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 […]
Category Archives: Students
Spring Stories 2020: Chapter 1
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 […]
International Insights: The Cultural Wealth of Japan
Hope History Major Brennan Church (Class of 2020) reflects on his trip to Japan during a 2019 May Term.
What I Learned from the Children of Agent Orange
Current Hope Student, Molly Douma (Class of ’22), shares her experience in this year’s 2019 Vietnam May Term and her thoughts on the lasting effects of Agent Orange.
Student Feature: Reed Hanson
Going to Rome felt like a death sentence the first week. I knew nobody else from Hope and didn’t have any other friends from high school in Europe with me, so I was plagued by intense feelings of isolation and loneliness for about a week after I arrived. It reminded me of freshman year all […]
Day of Giving
Hope Day of Giving starts this Thursday, April 11. This year it’s all about “Give to What you Love,” and for 36 hours you can give directly to support the Hope History Department as we work to teach historical thinking skills, expand students’ global engagement, and engage students in original research. You can help us […]
It’s Course Registration Time!
Take a look at the upper-level courses being taught by our great professors for Fall 2019! If you have questions about them, please contact Dr. Jeanne Petit (petit@hope.edu). History 141-01 The Historian’s Vocation MWF 12:00 -12:50 PM Jeanne Petit Do you love history, but struggle to answer when people ask you, “What are you going to […]
Alumna Feature: The Accidental Archaeologist
Hello, I’m Crystal and I stare at walls. No really, I spend hours in small buildings shining light on walls and recording what I see – I’m an archaeologist who specializes in medieval graffiti. I didn’t plan to be an archaeologist; I just kind of ended up here and happen to love it. I first […]
Faculty Feature: Jeanne Petit
We’re excited to start a new semester here in the history department. And as I often do, I began the year by attending the American Historical Association meeting, which was in Chicago this year. This conference brings together scholars from all different geographic regions and all fields of history, from ancient Mesopotamia through the late-20th […]
Faculty Feature: Climate Change?
When we approach the end of the year weather becomes one of our main concerns. Will we have a white Christmas? Will storms hamper our travel plans? How much winter will we have to endure (or get to enjoy, if we’re into outdoor sports)? One of the biggest public debates going on right now is […]