Month: October 2010

Still Time to Register for the 17th Annual Michigan Council for History Education Conference! The 17th Annual MCHE Conference will be held on Thursday, November 4, 2010 at the Ramada Inn in Lansing, Michigan. This year’s theme is:  Bringing History Home: Local Stories, Global Context… Continue Reading Register for the 17th Annual MCHE

Professor Javier Pescador’s photography exhibit at AADL has been featured in the Stage & Canvas section of the Real Detroit Weekly e-magazine. See more at the link: http://www.realdetroitweekly.com/detroit/stage-and-canvas/Content?oid=1387884

Dr. Ethan Segal will be presenting a paper titled “From Samurai to Sources: Teaching Critical Thinking in the Pre-modern Japanese History Classroom” at the DePaul University Teaching Japan conference in Chicago, held on Friday, October 29, and Saturday, October 30, 2010. Conference details, including the list of… Continue Reading Professor Segal to present paper at DePaul University

For generations the Day of the Dead has been a unique and sacred festivity for people of Mexican descent on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border. El día de los Muertos, an ancient Mexican celebration in which families reconnect with departed ancestors, provides a special… Continue Reading 2010 Day of the Dead Celebration at MSU November 2, 2010