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Illinois historian’s book provides introduction to gender history: Interview with Professor Antoinette Burton
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Graduate student Dale Mize works with The Land Connection to promote sustainable agriculture
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How the federal government used bribery to end relationships with Native American tribes: Interview with professor David Beck
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How are states altering higher education by redefining academic freedom? Interview with Professor Carol Symes
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Why is the reparations movement gaining momentum in the U.S.? An interview with Professor Sundiata Cha-Jua
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Professor Laura Goffman joins the Department of History
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Illinois historian examines how emotional intimacy became politically valued in post-WWII Britain
History professor Teri Chettiar wrote about how the intimate emotional life of families took on great political importance in post-WWII Britain, and emotional well-being was seen as a key factor for a stable democracy.
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Statistics and story: baseball's two languages
From their interdisciplinary approach, Professors Eck and Burgos reexamined the baseball greats by considering their impact on the game through the lens of who, when, and how they played.
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Project to reconnect Native American tribes with historic hide painting, artistic tradition
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign history professor Robert Morrissey is working with an interdisciplinary group of scholars, tribal cultural experts and community members on a project that will reconnect the tribes with their tradition of hide painting and with the...