Tom Jay Cinq Mars has won a Provost-sponsored research
grant to study the history of the Spanish Civil War.
In Summer 2007, Jay-- a double major in History and
Spanish--will travel to Salamanca, Spain, to work in
Los Archivos de la Guerra Civil Espaņola.
Cynthia Walker has won a Northeastern University Undergrad Research Grant to study the day to day functions of the Mount Rushmore National Park near Rapid City, South Dakota. Ms. Walker will use the grant to shadow a ranger, study crowd control, aid in several projects that are planned for the park, and investigate the landscape.
Rebecca Dufendach, History BA/MA student has won a Provost's Research Grant for her project, "Mexican Women's Social Activism." Ms. Dufendach will use the grant to travel to Mexico in the summer of 2007 to conduct research on the role of women in the Oaxaca teachers' strike of 2006 and its historical antecedents.
History major, Jahel Dumornay has been awarded a Provost Research Grant to continue research for her project, a study of the colonial foundations of racial distinctions and racial conflict in Rwanda
History majors also collaborate with faculty in the Faculty-Undergraduate Research Initiative (FURI) funded by the College of Arts and Sciences.
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Samantha Christiansen, Graduate Student in the History Doctoral Program has had her paper, "We are All Angry: Violence, the Angry Brigade, and British Counterculture," accepted for the EU funded conference, "Confronting Cold War Conformity: Peace and Protest Cultures in Europe 1945-1989" to be held at Charles University, Prague in August 2008.
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In Spring 2008 the Department of History inaugurates the Global History Seminar with Aviva Chomsky, Sugata Bose, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto, Joyce Chaplin and Eliga Gould.
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History is pleased to announce that Professor Katherine A. Luongo has joined the Department as of September 2007.
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Diversity Dissertation Scholar Charissa Joy Threat has joined the department
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Samantha Christiansen has been awarded a second
US Department of State Critical Language Scholarship.
Stephanie Boyle has been awarded the
Fulbright Dissertation Fellowship.
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The History faculty at Northeastern has been ranked 14th in the nation in a new measure of scholarly productivity, along with Northeastern's English faculty. This new study, called the Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index, the first of its kind, is a quantitative analysis of faculty productivity at 354 universities around the country.
In a world marked by increasing exchange between peoples, cultures and societies, history has taken on new importance as key to understanding contemporary issues such as the future of democracy, the nature of citizenship and rights, the foundations of racial and ethnic conflict and tolerance, poverty and prosperity as well.
History at Northeastern emphasizes both the study of national and regional histories and the global intersections of nations, regions, and cultures. Faculty research and teaching focus on Africa, Asia, North America, Europe, Russia and the Soviet Union, the British Atlantic world, the Middle East, and on the histories of race, imperialism and colonialism, violence and war, women and gender, the environment and public history.
Students in the History major work closely with research faculty to develop a critical understanding of the past, and to hone their intellectual and analytical skills. Experience in conducting original research is a hallmark of the undergraduate program.
Northeastern University History majors have gone on to pursue careers in law, university and college teaching and scholarship, secondary school education, journalism, government agencies, and in public history as film-makers, archivists and administrators of historical sites.
The Department of History maintains strong ties to a variety of interdisciplinary programs in the College of Arts and Sciences, including Women's Studies, East-Asian Studies, International Affairs, Jewish Studies. History is part of the new School of Social Science, Urban Affairs and Public Policy.
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