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Andrews gives presentation at New York University

On February 17th, Prof. James T. Andrews presented “Narrating the Soviet Metropolis: Visual Culture, Underground Architectural Space, and the Moscow Metro” at the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia at New York University. In his talk, Prof. Andrews showed how iconographic public spaces can have critical discursive meanings when they are juxtaposed across … Continue reading Andrews gives presentation at New York University

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Low wins ASEH award

Christopher Low has won the Alice Hamilton Prize from the American Society for Environmental History for his article ‘Ottoman Infrastructures of the Saudi Hydro-State: The Technopolitics of Pilgrimage and Potable Water in the Hijaz.’ The award is for the best article on environmental history published outside of the Society’s own journal, Environmental History. Congratulations to … Continue reading Low wins ASEH award

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Seitz receives prestigious fellowship

Jack Seitz, a PhD candidate in History has been awarded a 2016-2017 Stephen F. Cohen Robert C. Tucker Dissertation Research Fellowship (CTDRF) for his dissertation project, ‘Colonizing the Countryside: Scientific Agriculture and Colonial Control on the Kazakh Steppe, 1881-1928.’ The fellowship is sponsored by the Association for Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies together with … Continue reading Seitz receives prestigious fellowship

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Professor Pamela Riney-Kehrberg edits a major new book on the history of rural America

"Routledge has just published a major new anthology, The Routledge History of Rural America, edited by Professor of History Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, who also wrote the introduction, contributed an essay, and co-authored another essay in the volume. In addition to Professor Riney-Kehrberg, among the twenty-six contributors are current ISU history faculty Jeff Bremer, Julie Courtwright, and … Continue reading Professor Pamela Riney-Kehrberg edits a major new book on the history of rural America

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Summer 2016 study abroad in Rome

Eight history majors were among the sixteen ISU students who went to Italy in May as part of the study abroad course History/Classical Studies 385 (Roman Italy: Building the Empire). Based in Rome and jointly taught by Professors David Hollander (History) and Rachel Meyers (World Languages and Cultures), the class visited archaeological sites and museums … Continue reading Summer 2016 study abroad in Rome

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Geology major travels to Rome with history students

Brittany Grosskopf is a geology major with a quest for adventures. Her Iowa State education has offered her many opportunities, the most recent of which was travel to Rome with David Hollander’s Study Abroad trip in summer 2016.Œæ Read more about her ISU experiences here.