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Gregory Shaya wrote a new post on the site Western Civ Since 1600 15 years, 3 months ago
If you find yourself studying abroad in Tuscany in the near future, be sure to wander through the renovated (and newly named) Museo Galileo, the museum of science in Florence, Italy, where you can check out […]
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Katie Holt wrote a new post on the site Latin American Studies 15 years, 3 months ago
We’ve all heard a lot in the news about the construction of a wall along the U.S.’s border with Mexico. But what are the implications for migrants to the United States? 800 Mile Wall examines the stories of t […]
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Gregory Shaya wrote a new post on the site Western Civ Since 1600 15 years, 3 months ago
I also wanted to share this clip from a film on Louis XIV by Roberto Rossellini, the great Italian director. In his youth, the monarchy was beset by challenges — from provincial nobles, from the urban law […]
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Gregory Shaya wrote a new post on the site Western Civ Since 1600 15 years, 3 months ago
The kinds of resources available on the web — some scholarly, some entertaining, some put together by academics, some by amateurs — is overwhelming. I’ll try to point out a few interesting sites as we go […]
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Katie Holt wrote a new post on the site Latin American Studies 15 years, 3 months ago
Saturday, September 18th, Proyecto Latino and the Office of Multi-ethnic Student Affairs (OMSA) are co-sponsoring a trip to the Great Mohican Pow-Wow at Mohican State Park. Please sign up at Lowry Front Desk no […]
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Gregory Shaya wrote a new post on the site Western Civ Since 1600 15 years, 3 months ago
You can’t understand the 16th c. and the Protestant Reformation without understanding a thing or two about John Calvin (1509-1564). Born in France, trained as a lawyer, rooted in European humanism, Calvin made a […]
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Katie Holt wrote a new post on the site Latin American Studies 15 years, 3 months ago
Looking for a chance to speak Spanish with College of Wooster faculty and students? Come to “La mesa española” for lunch at Lowry’s small dinning room (250/251) every Tuesday at 12.00-13.00 pm. Any person who […]
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Katie Holt wrote a new post on the site Latin American Studies 15 years, 3 months ago
La Hora de Café is every Thursday from 8:30-9:30 pm in the Hispanic Suite (Suite G), in Luce Hall. We chat for an hour while we have coffee, tea and cookies. Sometimes we have special food! We also play Spanish […]
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Gregory Shaya wrote a new post on the site Western Civ Since 1600 15 years, 3 months ago
A few generations of scholars have now demonstrated just how loose the relationship between history and history on film usually is. Grand historical dramas are meant, first of all, to entertain. But a good […]
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Gregory Shaya wrote a new post on the site Western Civ Since 1600 15 years, 3 months ago
Should students study Western Civ as an introduction to the modern world? Or would they do better with World History? It’s been a topic of much debate. I tried to give you a bit of the history of the idea of “ […]
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Katie Holt wrote a new post on the site Latin American Studies 15 years, 3 months ago
The Brazil Initiation Scholarship (BIS) is a key component of BRASA’s agenda to expand Brazilian Studies in the United States. BRASA invites applications from graduate and undergraduate students for a one-time […]
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Gregory Shaya wrote a new post on the site Western Civ Since 1600 15 years, 3 months ago
Welcome to the Western Civ blog, a place to share links, comments on the topics to come, reading questions, announcements, and random observations. If you have an idea for something we should include here, just […]
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Katie Holt wrote a new post on the site Latin American Studies 15 years, 4 months ago
Christopher Culbertson (Cultural Area Studies: Latin American History) has always had an intensely personal interest in Chilean culture and history. Christopher was born in Santiago to a Mapuche woman, but has […]
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Katie Holt wrote a new post on the site Latin American Studies 15 years, 4 months ago
Are you curious about the new Latin American Studies Minor? Find details, including course requirements, at the new LAS home page.
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Katie Holt wrote a new post on the site Latin American Studies 15 years, 4 months ago
Welcome to the home for Latin American Studies at the College of Wooster. Here you will find information about campus events, student achievements, off-campus study opportunities, and course information about […]
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Maria Prendergast wrote a new post on the site Maria Teresa M. Prendergast 16 years, 2 months ago
Maria Teresa Micaela Prendergast is the author of Railing, Reviling, and Invective in Early Modern Literary Culture, 1588-1617: The Anti-Aesthetics of Theater and Print (Ashgate, 2012) as well as Renaissance […]
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post on the site Courses in Chinese Language and Culture 28 years, 7 months ago
Deng died; Hong Kong handed over to Chinese administration
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post on the site Courses in Chinese Language and Culture 36 years, 6 months ago
Mikhail Gorbachev visited China; Tiananmen Pro-Democracy protest of one million people demanding Premier Li Peng resign and martial law be withdrawn; and June Fourth massacre
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post on the site Courses in Chinese Language and Culture 49 years, 7 months ago
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Rujie Wang wrote a new post on the site Courses in Chinese Language and Culture 54 years, 7 months ago
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