(Crossposted at The Pyla-Koutsopetria Archaeological Project) At 5:15 AM, the cityscape of Larnaka is just beginning to appear in the dawn. This morning we will fully begin our work at the site of Pyla-Vigla. Remarkably, we have already been in Larnaca 10 days and will be here for another 15. Almost halfway through our season, [...]
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PKAP 2012 Season Begins
Posted in Archaeology & Material Culture, David Pettegrew, Student Activities, Student Research on May 24, 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 [...]
History Majors win Library Research Grants
Posted in Congratulations, Student Activities, Student Research on November 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to history majors Natalie Burack and Katie Garland for winning Murray Library Research Grants to support research related to their senior projects! Natalie was awarded funds to conduct research at the Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library at Yale University) for a project called "Poppy Cannon: An Examination of Food & Culture in the [...]
Professional Development Opportunity in History and Social Media with the Messiah College History Department
Posted in Digital History, Internships, Student Opportunities, Student Research on August 30, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
History Majors and Minors, The Department of History is seeking a student for a Professional Development Experience in digital history and social media for fall semester. The student will work with Dr. Pettegrew in studying and implementing the use of social media for public humanities today. He/she will conduct reading in the field of digital [...]
Stouffer Farm Videos
Posted in Archaeology & Material Culture, David Pettegrew, Service Projects, Student Activities, Student Research, Videos on May 13, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Oakes Museum of Natural History has posted 14 short videos on their Youtube channel related to our collaborative archaeological venture this spring at the Stouffer Farm near Dillsburg. In going through them yesterday, I noticed appearances from a number of history students: For an introduction to our work at the farm, see my overview in Video [...]
Melissa Hogan on Cypriot Mosaics
Posted in Archaeology & Material Culture, David Pettegrew, Student Activities, Student Research on May 9, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Last Tuesday, history department faculty and students listened to the third and final senior honors thesis of the 2010-2011 year: Melissa Hogan’s “Puzzling over History: A Study of Late Antique Cyprus through Mosaic Art.” In her presentation, Melissa discussed the research she has been conducting over the last two years on mosaic floors and walls uncovered [...]
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?”) [...]
