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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…

Provost and Executive Vice President Ben Vinson III discussed his book, Before Mestizaje: Lobos, Moriscos, Coyotes and the Frontiers of Race and Caste in Colonial Mexico, for a podcast titled “Kingdom, Empire and Plus Ultra: Conversations on the History of Portugal and Spain, 1415-1898.” Featured…

Robert Gerwarth The Department of History will host Robert Gerwarth, professor of modern history and director of the Centre for War Studies at the University College of Dublin, for the annual Carl W. Ubbelohde Lecture. Gerwarth will present “1918 and the End of Empires” Wednesday, Dec. 5, from…

While Americans know the stories of Paul Revere's midnight ride and the Boston Tea Party, few have heard of the incident that was the bloodiest affair of the Revolutionary War. Individuals can learn more about this historical incident during a discussion based on The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn, an…

Driven by a love of the printed word, the late Adeline Barry Davee graduated with a master’s degree in English from Flora Stone Mather College—just a year after earning a bachelor’s in the subject in 1931. Adeline Barry Davee Hired by her alma mater's history department to assist its…

The Department of History and the Social Justice Institute will host “History is Relevant: The Israeli New History and Its Legacy,” a lecture by Ilan Pappé, professor of history at the University of Exeter. The lecture will be held Thursday, Sept. 13, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Iris S. and Bert L.…

Priya Satia, professor of modern English history at Stanford University, will give three lectures at Case Western Reserve University for the 2018 Walter A. Strauss Lecture Series, hosted by the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities. In each of her three lectures, Satia will explore how people with…