A high school history teacher and the musical “Hamilton” set Grace Zarley (’26 history) on the path toward her dream job – becoming a museum curator. “That is my Plan A,” Zarley said. “My long-term goal is to get to Washington, D.C., to work there one day. It’s the hub of history.” Zarley’s high school … Continue reading Curating her future
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Congratulations to Prof. M. Christopher Low, whose book Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj (Columbia University Press, 2020), earned the 2021 Albert Hourani Book Award from the Middle East Studies Association, the most prestigious book prize in the field of Middle East history. In its citation the award committee called the book … Continue reading Prof. M. Christopher Low’s book earned the 2021 Albert Hourani Book Award from the Middle East Studies Association
The History of Iowa begins with the Sauk, Fox and Ioway, and concludes with the crises of the 1980s. In between, we see how prominent and ordinary Iowans have influenced the Hawkeye state and how white settlement transformed it. By examining political, economic and social history, we come to understand how its citizens struggled to … Continue reading The History of Iowa, HIST 370, Section W5
March 18, 2020 – 4:00p.m. Re: Virtual instruction extended through end of spring semester – COVID-19 update 13 Dear Iowa State students, faculty, and staff, As the COVID-19 pandemic escalates, Iowa State University has decided to move all courses to virtual instruction for the remainder of the spring semester. The state … Continue reading Virtual instruction extended through end of spring semester – COVID-19 update 13-3/18/2020
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An ISU Graduate Research Fellowship is enabling History doctoral candidate Lindsay Bell to complete his dissertation on schedule. For Bell, treating his research as a full-time job provides peace of mind at this crucial stage of his studies and extinguishes two major causes of stress: time and money. Receiving the Fellowship tells him the Graduate … Continue reading Research Fellow Profile: Lindsay Bell
Christopher Reed is currently researching Sino-American relations during the 1920s. His dissertation will explore American attitudes, official and popular, toward China. He is one of four History graduate students recently awarded an ISU Graduate Research Fellowship to spend a semester conducting research and writing. Chris has visited the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, where the papers … Continue reading Research Fellow Profile: Chris Reed