Eberly News
Department of History to host Callahan Lecture March 27
The Department of History at West Virginia University will feature historian Nathaniel Wood as its 2017 Callahan Lecture speaker.
A 'minor apocalypse': Historian publishes first English text on history of Warsaw in World War I
Little is known about the history of Warsaw, Poland during World War I. Public memory of Warsaw’s role in the Great War has been obscured by the terror, violence, genocide and physical destruction during World War II.
Ebola survivors still face fear, stigma in Sierra Leone
The World Health Organization may have declared the most recent Ebola epidemic in West Africa over as of last March, but many people in Sierra Leone still find themselves segregated from their families and communities—a carryover of efforts to stop the spread of the highly contagious disease.
History, English to host annual Rush D. Holt lecture Sept. 29
The Department of History and Department of English at West Virginia University will host the annual Rush D. Holt lecture on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 7:30 p.m.
History professor awarded fellowship at the Max Planck Institute
Yucatec Maya women in the 20th century were a crucial element at the center of the traditional Maya culture, both inside and outside the domestic sphere.
The sky's the limit
When our students aren’t in the classroom, they’re learning in the real world. Because sometimes it’s these experiences that make the best lessons. For graduate student Pamela Curtin, that means a summer internship with the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C. She is working to engage visitors through active and experience-based learning, which will contribute to the second edition of the Museum Educator’s Manual.
Curating a piece of America's history
When our students aren’t in the classroom, they’re learning in the real world. Because sometimes it’s these experiences that make the best lessons. For graduate student Chelsea Elliott, that means a summer internship with the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, where she's helping prepare a Vietnam War exhibit.
Three WVU students to fly the globe for intensive language study as Boren Scholars
Food security, Middle Eastern history and agroecology may seem like very different subjects, but they brought three West Virginia University students to the same love – language.
WVU history professors' book recognized by the Organization of American Historians
Elizabeth Fones-Wolf and Ken Fones-Wolf, professors in the Eberly College of Arts and Sciences Department of History at West Virginia University, have won an award from the Organization of American Historians for their book, “Struggle for the Soul of the Postwar South: White Evangelical Protestants and Operation Dixie.”
Tauger awarded membership in the Institute for Advanced Studies
West Virginia University Department of History Associate Professor Mark Tauger has been awarded a membership in the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton University for the 2016-17 academic year.