History Newsletter

Read the latest edition of the history department newsletter

Inside you will find:

• Spring greetings from Jennifer Hevelone-Harper, department chair
• First Annual History and Vocation Symposium
• News from Gordon's archives
• Alumni news
• Senior honors theses
• Sabbatical reports

Newsletter | Spring 2019 (PDF)

Read the spring 2018 edition of the history department newsletter

Inside you will find:

• Greetings from the Chair - Steve Alter
• New book published by Professor David Goss
• Class News and Updates
• Student News
• Alumni news

Newsletter | Spring 2018 (PDF)

Read the fall 2017 edition of the history department newsletter

Inside you will find:

• 500th Anniversary of the Protestant Reformation 
• Symposium and Franz Lecture speakers
• Vining's Shakespeare exhibit
• Student field trips
• Thesis presentations
• Alumni news

Newsletter | Fall 2017 (PDF)

Read the spring 2016 edition of the history department newsletter

Inside you will find:

• Professor Goss's Side-Gig
• Study Abroad News
• Students' Experiences in the Field
• Thesis Presentations
• Alumni News

Newsletter | Spring 2016 (PDF)

Read the fall 2015 edition of the history department newsletter

Inside you will find:

• Faculty transitions
• Senior thesis presentations
• Alumni news

Newsletter | Fall 2015 (PDF)

Read the spring 2014 edition of the history department newsletter
Inside you will find:

• Museum Highlights from Boston
• Historical Endeavors in France
• Teaching the World’s Teachers
• The Museum of Russian Icons
• Understanding Islam
• Student Achievements
• Celebrating Freedom

Newsletter | Spring 2014 (PDF)

Read the fall edition of the history department newsletter
Featuring: Ancient, Medieval, and Early Modern History at Gordon
Inside you will find:

• Adventures in Budapest
• Conference on Faith and History at Gordon
• Illuminating the World
• Four Students Chosen to Attend Oxford Summer Seminar
• Honors Theses and Graduate Studies
• Upcoming Events

Newsletter | Fall 2013 (PDF)

Read the spring edition of the history department newsletter
Inside you will find:

• Conference on Faith and History at Gordon
• Introducing a New Faculty Member
• History Reinscribed
• Syriac Comes to Gordon
• Putting Shoe Leather on History
• Seniors Defend Honors Theses

Newsletter | Spring 2012 (PDF)

Read the fall edition of the history department newsletter
Featuring: A Message from the Chair; Student Travel News
Inside you will find:

• Greece Through the Eyes of History (and Faith)
• Zimbabwe and the (Mis-) Uses of History
• Shapes of Things Long Past
• Athens by Way of Japan
• History Alumnus Awarded Notre Dame Teaching Fellowship
• History Department to Host CFH Annual Meeting

Newsletter | Fall 2011 (PDF)

Read the spring edition of the history department newsletter
Featuring: Student Icons, and an Alumna's View from the Middle East
Inside you will find:

• Teaching World Religion in the Middle East
• 7th Annual JAF Debate
• Salem Museum Grand Pre-Opening
• Summer at the Institute for Public History
• Tal Howard on the American Religious Experiment
• Seniors Defend Honors Theses
• History Alumnus Awarded Tenure-Track Position at MIT

Newsletter | Spring 2011 (PDF)

Read the fall edition of the history department newsletter
Featuring: Jerusalem and Athens Forum: A Student Perspective
Inside you will find:

• Engaging Ideas in History: Jerusalem and Athens Forum, by Laz Macilla
• History Department Hosts Genzo Yamamoto
• Love, Sex, and Marriage in the Modern West
• Educating Future Leaders in the Islamic World
• Welcome Back to History Alumni
• Announcing the Inaugural Old Town Hall Lecture Series

Newsletter | Fall 2010 (PDF)

Read the fall edition of the history department newsletter
Featuring: Global Engagement and a Tribute to David Franz
Inside you will find:

• David Franz, Pioneer for American Higher Education
• New David Franz Fellowship for International Students
• Fullbright Scholars Program Brings a Muslim Scholar to Gordon, by Kaelyn McBride
• Exciting New May Term Offerings
• An Internship in Asian Export Art, by Nicole Lucey
• Pioneer Village: A Student Perspective, by Thomas Hunter

Newsletter | Fall 2009 (PDF)

Read the spring edition of the history department newsletter
Featuring: Lincoln's Birthday Celebration, Dong Wang, and Senior Theses
Inside you will find:

• The discovery of Lincoln campaign banners, by Alice Kahley
• An Interview with Dong Wang, by Emily Boyer
• Pioneer Village: Salem in 1630 Re-opens, by David Goss
• Alumni Spotlight: Working in Korea, by Dawn Hersey
• History Department Award Winners
• Saving History: Binding Honors Theses, by Calen Rubin
• This Year's Senior Theses

Newsletter | Spring 2009 (PDF)

Read the fall edition of the history department newsletter
Featuring: History in Orvieto
Inside, you will find:

• A letter from Orvieto Professor Agnes Howard
• A Student's Perspective, by Lauren Nash
• Monastero San Paolo, by alumnus Nick Hanlon
• Francis of Assisi in Orvieto, by Wendy Murray
• Department News and Updates
• Sabbatical Reports, by History Faculty

Newsletter | Fall 2008 (PDF)

Read the spring edition of the history department newsletter
Featuring: History in Education
Inside you will find:

• A Letter from Chair Jennifer Hevelone-Harper
• Department News and Updates
• For the Love of History, by Erin Zingarelli
• Alumni Reflections, by Matthew Oosting and Kim Tahan
• Sabbatical Reports, by History Faculty

Newsletter | Spring 2008 (PDF)

Read the fall edition of the history department newsletter
Featuring: Global History
Inside you will find:

• A letter from Acting Chair Steve Alter
• Gordon's China Program, by Professor Dong  Wang
• Self-Reflections of a Young Historian, by Christine Lindner
• From Gordon to Tokyo, by Hiromu Nagahara
• Reflections on Greece, by Gordon Seniors

Newsletter | Fall 2007 (PDF)

Read the spring edition of the history department newsletter
Featuring: Public History 
Inside you will find:

• A Letter from Professor David Goss
• What's New in the History Department
• This year's honors thesis students
• Updates on Alumni in Public History
• The Stephen Phillips House, by Megan MacNeil '00

Newsletter | Spring 2007 (PDF)