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Breadth and depth of research and perspectives exemplify Latin America in Cold War conference

Posted: Nov 13, 2009
In the aftermath of the Second World War, Latin Americans found themselves caught in the emerging struggle between the world’s two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union.

Dr. Toyin Falola receives Africana Studies Distinguished Global Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award

Posted: Nov 6, 2009
Prof. Toyin Falola received the inaugural Africana Studies Distinguished Global Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award from Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) on Oct. 31, 2009.

Bill Gates praises Dr. David Oshinsky's book "Polio: An American Story"

Posted: Nov 4, 2009
Bill and Melinda Gates gave a presentation at the Sidney Harman Hall Theater in Washington, D.C. to launch the Living Proof Project.

Professors Jacqueline Jones and Tracie Matysik win Hamilton Book Award runner-up prize

Posted: Oct 30, 2009
The winners of this year’s University Co-operative Society's Robert W. Hamilton Book Awards were announced on Wednesday, Oct. 28,  2009 at the Four Seasons Hotel.

Dinner at the White House

Posted: Oct 29, 2009
History's H.W. Brands was among nine of America's most distinguished historians and scholars invited to dine with President Barack Obama at the White House during June 2009.

Prof. Emeritus Philip White dies

Posted: Oct 28, 2009
Philip White, professor emeritus of American history, died Oct. 15 at the age of 86.

Historian examines Coca-Cola, Latin America diplomacy and globalization

Posted: Oct 22, 2009
How does Coca-Cola help us explore questions of globalization and U.S. business and diplomacy in Latin America?

Prof. Al Martínez publishes book on origins of Einstein's relativity

Posted: Oct 1, 2009
Albert Einstein's theory of special relativity undermined the physics that had been established by Isaac Newton and which was widely admired for over two centuries as a paragon of human certainty.

Third edition of History Dept. Alumni Newsletter published

Posted: Sep 30, 2009
The Department of History publishes the third volume of its Alumni Newsletter in September 2009.

Prof. Emeritus Monas, former POW, taught for generations

Posted: Sep 1, 2009
When Sidney Monas was taken in as a German prisoner of war during World War II, he remembers being huddled in boxcars – cold, hungry and dehydrated – as he was transported all over the German railroad network to Nuremberg.

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