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Gillian Weiss, associate professor of history, co-wrote an article with New York University art historian Meredith Martin and New York-based graphic designer Bonnie Siegler for History News Network. In their piece—titled "Trump: Superhero or Superspreader?"—they wrote about a medal recently…

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will offer a course about Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War presented by Benjamin Sperry, and educator, historian and writer. Abraham Lincoln’s tenure as U.S. president coincided almost exactly with the duration of the Civil War (1861-1865). During the course…

Join the Department of Sociology Friday, Oct. 9, from 12:45 to 2:15 p.m. for its first virtual colloquium of the semester, "Modern U.S. Racial Capitalism: History, Theory, and Lessons for the Present," with Charisse Burden-Stelly of Carleton College and the University of Chicago. The event is…

The Siegal Lifelong Learning Program will offer the Cleveland Civics History Series, which will feature free lectures co-sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Greater Cleveland and the Cleveland History Center. Students and community members can register for one or all of the lectures. The…

The Department of Physics and the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will co-sponsor "Conversations with the Starry Messenger: Kepler, Galileo, and the New Science," featuring speaker Aviva Rothman, assistant professor of history at Case Western Reserve University. The lecture will be held via…

Someone close to you is likely taking an antidepressant. In 2017, the World Health Organization named depressive disorders as the leading cause of illness and disability in the world. And yet, the definition of depression as illness, distinct from normal sadness, is still debated. How did we get…

Case Western Reserve University Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III has been elected vice president of the Research Division of the American Historical Association (AHA).  According to AHA Executive Director James Grossman, Vinson will play an integral role in promoting historical…

John Broich, associate professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences, penned a piece about a group of Spanish Civil War veterans who continued combat into World War II. The group hoped to bring representative freedoms to their country, but they found democracy was abandoned following the…

Alumnus’s research into a 1918 pandemic helps shape public understanding today This article first appeared in a summer publication related to the university’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. More articles will appear in The Daily and on the university and school social media accounts in…

Stephen E. Hefling, professor emeritus of music at the College of Arts and Sciences, edited a new edition of Gustav Mahler's Titan, which was recently honored by the German Music Publishers' Association. The edition was selected from more than 7,000 entrants for a 2020 "Best Edition" prize. Read…