Advising week kicks off this coming Monday, with Registration starting Monday, 11/8. Take a look below at our options for this coming spring. You can always check out the full schedule here. HIST 130 | Intro to Ancient Civilizations | Prof. Maggie Burr | TR 1:30 – 2:50 PM This course will focus on significant …
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A Metaphor for Life
Dr. Gloria Tseng shares her insights from taking on a challenging climb last year and what it illuminated her publishing process. She is the editor of Cross-Cultural Encounters: China and the Reformed Church in America, a text that includes research from Hope College History graduates. “Hmm…, this experience is so far out of my comfort …
2021 History Department Award Winners
This post is dedicated to our annual award winners. We are proud of all of them, and we are happy to recognize their hard work and their contributions to the History Department and to Hope College. Future History Teacher Prize – Winner: Andre Joe (’21) This award is given to the History student who is …
Fall 2021 History Course Preview
We’re sharing some of our Fall 2021 course descriptions this week. Remember, Fall 2021 Registration starts Monday, March 29th! HIST 141: The Historian’s Vocations | Dr. Lauren Janes | MW 12:00 pm – 12:50 pm What are you going to do with a history major? Join us to start articulating some answers. This course introduces …
Summer Research Highlight: Autumn Balamucki (’21)
History major Autumn Balamucki (’21) began research with the Joint Archives this summer with Geoffrey Reynolds under abnormal circumstances. Because of the COVID-19 pandemic, she had to do almost all of her work remotely. With some creative solutions and a lot of hard work, Autumn managed to transcribe decades’ worth of meeting minutes of the …
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Next Up: Spring 2021 Courses!
Registration for next semester courses starts the week of October 26th. Here’s a quick preview of what the History Department will be offering! HIST 130 – Intro to Ancient Civilization – Maggie Burr Online Synchronous, TR 1:30 pm – 2:50 This course will focus on significant developments in history from its Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Greek …
Get To Know Your Prof: History Department Edition!
We’re taking on a new challenge this semester, the #GetToKnowYourProf challenge! You may have noticed a similar challenge with our Lubbers 3rd Floor neighbors, the English Department, and we wanted in on the fun! We wanted to re-introduce ourselves to the student body through interesting facts about each of our faculty – we hope you …
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Required Reading: The History of African Americans
Black lives matter. When we examine history, we see the myriad ways people made choices and set up institutions to demean and erase the lives of Black people. We also see people who stood up and put their lives on the line to assert the value of Black lives. The events of the last ten …
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What to Listen To, Read, Watch and Explore This Summer!
Hope History Buffs: we’ve compiled a list of recommendations to fuel your history needs all summer long! Podcasts Backstory – recommended by Dr. Jeanne Petit“This podcast explores themes in U.S. history, from issues like Jim Crow to vacationing. They usually include perspectives from 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries. They also have special theme episodes–here’s one …
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Spring Stories 2020: Chapter 2
The spring semester of 2020 has not worked out the way any of us expected it to, or hoped it would. Since Hope College announced, on March 10, that we would be moving to on-line education after Spring Break, we have all been on unfamiliar pathways. We are figuring out how to manage, one day …