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Five members of the faculty participated in the Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, held at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, June 9-12, 2011.  Also known as the “Big Berks,” the academic gathering (held once every three years) is the largest, most prestigious… Continue Reading MSU Historians Active in Berks Conference

Graduate students from history, anthropology, and WRAC have launched http://www.gradhacker.org, a website offering advice on productivity, teaching, technology, and wellness. Profhacker has written a post about the launch of the website here: http://ow.ly/57AT6. The department’s very own Micalee Sullivan and Alex Galarza helped build the… Continue Reading MSU Grads Launch Gradhacker.org

CBC Radio Program “The Bridge” featured an interview about Professor Javier Pescador’s documentary on homophobia and youth titled “Just Because I am…” Listen to the interview here: CBC’s “The Bridge”

Professor Ronen Steinberg has been awarded a residency research fellowship at the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies at the University of Michigan for the academic year 2011-12.

Kristina DuRocher, who graduated from the department with a BA in 2000, has just published her first book, Raising Racists: The Socialization of White Children in the Jim Crow South, with the University of Kentucky Press (2011). She is assistant professor of History at Morehead State… Continue Reading Alumna Book Published