History
51Թ history graduate inspires removal of ‘Lost Cause’ scholar’s name from prestigious Civil War book award.
51Թ historian wins NEH-Mellon fellowship for digital publication.
Patty Limerick, faculty director and chair of the board of 51Թ’s Center of the American West, will play a central role in Colorado’s historic effort to reassess names of state landmarks.
David Shneer’s winning project highlights Holocaust survivors who ‘commemorated murdered Jews in the very country that orchestrated their murder’
“Epidemics highlight the fault lines in our society,” says 51Թ history Professor Elizabeth Fenn, a Pulitizer Prize winning writer and scholar of epidemics.
Coronavirus interview with leading historian Susan Kingsley Kent
One of those stories is Hazel Schmoll, an alumna who became the first 51Թ graduate to land a Vassar faculty position.
She was inspired partly by 51Թ’s Patty Limerick, who has served as Colorado state historian
Historian to speak at 51Թ Oct. 23 on protests against growing control by China.
The topic is timely and important, but discussions about it are mired in ideology and falsehoods, says William Wei, 51Թ and state historian.