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The Department of History would like to congratulate Professor of History Dr. Glenn Chambers as he was recently recommended to serve as the interim dean of Michigan State University’s Residential College in the Arts and Humanities (RCAH).   Dr. Chambers has been serving as interim dean… Continue Reading Professor of History Dr. Glenn Chambers recommended as interim dean of Residential College in the Arts and Humanities

Justin Crouch, a senior majoring in psychology (with a minor in history) was recently awarded the Henderson Family Award, making him the first-ever recipient of the award.   The endowed award is given annually and is open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors from all majors within Michigan State… Continue Reading Psychology and History student Justin Crouch is the inaugural recipient of the Henderson Family Award

“I think that in today’s world we can learn more by looking back on how our historical events impact the way we act today and there’s a lot of discussion that is going on about gender performance and what is gender, what is sexuality and… Continue Reading Senior Kaya Wilske presents at Mid-Sure 2023

Michigan State University Associate Professor of History Dr. Yulian Wu recently published the Chinese translation of her book: Luxurious Networks: Salt Merchants, Status, and Statecraft in Eighteenth-Century China with Social Sciences Academic Press (China).  Wu has given three book talks in China in July. On… Continue Reading Dr. Yulian Wu publishes Chinese translation of Luxurious Networks: Salt Merchants, Status, and Statecraft in Eighteenth-Century China

Dr. Amy Simon, Farber Family Endowed Chair in Holocaust Studies and European Jewish History and Assistant Professor in History, James Madison College, and the Serling Institute for Jewish Studies and Modern Israel, recently published the book, Emotions in Yiddish Ghetto Diaries: Encountering Persecutors and Questioning… Continue Reading Dr. Amy Simon publishes Emotions in Yiddish Ghetto Diaries: Encountering Persecutors and Questioning Humanity