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Humanities Research Lab courses provide community based research education: Spotlight on professor Yuridia Ramírez' oral history methods class
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Were Hitler's generals loyal? Interview with professor Peter Fritzsche in Newsweek
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Leslie J. Reagan named Robert W. Schaefer Professor in Liberal Arts and Sciences
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History professor’s book looks at Brazil’s longest-lasting maroon society, its influence today: Interview with professor Marc Hertzman
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