History Archive

Michael Zalot, Cedar Crest College – Historic Legacy of Once-Popular Arcade Redemption Tokens

The digital world is quickly bringing to an end to a lot of physicals items and

Ryayo Terao, New York City College of Technology – 13 Driver’s Licenses

The history of World War II is still being unearthed many decades later. Ryayo Terao, associate

Tripti Bhattacharya, Syracuse University – Clues from the Pliocene

As the climate changes, what can history teach us about the future? Tripti Bhattacharya, Thonis family

Miriam Wallace, New College of Florida – Free Speech and the 1780s Elocution Movement

Exercising rights can be key to a healthy society. Miriam Wallace, professor of English and gender

Gregory Kaliss, York College of Pennsylvania – Discovering the Real Wonder Woman

Who was the inspiration for Wonder Woman? Gregory Kaliss, assistant professor of history at York College

Sarah Abreveya Stein, University of California Los Angeles – The Intersectional Space of a Vichy French WWII Labor Camp in the Algerian Sahara

There are still stories from World War II that need to be told. Sarah Abreveya Stein,

Marilynn Desmond, Binghamton University – Christine de Pizan on Gender and Warfare in the Middle Ages

Writers who lived through war can help bring different perspectives to these conflicts. Marilynn Desmond, distinguished

Wolf Gruner, University of Southern California – #LastSeen Project: Unknown Pictures, Untold Stories of the Holocaust

Photos of the Holocaust are still being found. Wolf Gruner, Shapell-Guerin Chair in Jewish studies and

Jerald Podair, Lawrence University – When History Rhymes

Being a sore loser in a presidential race has historical precedent. Jerald Podair, professor of history

Lou Roper, SUNY New Paltz – Making Slavery β€˜Normal’ in English America

On SUNY Distinguished Professor Week: The history of slavery should continue to be talked about. Lou