Site-Wide Activity

Welcome to the Ruth W. Williams Hall Greenhouse. Williams Hall opened in the fall of 2018 and with it a state-of-the-art greenhouse on the second floor. The greenhouse contains plants used as a teaching collection […]

Phi Alpha Theta invites you to the History APEX Fellowship Info Session on Tuesday, December 3 at 11am in the Kauke Tower!

Come hear from 2019 History APEX Fellows!  Learn about great opportunities in History […]

Phi Alpha Theta invites you to the History APEX Fellowship Info Session on Tuesday, December 3 at 11am in the Kauke Tower!

Come hear from 2019 History APEX Fellows!  Learn about great opportunities in History […]

I’m posting to share a copy of the images I used in our discussion of Arpilleras.  Here it is: 23 Arpilleras

(Again, this is just one of the options for your primary source analysis: you can also pick a source […]

Seven days of nationwide protests have weakened president Ivan Duque’s ability to pass tax and pension reforms. Tens of thousands of Colombians went on protested on the streets on an ongoing strike against Ivan D […]

Seven days of nationwide protests have weakened president Ivan Duque’s ability to pass tax and pension reforms. Tens of thousands of Colombians went on protested on the streets on an ongoing strike against Ivan D […]

Thomas Malthus (1766-1834) was a political economist who is known for his Malthusian Growth Model. As one of the first scholars to attempt to describe and analyze a population, he realized that human populations […]

Our last week! If I don’t get a chance to tell you after the presentations, you’ve been a superb class.

Student speakers on Monday —
Charlie: MK Ultra and CIA Mind Control Experiments
Linah: Is Malala […]

Meadowlarks!!!!I think that the chapter “Meadowlarks” is important to the overall vision of the book because it connects a lot of different events together and […]

"Great Blue Heron" and the Self in NatureIn the first few paragraphs of the chapter “Great Blue Heron” in Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place, Terry Tempest Williams […]

Brazil

Between August 2018 to July 2019, Amazon has lost much of its vegetation and President Jair Bolsonaro isn’t putting his priorities on fixing the issue or implementing any remedies f […]

The Rosa F. Keller Library (Edward Abbey post)Standing on the corner of Cadiz and S. Tonti, you can’t tell that anything is nearby besides pothole-perforated streets and shotgun houses. The […]

Most of today’s developed economies have evolved from the familiar industrialization path. The advancement of manufacturing industries – such as textiles, steel, automobile manufacturing – has emerged from the […]

Whistling SwanThis was a particularly grim chapter from Refuge. The beginning of this chapter sets up the subject matter incredibly well. Williams sets up a […]

My family’s migration story partially fits well into the narrative of the 20th century and partially does not. For my father’s side, as pf 1492 the Totten family was living as farmers in the village of Wedmore in […]

The rapid expansion of an urban structure, suburb housing, and the movement of rural communities to larger towns has impacted the type of growth in many developed countries worldwide. This movement can be seen […]

This week’s lectures and readings have shown how the rapid growth and industrial development has acted as a double sword. Many different diseases have been cured while new cities have risen out of nowhere. This s […]

This week there were major themes of industrialization, utopian modernism and migration. During the 20th century, there were major changes in population growth, energy use, economic growth, cheap healthy food and […]

Bald EaglesI have chosen the Bald Eagle because its my Dad’s favorite animal.  I used to love hearing him call me to run outside and look through his […]