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Sweet charity & medieval guilt

Posted in Academics & Research on January 16, 2013

Adam Davis has just won a prestigious National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship to study charitable practices in medieval France.

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Dressed in time

Posted in Academics & Research on November 29, 2012

Denison’s newly digitized Historical Costume Collection showcases fashion from times gone by.

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In thanks

Posted in Beyond Campus on November 12, 2012

In honor of Veteran’s Day, we tell the story of one local man—and a former Denison faculty member—whose World War II sacrifice ensured our freedom.

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A tribute to irreplaceable wisdom

Posted in Voices of Denison on June 15, 2012

Cathy Dollard ’88 reflects on the impact of her former teacher and (now former) colleague, Professor Emeritus of History Don Schilling.

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Tales from the bottom

Posted in Beyond Campus on April 16, 2012

Denison Magazine will be in the mail next week, and we have a sneak peek featuring a lost Kentucky community.

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An inside look at history

Posted in Academics & Research on March 19, 2012

The Orangeburg Massacre, one of the first violent civil rights confrontations on an American college campus, is the subject of a new book by faculty member Jack Shuler.

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Illustration from John Lydgate's Siege of Troy, showing the Wheel of Fortune held/turned by the Quene of Fortune.

Feeling lucky?

Posted in Academics & Research on March 15, 2012

In honor of St. Patrick’s Day, we set out to learn a little about luck.

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A meeting of historical minds

Posted in Academics & Research on February 20, 2012

A class studying the history of Granville hears from President Knobel that the village’s true identity lies in its past.

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Granville’s beginnings

Posted in Academics & Research on January 13, 2012

Professor Bill Kirkpatrick traces the early history of our hometown in his new book published by the Granville Historical Society.

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Interpreting the past, preparing for the future

Posted in Academics & Research on December 7, 2011

History professor Mitchell Snay looks back with a new book on Horace Greeley and looks ahead with a deep appreciation of the liberal arts.

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While visiting campus last week as part of the 2011-12 campus theme, "Migrations," author and historian Ira Berlin had lunch with Assistant Professor of History Lauren Araiza's senior seminar students. Berlin, who has written extensively on American history and particularly on the history of slavery, lectured later that evening on "The Making of African America: The Four Great Migrations."

History over lunch

Posted in Sights & Sounds on October 13, 2011

Dr. Ira Berlin visited campus to give a lecture. He also joined in that great DU tradition of hanging out with the students.

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Arts and sciences with The Works

Posted in Beyond Campus on February 10, 2011

It’s just one of the ways that students and profs help local schoolchildren to learn, but it might be one of the most fun.

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In search of song

Posted in Beyond Campus on January 12, 2011

She was a talented musician, but it was her work as a folklorist and oral historian that will help to preserve Ohio’s musical past for generations to come.

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