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Case Western Reserve University historian John Grabowski and three university students created a history of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community in Cleveland in a new exhibit at the Western Reserve Historical Society (WRHS). The exhibit, “The Victory of Self: The LGBT Communi...

The French translation of, Captives and Corsairs: France and Slavery in the Early Modern Mediterranean, by Gillian Weiss,associate professor and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of History, was featured in the literary supplement of Le Monde, the leading French-language newspaper....

Since the Cleveland Play House’s founding in 1915, it yearned to find a place to call home, establish financial stability and define its mission. Those challenges are the backbone of America’s First Regional Theatre: The Cleveland Play House and its Search for a Home (Palgrave Studies in Theatre an...

After exploring the environmental impact of the American obsession with green lawns in his last book, Case Western Reserve University historian Ted Steinberg now has turned his attention to the environmental footprint of one of the world’s most iconic cities: New York. A native New Yorker, Steinber...

Last Friday, Peter Shulman’s Twitter account had a respectable 128 followers. A week later, Shulman now has more than 3,835 followers—and counting—thanks to a recent article by Slate that praised the simple, yet captivating account. About three years ago, Shulman, assistant professor of history, ca...

Before the turn of the 20th century, the people of London never knew whether their water faucets would run wet or dry. “It’s foreign to our thinking that water wouldn’t simply come out of the pipes going into homes,” said John Broich, assistant professor of history. He chronicles the political stru...

Dennis K. Norman, faculty chair of the Harvard University Native American Program, will be in Cleveland Monday, Oct. 14, to give two talks on Native American health and the culture's history of health disparities. His first appearance will be a free, public lecture from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in Mather Mem...

Rhonda Y. Williams, founder and executive director of the Social Justice Institute and associate professor of history, authored a chapter in a recently published book. The book, Social Justice and Social Work: Rediscovering a Core Value of the Profession, was released in May by Sage and views social...

On Friday, March 8, the Department of History will present the 2013 Wish Symposium, featuring keynote speaker Anthony Grafton of Princeton University. Grafton, the Henry Putnam University Professor of History, will present “Renaissance Humanism as a Border-Crossing Movement,” looking to provide a r...