 5, Professor Michael Oberg appeared on the radio show “WXXI Connections with Evan …
Professor Michael Oberg will appear on tonight’s episode of WXXI’s “Need to Know”, where he will discuss the historical and political background of the Standing Rock Protests and the Dakota Access Pipeline. Tune in to WXXI-TV, Channel 21.1 and Cable 11 or 1221 at 8pm on December 15.
Professor Michael Oberg’s newest book, Peacemakers: The Iroquois, the United States, and the Treaty of Canandaigua, appears in print this week. Professor Oberg will be appearing at several events this year to commemorate the 220th anniversary of the Treaty. You can read more about his work and the historical and …
We have another publication to celebrate – Michael Oberg’s Professional Indian: The American Odyssey of Eleazer Williams has now been published by the University of Pennsylvania Press. This is Oberg’s sixth major book and will be followed later this year by a monograph on the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua. Professor …
Professor Michael Oberg has been featured in a number of recent events in connection with two major forthcoming research projects on the 1794 Treaty of Canandaigua and the 19th century missionary Eleazer Williams. This past week, Oberg was one of the featured panelists on “WXXI Connections with Evan Dawson”, a …
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 …
