History Archive

Simon Haeder, West Virginia University – Lessons from the Past on Healthcare

Governments taking away healthcare is actually quite rare. Simon Haeder, assistant professor of political science at

Sahana Mukherjee, Gettysburg College – History and National Identity

We like taking pictures of moments that reflect the best of our shared history. Sahana Mukherjee,

Joseph Bennett, Carleton University – De-Extinction

Should we bring species back from extinction? Joseph Bennett, assistant professor and conservation biologist at Carleton

Shelby Putt, Indiana University – Functional Brain Networks and Early Stone Tools

To view history, let’s dig into our brains instead of the Earth. Shelby Putt, postdoctoral research

Mary Bendel-Simso, McDaniel College – The New History of Detective Fiction

Detective fiction has been around longer than Dickens and Poe. Mary Bendel-Simso, professor of English at

Lorie Vanchena, University of Kansas – Poetry of World War I

We’ve seen and heard a lot of stories from WWII – but what about WWI? Lorie

Damayanthie Eluwawalage, Albright College – An Alteration on Fashion History

Have we been studying fashion incorrectly? Damayanthie Eluwawalage, assistant professor of fashion design at Albright College,

Chris Austin, Louisiana State University – DNA from Museum Specimens

Can you extract DNA from museum specimens? Christopher Austin,associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences

Kishwar Rizvi, Yale University – Iran and Global Exchange in the Early Modern Period

What if art was seen as a more important part of our culture? Kishwar Rizvi, associate

Ruth Thompson-Miller, University of Dayton – Jim Crow’s Lasting Impact

The lasting impacts of Jim Crow can’t always be seen with our eyes. Ruth Thompson-Miller, assistant