The Yelling for History club was founded by a group of students at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities who took HIST 3053 Ancient Civilizations: Rome with Loren Cowdery in spring 2018. The group mixes roleplaying, history, public speaking, debates, reenactment, politicking, and much more into games that are inherently designed for learning by doing.
16 top historians predict how future generations will remember the politics of the year 2018. One of these historians is Professor William P. Jones of the history department, who believes 2018 was a pivotal year for the American worker.
“We tend to forget how central employment is to our lives. It doesn’t just shape who we are at work; it shapes who we are outside of work,” says Professor William Jones about his research on public sector employment. The relationship between employment and inequality is one that has persisted through history.
“The more you learn, the less you realize you know.” For Kathryn Huether, a PhD student in musicology, this statement summarizes her experience in this transcontinental graduate seminar. Professors Leslie Morris’ and Mary Jo Maynes’ course takes a deeper look into the records of the past while questioning the selection process.
Billy Bigham highlights the advantages of an interdisciplinary undergraduate career. Find out how a double-major in Russian and history prepared him for law school.
After taking a course on the US in the world and seizing a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to study abroad in South Africa, senior Abby Yates has become fascinated by the politics of music. Now, she studies music ambassadors to uncover just how much power music has on politics in the United States.
"I decided to be a historian because I want to tell stories and histories that are often overlooked in Indian country," says John Little, a PhD student who is thrilled to be a part of a growing wave of new Native scholars who are changing the field of Native studies and history.
Nate Garvis (BA '85, history) works with people who want to shape the future, but as a history major, understanding the past helps him understand the people he meets and places he visits now. A lover of learning, he is grateful for the "thirsty mind" and ability to see from different perspectives that his liberal arts education has given him.
Two graduate students from the Heritage Studies and Public History program, Denise Pike and Kacie Lucchini Butcher, have curated an art exhibit that reveals the history of racial segregation in Minneapolis.
Trying to make sense of the country’s latest debate over immigration is Erika Lee, a professor in the Department of History and the Asian American Studies Program, a Regents Professor and director of the Immigration History Research Center (IHRC). A faculty member since 1998, Lee has been working to connect US immigration history to contemporary conflicts over immigration and race erupting across the country and worldwide.
Katerina Clark, a native of Australia, has taught at SUNY Buffalo, Wesleyan University, the University of Texas at Austin, Indiana University and Berkeley. Her present book project,...
What does it mean to teach religion in public? Is the task of religious studies instructors different at a public university? The US has decided constitutionally not to define religion—...
The Jury Trial in Ancient Greece: A Revolution in Justice with Implications for the Modern World The Lauritsen Lecture series brings a distinguished historian of the ancient world to the...
Latinos shaped this country and its culture even before there was a United States. Historically, however, museums have overlooked the Latino experience despite the fact that Latino history...
