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History Department Begins Three Year Active Learning Initiative

3/14/2023 by : Claire Perez , Department of History

Active learning methods encourage students to engage in their learning by thinking, discussing, investigating, and creating in their courses.

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'Staying Real: The War on Truth—And How to Win It'

10/26/2021 by : Claire Perez , Department of History

Brookings Fellow Jonathan Rauch will address misinformation in his talk "Staying Real: The War on Truth—And How to Win It."

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Seymour lecture focuses on Japan’s Olympic history

10/4/2021 by : Claire Perez , Department of History

Historian Ken Ruoff will discuss the Japan that was on display during the Olympics in 1940 and 1965 at this year’s Harold Seymour Lecture in Sports History.

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Should hatemongers and extremists have free speech rights? Cornell lecture

9/13/2021 by : Claire Perez , Department of History

Hate speech is increasingly discouraged, even banned, by many institutions and media platforms. But allowing open forums for all speech -- including hate speech -- is essential to democracy.

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Researching the cultural impacts of climate change on Italy

3/30/2021 by : Claire Perez , Department of History

Kevin Bloomfield, a Ph.D. candidate in history, publishes the paper - Beyond One-Way Determinism: San Frediano's Miracle and Climate Change in Central and Southern Italy in Late Antiquity, which examines the cultural impacts of climate change in Italy during the first millennium by studying scientific data and historical records.

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Ottoman history video reaches hundreds of thousands

2/19/2021 by : Claire Perez , Department of History

Faculty member Mostafa Minawi collaborated with the TED_Ed team to create a short primer for students.