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Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to a panel discussion titled “Russia's War in Ukraine” with Case Western Reserve University faculty members. Set to take place Wednesday, March 2, at 4 p.m. via Zoom, the event will feature the following panelists: David…

Paul Tiyambe Zeleza has experienced life in countries around the world—from the West Indies and Kenya to the United States and Canada. Throughout his travels, he’s worked in higher education in six countries on three continents. “My birth family is transnational,” Zeleza shared. “All of my…

Majors: History, sociology, psychologyMinor: Social justice After her first year of high school, Judith Cusack took a criminology course at a community college that set her sights on the legal field. Now, she’s triple majoring in history, sociology and psychology at Case Western Reserve.  She’s…

As the fall semester winds down, it’s officially time to start thinking about spring. Registration for the spring semester begins today (Nov. 8) for undergraduate students; depending on the school, graduate program registration may already have started or may begin in the coming weeks. Whether…

Renee Sentilles, the Henry Eldridge Bourne Professor of History in the College of Arts and Sciences, will attend the Higher Education Resource Services (HERS) Leadership Institute through the Flora Stone Mather Center for Women’s registration award. Sentilles specializes in American women’s…

Members of the Case Western Reserve University community are invited to join Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III and the American Academy of Arts & Sciences for a special event titled “Reckoning with Organizational History” Monday, June 14, from 4 to 5 p.m. via Zoom. Over the…

By John Garcia While students' focus might be on the end of spring classes, the fall semester will be here soon enough. Undergraduate registration for the fall semester starts today (April 26); depending on the school, graduate program registration may already have started or may begin in the…

The history of African Americans traveling to and working and living in Europe offers a rich archive through which to explore historical tensions between American notions of freedom and citizenship in the United States and Europe. Freedom Abroad: The History of African Americans in Europe is a…

The Department of Sociology, Department of History and African and African American Studies will collaborate to host a talk by Whitney N. Laster Pirtle, assistant professor of sociology and McArthur Foundation Chair in International Justice and Human Rights at the University of California, Merced.…

By Jonathan Sadowsky, the Castele Professor of Medical History  I often start a new class by asking why we should study history. I don’t allow the cliché “History repeats itself,” without specific examples. The history of epidemics provides some: racist scapegoating, denialism, resistance to…