history
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Chautauqua to feature "Abraham Lincoln" on 200th birthday
MOUNT VERNON – Cornell College Professor of History M. Philip Lucas will present “Abraham Lincoln” as the February Chautauqua lecture series in celebration of the 200th birthday of the 16th president.
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Stewart to give Big Read keynote
MOUNT VERNON – Associate Professor of History Catherine Stewart has been selected as the African American Museum of Iowa’s keynote speaker for the upcoming Big Read Program featuring Zora Neale Hurston’s novel, Their Eyes Were Watching God.
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Amity Shlaes is third Roe Howard lecturer
MOUNT VERNON – Amity Shlaes, senior fellow in economic history at the Council on Foreign Relations and author of The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression, will deliver Cornell College’s Roe Howard Freedom Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 7, in Hedges Conference Room, The Commons. Admission is free and open to […]
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Seminole research takes Lampkin to Philadelphia and Florida
Stephanie Lampkin ’08 earned two prestigious undergraduate research fellowships to study the interrelationships between Seminole Indians and African slaves in 19th century Florida. The fruits of her work gave her honors degrees in both history and ethnic studies at Cornell, as well as entrance to the University of Delaware where she is working towards an […]
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Cornell College student named Gilder Lehrman History Scholar
NEW YORK, NY – Stephanie Schmeling, a junior at Cornell College and a native of Denver, Colorado, was recently named a 2008 Gilder Lehrman History Scholar and has also been admitted to the prestigious SHEAR/Mellon undergraduate seminar.
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Cornell professor named Fulbright Scholar
MOUNT VERNON – Cornell Professor of History Robert Givens was named a Fulbright Scholar for 2008-2009.
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Political historian Kevin Phillips to speak at Cornell College
MOUNT VERNON — Leading political historian Kevin Phillips will discuss the role of radical religion in American politics at Cornell College at 11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 7, in Kimmel Theatre. Admission to the lecture is free.
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Thomas to receive State Historical Society award
MOUNT VERNON – The Rev. Richard Thomas, Cornell College chaplain and professor of history emeritus, will be awarded the 2007 Petersen/Harlan Award from the State Historical Society of Iowa at the annual Celebrate Community History event May 21 at the State Historical Building in Des Moines. The award recognizes his 40 years as an outstanding […]
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Director of Nixon library, expert on Cold War, espionage to lecture at Cornell
MOUNT VERNON — The new director of the Nixon Presidential Library and a renowned scholar on the Cold War and espionage will speak at Cornell College on Thursday, Feb. 15.