A Watched Pot Never Boils
With the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing civil unrest, historians, educators, and the general public once again fixated on the “long hot summers” of the 1960s. Wher...
With the murder of George Floyd and the ensuing civil unrest, historians, educators, and the general public once again fixated on the “long hot summers” of the 1960s. Wher...
Hadrian’s Wall dig reveals oldest Christian graffiti on chalice
Lead piece etched with religious iconography found in remains of 5th-century church
Lead piece etched with religious iconography found in remains of 5th-century church
Senior History Major - and history student mentor Josie Landers spent her summer at home in Phoenix where she had to wait until sunset for the temperature to be below 110 degrees!
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OK, even though 2020 just will not stop broadcasting from The Horrible Channel, there are bright spots. For today’s good vibes reflection, we offer libraries and librarians (like our own Dr. Bee Lehma...
Professor Fleming, our resident genius (MacArthur Fellow), packed up a trunk-full of food, a backseat’s worth of books and headed to a little house in Vermont that used to belong to Rudyard Kipling, f...
History major Emily Browder, class of 2022, has been gardening this summer to keep sane! Filling bird feeders, planting milkweed for monarch butterflies, and trying to help the bee population in IL.
History major Nick Claudio, class of 2022, survived the summer of 2020 with the help of some waterskiing on a lake in Bristol, N.H.
History Major Patrick Halm, class of 2021, spent the summer biking around Boston practicing his photography. patrickhalm #historyisthebestmajor
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Daniel Hood on successfully defending his dissertation - and being the first in the department to do it on zoom. Fantastic work, Dr. Hood!
History majors! How did you survive the summer of 2020?
Prof. Ismay did some kayaking on a very still lake in NH.
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The earliest domestic cat on the Silk Road
We present the earliest evidence for domestic cat (Felis catus L., 1758) from Kazakhstan, found as a well preserved skeleton with extensive osteological p...
We present the earliest evidence for domestic cat (Felis catus L., 1758) from Kazakhstan, found as a well preserved skeleton with extensive osteological p...
Large DNA Study Traces Violent History of American Slavery
Scientists from the consumer genetics company 23andMe have published the largest DNA study to date of people with African ancestry in the ...
Scientists from the consumer genetics company 23andMe have published the largest DNA study to date of people with African ancestry in the ...
ICE Confirms New Foreign Students Can't Take Online-Only Course Loads In The U.S.
The agency says Friday that guidance granting visa flexibility to international students only applies to those who ...
The agency says Friday that guidance granting visa flexibility to international students only applies to those who ...
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After Finding No Evidence Hat Was Abe Lincoln's, Illinois Historian Is Out Of A Job
Samuel Wheeler is out as state historian months after finding no new evidence a multimillion dollar stovepipe hat...
Samuel Wheeler is out as state historian months after finding no new evidence a multimillion dollar stovepipe hat...