The end of the semester has created a break to post some photos from recent events in the history department. Here in this first installment are a couple of photos of our graduating seniors at the Senior Dinner. Congrats, seniors! Clio Award winners for 2012 were (left to right) Amanda Mylin, Natalie Burack, and [...]
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Senior Dinner 2012
Posted in Clio Award, Congratulations, Events, Student Activities on May 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Honors Presentations
Posted in Congratulations, Events, Honors Presentations, Public Lectures and Symposia, Student Activities, Student Research on April 27, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to our three seniors who gave superb honors presentations this week. We managed to catch a few pictures of the presenters in action. Amanda Mylin begins her talk on “Reading the Leaves: Tea and American Colonial Identity, 1765-1775” Katie Garland introduces the crowd to the face of ambition and providence in her [...]
Luncheon with Matt Bucher
Posted in Events, Student Opportunities on March 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Matt Bucher, a Messiah Alum (History major and PACS minor), is coming to campus on Monday March 5th to talk about his experience and understanding of the recent revolutionary events in Egypt. Interested in a free luncheon with Matt? Meet at 12:30 -1:30 in the Union Glass Conference Room. All History and PACS majors are [...]
National History Day, Sat. March 3
Posted in Events, History Day, Student Opportunities on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Interested in judging the National History Day event at Messiah College on Saturday, March 3? Hundreds of junior high and high school students will be on our campus, showing the results of their historical research. Their exhibits and films and performances and websites need judges, and that’s where you come in. Sign up to judge [...]
Being Brethren in Christ in a Time of Violence
Posted in Africa, Events, Public Lectures and Symposia on January 10, 2012 | 1 Comment »
This Thursday (1/12) the Departments of History and Biblical and Religious Studies and the Sider Institute at Messiah College are sponsoring a talk entitled "Being Brethren in Christ in a Time of Violence: Zimbabwe in the 1970s and 1980s." This lecture will be presented by Wendy Urban-Mead, a history professor at Bard College. She is [...]
First Year Feast
Posted in Events, Student Activities on November 28, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Dear First Year Students, Don’t forget that this Thursday, December 1, is the History Department’s annual "First Year Feast." Each December the faculty of the History Department enjoy a nice sit-down dinner to celebrate with our new students as they complete their first semester at Messiah College! As a first-year student or new history major [...]
Faith & History Lecture Tomorrow
Posted in Events, Jim LaGrand, Public Lectures and Symposia on October 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Please join us for the Faith & History Lecture tomorrow. “Considerations of a (somewhat) Calvinist historian” The 2011 Messiah College Faith & History Lecture Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 4:15 pm, Boyer 336 Professor LaGrand will speak on some of the influences on him as a Christian and a historian, noting both his roots in the [...]
Lee Camp to speak on Christian – Muslim Relations
Posted in Anne Marie Stoner-Eby, Events, PACS, Public Lectures and Symposia on October 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The PACS program is pleased to announce that Lee Camp will present an Alternate Chapel talk entitled “Must Christians and Muslims be Enemies?” It is drawn from his just-released, one-month old book Who is My Enemy? Questions American Christians Must Face about Islam — and Themselves. Lee Camp is Professor of Moral Theology and Christian Ethics [...]
Professor LaGrand to present Faith & History Lecture
Posted in Events, Jim LaGrand, Public Lectures and Symposia on October 24, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Next Tuesday, November 1, Messiah College Department of History will present our second annual Faith & History Lecture. Professor James LaGrand will speak on the subject of “Considerations of a (somewhat) Calvinist historian,” discussing some of the influences on him as a Christian and a historian including both his roots in the Calvinist tradition and [...]
Fall 2011 History Club Events
Posted in Events, History Club on September 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
If you weren’t able to make it to the History Club meeting last Thursday, here is the list of events that were discussed. Saturday, September 24 – This Saturday is the field trip to Fallingwater. If you are signed up to go, please meet at Eisenhower Circle at 7:30 and bring your $4 for admission [...]
