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Professor Emeritus Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum recently published a chapter in Detroit-Moscow-Detroit: An Architecture for Industrialization, 1917-1945 (M.I.T. Press). The book’s first chapter, Valerian Osinskii, the American Automobile, and the Campaign to Overcome Russian Roadlessness in the 1920s-1930s is Siegelbaum’s contribution.   The chapter describes how… Continue Reading Professor Emeritus Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum publishes chapter in Detroit-Moscow-Detroit: An Architechture for Industrialization

By: Emily Jodway History major Megan Smejkal is one of 10 MSU students nominated for the prestigious Marshall Scholarship. Megan is majoring in History, Economics and Political Science in the College of Social Science. She is a graduate of Prospect High School in Mount Prospect, Illinois. … Continue Reading History student nominated for the Marshall Scholarship

Michigan State University Associate Professor of History Dr. Karrin Hanshew was recently awarded a research grant from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst/German Academic Exchange Service for fall 2023. In addition to spending time in German archives, Dr. Hanshew will be affiliated with the History Department at… Continue Reading Associate Professor of History Dr. Karrin Hanshew awarded research grant from the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst German Academic Exchange Service

Michigan State University Department of History Professor Emeritus Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum’s chapter: Sowjetunion und Russische Föderation, was recently published in Migration und Migrationspolitik in Europa 1945-2020, eds. Jakob Schönhagen and Ulrich Herbert (Gottingen: Wallstein Verlag, 2023). This chapter covers migration and migration policies in the… Continue Reading Professor Emeritus Dr. Lewis Siegelbaum publishes book chapter

As part of Michigan State University’s celebration of the 150th anniversary of the Beal Botanical Garden, three members of the History Department community helped to curate an exhibit at the Broad Art Museum.  History alumnus Bill Hodgkins, Lab for Education and Advancement in Digital Research… Continue Reading History Department members help curate exhibit celebrating Beal Botanical Garden