history

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…

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…

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…

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…