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    HISTORY ORGANIZATION'S STATEMENTS OF CURRENT EVENTS

    These are statements from leading History organizations in light of events of January 6, 2021.  A statement from UIUC History Department will be added soon.

     

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  • First-Generation Historians Leaving a Mark  - featured students (Yasmeen Ragab, Carmen Gutierrez, Johnna Jones, Jason Smith)
    First-Generation Historians Leaving a Mark
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    Today's Catastrophic Concerns Shaped by Past Interactions Between Science, Culture

    A global Pandemic, wildfires and hurricanes have made 2020 a year for catastrophic thinking, so a new book with that title seems appropriate. But don't mistake David Sepkoski's "Catastrophic Thinking" as a doomsday warning about the future.  It's focused instead on how we got here--how our current-day concerns regarding threats to both the planet and the human race came to be. Author David...
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    Amplifying Expertise in the News

    Congratulations to History Professor Leslie Reagan who has been named as one of the four LAS recipients of the Public Voices Fellowship.  The Public Voices Fellowship pairs up faculty members from largely unrepresented groups in the news media with veteran journalists, as a way to amplify voices of expertise on pressing issues. 
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    Adrian Burgos - Part of Latino Baseball Project and Book for Smithsonian

    The role of baseball in Latino life in the U.S. is the focus of "¡Pleibol!," an artifact collection project organized by the Smithsonian's National Museum of American History. Adrian Burgos, Professor of History, was recruited as the lead consultant for this project. Four years of research has culminated in his most recent book, "¡Pleibol! In the Barrios and the Big Leagues." Co-authored with...
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    Understanding a dream for Utopia

    Maria Todorova, Gutgsell Professor of History, explores the lives and ideas of early socialists in her new book, "The Lost World of Socialists at Europe's Margins:  Imagining Utopia, 1870s-1920s."  Todorova says that her book "seeks to illustrate the lives of those who pursued the socialist idology and the utopia implicit in it." 
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  • Will 2020 Place the U.S. Alongside Apartheid South Africa in History's Hall of Shame?
    Teresa Barnes, Professor of History and Gender and Women’s Studies and the Director of the Center for African Studies, has written a recent article featured in the George Washington University’s "History News Network." In this article, Professor Barnes draws striking parallels between South Africa’...
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  • Why People Care About Public Monuments--And Why They Tear Them Down
    Marc Hertzman, Professor of History, believes that a more diverse selection of public monuments will help societies become more equal and inclusive.  Please go HERE...
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  • #IveGotYouCovered
    Evan Neilson is a junior studying history. As a campus COVID Wellness Ambassador, he believes in the importance of students coming together to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
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