Cornell History

Tomorrow is Cornell Giving Day!

Amy Bass, author of One Goal, and Professor of History at the College of New Rochelle will present this year’s Seymour Lecture in Sports History.  The title of her talk:  Listen to the Athletes for a Change:  Race, Politics, and Sports.  The talk is free and open to the public.

Amy Bass to present Listen to the Athletes for a Change:  Race, Politics, and Sports. The Seymour Sports History Lecture, sponsored by the Department of History with a generous grant from George Kirsch, is March 8 at 4:30PM.  free and open

Tonight at 9PM on PBS national:  Professor Magaret Washington will be featured in the new PBS documentary, "'Tell Them We Are Rising': The Story of Black Colleges and Universities," directed by filmmaker Stanley Nelson.  http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2018/02/historian-margaret-washington-pbs-film-feb-19

Cornell History welcome Jordan Fabian, an Alum of the department, back to campus to talk with undergrads and the public.

Introduction to Historical Research is being offered this semester M 2:30-4:25pm.  This seminar is an introduction to the theory, practice, and art of historical research and writing.  Check out the Roster:  https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/SP18/class/HIST/4000

Introduction to Historical Research:  the theory, practice, and art of historical research and writing.  Visit Cornell Course Roster for more details:  https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/SP18/class/HIST/4000

#cornell undergraduates set the date:  What you can do with a History Major is presenting, Jordan Fabian, White House Correspondent for The Hill, on Feb 8, 2018...all are welcome!  More details to follow.

The Transnational Local: Southeast Asian History from the 18th Century is offered this Spring https://classes.cornell.edu/bro…/roster/SP18/class/HIST/3960

Cornell Undergrads:  Travelling, working, or conducting international business in Latin America:  expand your knowledge:  take Building, Inhabiting, Destroying Urban Latin America this spring:    https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/SP18/class/HIST/4385

https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/SP18/class/HIST/3140

History 3580 is offered this Spring:  The Road to Nazi Germany:  German History from 1870 to 1945! https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/SP18/class/HIST/3580

The Black Radical Tradition is offered this spring:  https://classes.cornell.edu/browse/roster/SP18/class/HIST/3590

#cornell add drop:  Chinese Medicine and Healing

Congratulations Tamara Loos, whose book, Bones Around My Neck, has been recommended as an outstanding read by movers and shakers in the ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) publishing world in the Bangkok Post, the oldest newspaper in any language in Thailand, with a circulation of 110,000.