
Chris '05 and Emily '06 Cocores Return to Campus for Internship Celebration
Student gather to thank alumni couple for their generosity in funding internship opportunities.
History
The Department of History exemplifies Dickinson in the way it covers the world beyond our shores; students may study the regional histories of Africa, East Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East, or they may explore the diversity of American history. Further, our courses explore a wide variety of approaches that include the history of gender, empires, the environment, medicine, migration, religion, and diplomacy and war in national, comparative, and global contexts.
History majors work closely with the faculty to develop research skills, regularly making use of the rich resources of Dickinsons Archives & Special Collections, the nearby U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center and the Cumberland County Historical Society. Our newest course to make extensive use of such resources is History 205, Public History, which teaches students about the ways history can be put to work in the world and made relevant and useful in the public sphere.
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"The opportunity to mingle with professors and students within the department no matter what concentration or focus you are interested in. The history department really fosters an amazing community of colleagues and students who are there to support one another and bond over our shared love for history."
— Kaileigh McNellis '23
Student gather to thank alumni couple for their generosity in funding internship opportunities.
The National Park Service’s National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom has accepted the House Divided Project as one of its newest listings.
While studying abroad through Dickinson’s Oxford program, Daniel Levine ’24 co-led his Oxford lacrosse team to victory against rivaling Cambridge.
Dickinson’s faculty has named Emily Pawley, associate professor of history and Walter E. Beach ’56 Chair in Sustainability Studies, as the 2023 recipient of the Distinguished Teaching Award.
With 35 years of experience in higher education and arts administration under her belt, the former history major oversees works from more than 200 years of the nation’s artists and art communities.
The Knowledge for Freedom Program aims to provide opportunity for low-income and first-generation college-bound students.
Congratulations to Marcelo Borges (Professor of History, Boyd Lee Spahr Chair in the History of the Americas) on the recent publication of The Cambridge History of Global Migrations, Vol. 2, 1800-Present, which he co-edited. He worked on this project for the past six years, describing it as “a very rewarding collaboration with scholars from around the world, made a bit more challenging than any such project normally would be because of the Covid pandemic. I am very happy to see this in print!
Congratulations to Dickinson history alum Cooper Wingert ’20, whose article, “Fugitive Slave Renditions and the Proslavery Crisis of Confidence in Federalism, 1850-1860,” was published in the June 2023 issue of the prestigiousJournal of American History. Kudos, Cooper!