
Students Help Bring Carlisle and Cumberland County Climate Action Plans to Fruition
Working through the Center for Sustainability Education, Dickinson student researchers examine and diagnose local greenhouse gas emissions and their effects.
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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Dickinson's history department is filled with dedicated faculty members who are eager to share their expertise and help students hone their skills as historians. The department has been crucial to my academic development, as faculty members encourage students to think critically about problems both past and present, often while engaging with the mountains of primary sources available in the college archives. On top of that, the House Divided Project, Dickinson's Civil War era studies center, offers incredible resources for students.
—Cooper Wingert ’20
Working through the Center for Sustainability Education, Dickinson student researchers examine and diagnose local greenhouse gas emissions and their effects.
Graduating seniors earn acceptances to the University of Denver Publishing Institute, University of Southern California Gould School of Law, and other graduate schools.
Samuel Lavine ’22 is a history major, Baird Sustainability Fellow and Center for Sustainability Education intern who will enter the master’s program at the Columbia Climate School next fall.
'Supercool' and its executive producers come to campus for a screening and discussion on April 20.
The Knowledge for Freedom program aims to provide opportunity for low-income and first-generation college-bound students.
Continuing Dickinson’s history of success, every applicant is accepted into the highly selective, yearlong program.
Professor David Commins' new book, The Mecca Uprising: An Insider's Account of Salafism and Insurrection in Saudi Arabia, has just been published (December 2020). The book has two parts: translation of a memoir by a man who belonged to the group that launched the 1979 uprising in Mecca, Saudi Arabia, and an introduction to the historical, political and religious contexts surrounding the uprising. Congratulations, Professor Commins!
Congratulations to Dickinson history alum Matthew Guarigilia 12, whose first book -- exploring how race, immigration, and imperialism built and shaped the modern police department in New York the U.S., and the world -- is now under contract with Duke University Press. Great news, Matthew!