Department News

Spring 2013

May 2013

History Ice Cream Social
Saturday May 12, 2013
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
International Commons

History Department faculty welcome our seniors and their families to this annual event to celebrate the graduation of our majors and to announce department awards on the day before commencement.

April, 2013

Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Induction Ceremony
Friday, April 19, 2013 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Alliot Student Center - Vermont Room

History Senior Theses Presentations
Saturday, April 20, 2013
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location TBD

Dean's Reception
Saturday, April 20, 2013
4:45 pm - 6:00 pm
Ross Sports Center

The reception will feature student poster sessions, including a presentation by two students from Dr. Jennifer Purcell's History 424 (Honors) course, Europe in World War II (Colby MacDonald and Lea Gipson).

March 2013

History Department Pre-registration Meeting with Pizza
Monday, March 18, 2013
5:30 pm - 6:30pm
Saint Edmund's Hall Farrell Room 

Planning on taking a history class next semester? Want to hear about the courses being offered in Fall 2013? The History professors will be there to explain the classes and answer any questions you may have.

The Annual "Norbert A. Kuntz Memorial Lecture" Series        
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
4:30 pm
McCarthy Arts Center Recital Hall

leslie brown

Leslie Brown, Ph.D. Associate Professor of History, Williams College will present: Long Before the Movement Started: “Persistent Protests”, a focus on organized direct action civil rights activities before the 1960s’ and a critique on the way we learn civil rights activism.  A book signing will follow immediately after the lecture.

Humanities Center Inauguration
Monday, March 25, 2013
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Saint Edmund's Hall - Farrell Room

Address by Dr. Tom Simone (Department of English, University of Vermont); 7:30 pm concert by Blue Heron (McCarthy Arts Center)

The Edmundite Catholic Liberal Arts College