The Department of History and American Studies was delighted to welcome new inductees to the Phi Alpha Theta honor society this past week. Phi Alpha Theta is the academic honor society founded in 1921 to “promote the study of study of history through the encouragement of research, good teaching, publication, and the exchange of learning […]
The Department of History and American Studies is pleased to announce the upcoming lecture by Dr. Roger Connor, “Counternarratives in Public History: Aviation and Criminality.” Dr. Connor is a curator and historian at the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC. His lecture will take place on zoom on Tuesday, February 16, 4pm-5:30pm. […]
The Department of History and American Studies is delighted to announce that Sarah Pietrowski has earned the national Phi Alpha Theta Undergraduate Scholarship award. This award is granted for excellence in scholarship to competing History majors in their senior year, along with a $1,000 scholarship to accompany it. We are happy to cheer Sarah and […]
Application Deadline: March 15, 2020 or when 350 applications are received (please see details below) This summer, be a part of a transformational experience that goes beyond just another internship. Through hands-on activities and original research, you will contribute to a national effort to share a diversity of women’s voices from the past and present. […]
Mexican Muralism Abroad: The Diplomacy of Arte Popular, 1920–1940 Davida Fernandez-Barkan PhD Candidate Harvard University Smithsonian Institution Predoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian American Art Museum Thursday February 20 Melchers 207 5pm For more information contact Dr. Allyson Poska aposka@umw.edu Image:Alfonso Xavier Peña, Rural Education, 1937. Oil on Canvas. Embassy of Mexico in France, Paris
