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Our department is committed to deeper conceptualizations of cultural heritages from across the globe.
Winston-Salem, NC
Joined November 2013
We are hiring a VAP for next year to teach the history of the Americas & the World. Apply by 4/21.
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Next Wed. 3/29 at 4pm: join us to hear historian Elizabeth Williams share research from her forthcoming book on agrarian transformation in the early 20th c. eastern Mediterranean.
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Wonderful profile of WFU history alum Nolan Dahm's work on restoring a Rosenwald School in Charlotte.
magazine.wfu.edu
Nolan Dahm (‘19, MAEd ‘20) is working to restore a piece of Black history through the renovation and relocation of a Rosenwald School in Charlotte.
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Today at #WFU, March 15 – Professor @RajMohan_Gandhi will offer a biographical look at the life of his grandfather, Mahatma Gandhi. The talk, “Lessons for the 21st Century” will be held from 6-7:15 p.m. in Carswell Hall, Annenberg Forum. @RaisurRahmanWFU @WFU_HST
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Mon., March 13, historian & biographer Rajmohan Gandhi will explore connections between his grandfather Mahatma Gandhi’s advocacy for peaceful, nonviolent change & the words and work of civil rights activist Rev. MLK Jr. @WFU_HST @WFUAfAmStudies
https://t.co/1HRMp8DaQX
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Join us for the 2023 Forrest W. Clonts lecture with Victor Lieberman, this Thursday (3/2) at 4pm
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Join us Thursday at 4:00pm to hear @BethLewWilliams discuss her new project on the policing of Chinese migrants in the American West.
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Students: the history department offers funding for summer internships. Come find out more on Tuesday 2/21 at 4pm. See flyer below for more information.
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Reminder: coming up next week!
February 22: join us via zoom to hear from Jagna Kofta on "Russia's War Against Ukraine: A Continuing Refugee Crisis" #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar
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February 22: join us via zoom to hear from Jagna Kofta on "Russia's War Against Ukraine: A Continuing Refugee Crisis" #Ukraine #UkraineRussiaWar
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Last week, our former colleague Howell Smith passed away. He was beloved by his students and was instrumental in diversifying the department's content and faculty. This profile, written when he retired in 2007, highlights just some of his qualities.
commencement.news.wfu.edu
Howell Smith, professor of history By David FytenOffice of Creative Services Howell Smith grew up in the 1940s and early 1950s in Farmersville, Texas, an onion-growing town of 2,000 people, 30 miles...
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@WFU_HST major George Gristina & minor Abbie Warren gave a guided tour to Prof. @BarryCTrachtenberg ’s HST 102 class on the history of the deportation of Venetian Jewry, 79 years ago. #deacsabroad @wfustudyabroad.
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This semester Prof. Barry Trachtenberg is teaching WFU students abroad in Venice, where they are learning about the history of modern Italy through literature, documents, and visits to historical sites.
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Reminder: our position in Modern Continental European history closes soon. Please see the link below for more information.
Wake Forest is hiring for a tenure track job in Modern Continental European history (excluding Russia). Applications due 11/1. Please circulate and apply. https://t.co/7OBQssXEt9
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In one week, I will be moderating a conversation with scholars Elizabeth Herbin-Triant and Wanda Hendricks about Black family, community, resistance, and opportunity in segregated Winston-Salem through global Black activist Madie Hall Xuma's early years. I hope to see you there!
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You can now listen to WFU historian Barry Trachtenberg's recent book, The Holocaust & the Exile of Yiddish, as an Audiobook!
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At Undergraduate Research Day last week, History major Josh Singh presented his research on Indo-Caribbean Resilience in the New World, based on archival research he conducted in Guyana and Trinidad & Tobago this summer. Congratulations Josh!
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