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In spring 1941, the Iraqis and the Vichy French in Syria made agreements with the Axis powers that might have had disastrous consequences for the Allied war effort if the Allies hadn’t improvised a jerrybuilt force to respond. In a Baker-Nord Center for Humanities Faculty-Work-in-Progress talk,…

The Department of History will host Todd Michney, assistant professor in the School of History at Georgia Institute of Technology, as part of its Guest Lecture Series. Michney will present “Best Unaddressed Location in the Nation: Mapping Cleveland's Significance for African American Urban…

The Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities will host Susanne Vees-Gulani, associate professor of German, for a Faculty Work-in-Progress presentation Tuesday, Sept. 26, at 4:30 p.m. in Clark Hall, Room 206. Vees-Gulani will give a talk titled “The Air War in the Museum: The Bombing of Dresden as…

Ben Gurion history professor Benny Morris, a leading member of Israel’s “New Historians,” who challenged mainstream Israeli historiography and sparked new public discussion on the Israel-Palestine issue, will discuss the Six-Day War’s historical and contemporary implications to mark the war’s 50th…

The African American Postdoctoral Program and Department of History will host a lecture with David Varel, the Postdoctoral Fellow in African American Studies. Varel will present “Black Scholars and the Struggle Against Scientific Racism: The Case of Allison Davis 1902-1983” Friday, April 28, from…

As an integral part of the fabric that defines Case Western Reserve, university-based research continues to result in groundbreaking discoveries in everything from law to management to medicine and beyond. Each year, the university community celebrates the many scholarly pursuits of students,…

The Department of History will host the 2017 African American Postdoctoral Guest Lecture Friday, April 14, from 12:45 to 2 p.m. in Mather House, Room 100. Kenneth Janken, director of the University of North Carolina’s Center for Study of the American South, will present a lecture titled “An…

Figures and events in American history, described in unconventional, sharply observed and often humorous detail—imperfections and all—spring alive from the pages and mind of Sarah Vowell and her bestselling narrative nonfiction. Vowell’s writing reveals how American history can turn up unexpectedly…

The History Associates will host Renee Sentilles, associate professor of history, for its next History Faculty Discussion. She will give a talk titled "Tomboys and Other Girls" Wednesday, Feb. 22, from 7 to 8 p.m. at Happy Dog at the Euclid Tavern. Sentilles will talk about her upcoming book,…

Peter Shulman, associate professor of history, wrote an op-ed for The Daily Beast, in which he explained the origins of the phrase “energy independence” and the how President-elect Donald Trump plans to incorporate it into his administration. Shulman’s article, titled “Donald Trump Doesn’t…