David Prochaska

In memoriam: David Prochaska

Emeritus professor David Prochaska passed away on January 6, 2025 at the age of 79. Prochaska was a historian of colonialism and visual culture with a specialty in colonial Algeria. He was also interested in France and the Mediterranean, the anthropology of tourism, museum studies, urban history,...
Bradley Harms

Bradley Harms (1995)

Bradley Harms (BA, '95, history) retired as a colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps in June 2025 after 30 years of active duty. He was the longest serving commander of Marine Helicopter Squadron One, and...
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Bradley Harms in the cockpit of the presidential helicopter. President Bush and First Lady Laura Bush exit the helicopter.

From campus to the cockpit

Alumnus Colonel Harms’ flight path through history
Marc Hertzman and book cover

Professor Marc Hertzman receives AHA award and two honorable mentions for book "After Palmares"

Hertzman received the James A. Rawley Prize in Atlantic History, and honorable mentions for the Warren Dean Memorial Prize and Murdoe J. MacLeod Book Prize
Shannan Mason stands in front of a tree

Exploring how people consumed nature in early America

Lecturer Shannan Mason joins the Department of History
Benjamin Zavell

From history major to renewable energy analyst

Q&A with alumnus Benjamin Zavell
Book cover on left and picture of peter fritzsche on right

How 1942 was a global war without end

Professor Peter Fritzsche publishes new book "1942: When World War II Engulfed the Globe"
Chelsey Smith

Understanding education as a tool of liberation and empire in the Caribbean

Professor Chelsey Smith joins the Department of History
Bradley Harms

History alumnus receives 2025 Alumni Achievement Award

Retired colonel Bradley Harms will be honored during Homecoming Week 2025
Memorial bench outside of Gregory Hall

Memorial bench commemorates 1990s graduate student cohort

The bench honors Katherine Aaslestad, Debra Allen, Charles Crouch, Louis Haas, and Daniel Soloff.
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