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The Scholems: A Story of the German-Jewish Bourgeoisie from Emancipation to Destruction, by Jay Geller, the Samuel Rosenthal Professor of Judaic Studies, was one of 14 titles recently long-listed for the Cundill History Prize. Annually, McGill University in Montreal honors what it considers to be…

In a piece for The Washington Post, Associate Professor of History John Broich framed recent instances of white-power violence around a discussion of the historical context of World War II. The article, titled “Allied leaders were anti-Nazi, but not anti-racist. We’re now paying the price for…

Jay Geller, the Samuel Rosenthal Professor of Judaic Studies and associate professor of history, wrote a book published by the Cornell University Press last month titled The Scholems: A Story of the German Jewish Bourgeoisie from Emancipation to Destruction. The book details the Jewish experience…

With the Crooked River Contrasts exhibit as a backdrop, Paul Nelson, historian of the Western Reserve Fire Museum, will give a lecture discussing the history of 15 major fires along the Cuyahoga River and the battles to extinguish them. Nelson’s lecture, titled “River Fire & Fire Boats:…

Pietro A. Shakarian, a PhD candidate at Ohio State University, will deliver a guest lecture titled "Detente! In the Western Reserve! Cyrus Eaton, Anastas Mikoyan and the Visit that Rocked Cleveland, 1959.” Hosted by the history and modern languages and literatures departments, the event will take…

Titled “The Immigration Acts of 1921 and 1924 and How They Changed Cleveland Forever,” the next Public Policy Forum will address modern-day immigration in Cleveland. The forum will be moderated by John Grabowski, the Krieger-Mueller Joint Professor in History and senior vice president for research…

Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III’s book Before Mestizaje: The Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico was recently recognized by the Latin American Studies Association. The association named the book the recipient of the 2019 Howard F. Cline Book Prize in Mexican…

Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III was recently elected to the executive committee of the Conference of Latin American History. Vinson will serve a three-year term, with one year each as vice president, president and past president. The Conference of Latin American History is the…

In an op-ed, Luke Reader, a SAGES teaching fellow, wrote about how Brexit has shaped the political identity in Britain. Reader wrote about how people in Britain identify more with their views on Brexit than on political parties and how those distinctions are increasingly showing in…

Military History Monthly named Associate Professor of History John Broich’s recent book, Squadron: Ending the African Slave Trade, one of the best military history titles of the year. Broich’s book was one of 12 to be nominated for the Military History Monthly Book Awards. Osprey Publishing…