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 …
Professor Emilye Crosby appeared on a recent episode of WXXI’s Need to Know, discussing how and why educators should address the Black Lives Matter movement in the classroom. Professor Crosby has been a member of the Geneseo faculty since 1995. She studies African-American history and the history of civil rights. …
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 Cathy Adams and Justin Behrend appeared this week on “Connections with Evan Dawson”, a radio program airing on Rochester NPR affiliate WXXI, to discuss perspectives on African-American history. Behrend’s recently-published book, Reconstructing Democracy, was discussed extensively. You can read more about the program and listen to the conversation here.
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 …
