HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Students need more uniform teaching of Constitution, historians say Source: The Oklahoma U Daily 2-28-12 Instructors need to teach the U.S. Constitution to all students in a stimulating way to create well-educated citizens who are aware of their responsibilities, according to seven panelists in a [...]
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History Buzz February 28, 2012: David McCullough, Gordon Wood: Students need more uniform teaching of US Constitution, Historians say at panel “The Teaching of Constitutional History in the 21st Century University”
Posted by bonniekaryn on February 28, 2012
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History Buzz February 22, 2012: Daryl Michael Scott: Historian finds Carter G. Woodson manuscript
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Historian finds Woodson manuscript Source: West Virgina NPR, 2-22-12 Download MP3 A Howard University professor visited Marshall University yesterday to discuss his discovery of Dr. Carter G. Woodson’s lost manuscript. Woodson was a graduate of Douglass High School in Huntington and later served as the [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on February 22, 2012
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History Buzz February 10, 2012: Peniel Joseph: Stetson University presents civil rights / social justice lecture by historian
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Peniel Joseph: Stetson University presents civil rights/social justice lecture by historian Source: Florida Courier, 2-10-12 Stetson University presents author and historian Dr. Peniel Joseph to speak on “Stokely Carmichael and American Democracy in the 1960s” as part of the university’s civil rights and social justice [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on February 10, 2012
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History Buzz February 9, 2012: Hasan Jeffries: ‘New wave’ Civil Rights historian shares untold past
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP ‘New wave’ Civil Rights historian shares untold past Source: The DePauw News, 2-9-12 Martin Luther King, Jr. and Jackie Robinson made great strides for Civil Rights, but Ohio State University professor Hasan Jeffries says social movements take more than just a great individual. “When you [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on February 9, 2012
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History Buzz January 31, 2012: Fred Anderson: Noted historian to speak on empire and liberty at Western Michigan University
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Noted historian to speak on empire and liberty at Western Michigan University Source: WMU News, 1-31-12 Anderson A historian in wide demand for his views on a variety of historical topics will address an audience next month at Western Michigan University as a visiting scholar. [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on January 31, 2012
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History Buzz January 30, 2012: James Gelvin: Professor explains Arab Spring events in book “Rethinking the Arab Uprisings One Year Later”
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORIANS SPOTTED Professor explains Arab Spring events in book Source: Daily Texan Online, 1-30-12 Guest lecturer James Gelvin delivers a lecture titled “Rethinking the Arab Uprisings One Year Later” on campus Monday evening. Gelvin was hosted by the Center for Middle Eastern Studies to discuss the causes and developments of [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on January 30, 2012
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History Buzz January 25, 2012: Kenneth Swopes: Ball State professor recalls his sabbatical in China & research on Ming Dynasty
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Ball State professor recalls his sabbatical in China Source: BS Daily News, 1-25-12 DN PHOTO EMMA FLYNN Kenneth Swopes, associate professor of history explains his research about the Ming dynasty while pointing out relics that have helped him with his research. He talked about his [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on January 25, 2012
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History Buzz January 25, 2012: James Davis: Civil War lecture to be history professor’s last at Illinois College
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Civil War lecture to be history professor’s last at IC Source: Jacksonville Journal-Courier, 1-25-12 Illinois College invites the community to attend a presentation on how Illinois College and the Jacksonville community were involved in the Civil War. Historian and Illinois College Professor Emeritus of History [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on January 25, 2012
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History Buzz October 13, 2011: Pauline Maier Constitution worth study
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORIANS’ SPOTTED Source: Jackson Sun, 10-13-11 Massachusetts Institute of Technology history professor and author of “American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence,” Pauline Maier reminded students from all over West Tennessee that the U.S. Constitution is about the rights of its people. “(The Constitution) is [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on October 16, 2011
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Charles Ogletree: Civil Rights Seminar Provides Basis for Book
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: The State, 5-23-11 A day and a half seminar last week in Charleston on the late U.S. Judge Waties Waring and his landmark 1951 dissent in the South Carolina case that led to the overturning of America’s racial segregation laws will be the basis for a book. The book [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on May 23, 2011
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AHA Panel: Historians Criticized as Often AWOL From Public Debate Over ‘War on Terror’
HISTORY NEWS & SPOTTED: Source: Chronicle of Higher Education, 1-12-11 Many historians say a key difference between the Vietnam War and today’s U.S. military involvement in Afghanistan and Iraq is that far fewer members of their profession are stepping forward to be public critics of policies associated with the “war on terror.” Participants in a [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on January 12, 2011
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