It took the promise of a cartwheel for Dr. LaGrand to convince some of history students to participate in last weekend’s regional history day at Messiah College. In this video, Dr. LaGrand delivers on his promise.
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LaGrand Cartwheel
Posted in History Day, Jim LaGrand, Student Activities, Videos on March 8, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
*Confessing History* wins recognition
Posted in Congratulations, Faculty Activities, Jim LaGrand, John Fea, Vocation on November 2, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Congratulations to Dr. John Fea for receiving national recognition of his edited work Confessing History: Explorations in Christian Faith and the Historian’s Vocation (The University of Notre Dame Press, 2010). Confessing History was chosen last week as a finalist for the Lilly Fellows Programs in Humanities and Arts Book Award, which seeks to award imaginative [...]
Dr. LaGrand Delivers 2011 Messiah College Faith and History Lecture
Posted in Faith and History Lecture, Jim LaGrand on November 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Eighty students gathered yesterday afternoon in Boyer Hall to hear Dr. Jim LaGrand, professor of American history, give the 2011 Messiah College History Department Faith and History Lecture. Dr. LaGrand’s lecture was entitled “Consideration of a Somewhat Calvinist Historian.” Dr. LaGrand was very sensitive to the fact that many students at an Anabaptist College might [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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?”) [...]
History Club Spring Schedule
Posted in Events, Field Trips, History Club, Jim LaGrand, Student Activities on February 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The History Club has big plans for the spring! We’re taking a trip to one of the coolest places in Philly, and if all goes as planned, we will be getting club t-shirts (Ideas for the shirt? Let us know in the comments or on our Facebook page). Our first event, on Saturday, February 19th, [...]
Summer in Review
Posted in Anne Marie Stoner-Eby, David Pettegrew, Faculty Activities, Jim LaGrand, John Fea, Joseph Huffman on August 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The history department is gearing up for another academic year that will begin on Monday with our orientation for new history majors. Over the last week, as we gathered for meetings to discuss our plans, I asked my colleagues how they passed their time this summer. Yesterday Bernardo posted on his research at the British [...]
