Congratulations to Professor John Fea for the continuing success of his book, Was America Founded as a Christian Nation? A Historical Introduction (Westminster John Knox Press 2011). The American Library Association selected his book for their list of “Outstanding Academic Titles” in their publication Choice: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. The works selected for “Outstanding [...]
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Fea’s Book as Outstanding Academic Title
Posted in American History, Congratulations, John Fea on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
History 399–Nationalism and its Discontents
Posted in American History, Courses, Jim LaGrand on October 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
During the Spring 2012 semester, Professor LaGrand will be teaching a topics course called “HIST 399: Nationalism and its Discontents in Modern America.” I include here a course description: “Many people today see nationalism as a problem. For Christians, it conflicts with the universal identity of Christ’s church. For Americans in recent times, it seems [...]
Immersed in Early American Life — a piece on Katie Garland
Posted in American History, Congratulations, Deerfield Dispatch, Internships, Student Activities on August 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If you missed the Facebook post on this, history major Katie Garland was featured last week on Messiah’s homepage in her role in the Historic Deerfield Summer Fellowship Program. Here’s the opening text to the article: “What started as childhood affection for historical fiction—particularly Laura Ingalls Wilder’s “Little House”—has grown into a passion for American [...]
Christine Kelly on the Religious Right
Posted in American History, Events, Jim LaGrand, Public Lectures and Symposia, Student Activities, Student Research on May 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
On Monday, Christine Kelly presented an excellent senior honors thesis (“From Separatism to Activism: The Political Life of Jerry Falwell and the Making of the Moral Majority”) examining the emergence of the religious right in modern American history. Her focus was the late Reverend Jerry Falwell and how his political activism from the early 1980s coincided [...]
Alex Lovelace on General Patton
Posted in American History, Congratulations, Jim LaGrand, Student Research on May 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The senior history honors thesis presentations have begun! On Friday, Alex Lovelace entertained the audience with a talk on George S. Patton Jr: ”Target of the Press: The Wartime Relationship between Patton and the Media.” Alex has been thinking about the Patton question (“What was he really like? Why was he so successful in war?”) [...]
Students win summer fellowships and internships
Posted in American History, Archaeology & Material Culture, Congratulations, Student Activities on April 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to Katie Garland, junior history major, who was accepted into the prestigious Summer Fellowship Program of Historic Deerfield. As the Deerfield website describes the program: “Based in Historic Deerfield’s eleven museum buildings, state-of-the-art exhibition and storage facility and library, all within the village of Old Deerfield, New England’s best documented town, this all expenses-paid, [...]
