Spring Hill College History Department

Good morning Early Risers! Spring Hill College’s Give Day 2023 started at 12:01 a.m. this morning and continues until 11:59 p.m. tonight. Visit https://www.givecampus.com/fczuns to donate and, by example, encourage others to support Give Day 2023.

Recent History grads and alum! Looking for a great job opportunity? Consider applying to work at the AHA--I'm sure any of the History faculty will gladly write you letters of recommendation! https://careers.historians.org/jobs/16840487?fbclid=IwAR24XH5IYlby4JNR76CioV8eUWhZJMpm1uwPmjwOIXYMSz51YbSUkJpqOks

Program Assistant, Academic and Professional Affairs in Washington, DC for American Historical Association Exciting opportunity in Washington, DC for American Historical Association as a Program Assistant...

SHC History alum Patrick J. Geary is featured here, speaking about Ukrainian history. Dr. Geary has had quite a distinguished career, from Spring Hill to to Yale to UCLA to the Institute for Advanced Studies at Princeton. Most recently, he co-directed a project on genomic ancestry in the Carpathian Basin (hence the connection to Ukraine). History majors can do anything! Check him out:

The Uses and Abuses of History: Responding to the War in Ukraine Thursday 21 April 2022, Wolfensohn Hall, The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJFeaturing panelists Patrick Geary (IAS), Kim Lane Scheppele (Princeto...

Great opportunity for SHC History students and recent grads!!!

Don't forget to register at [email protected] for the upcoming talk by Dr. Wendy Warren! Wednesday at 7pm Central!

We are so thrilled to welcome Dr. Wendy Warren to our campus virtually for our annual Portier Lecture on November 10th, starting at 7pm Central! She'll be speaking about her current book project, Carceral Colonies.

Please email [email protected] to register to receive the Zoom link for the talk! We look forward to seeing you there.

We are so thrilled to welcome Dr. Wendy Warren to our campus virtually for our annual Portier Lecture on November 10th, starting at 7pm Central! She'll be speaking about her current book project, Carceral Colonies.

Please email [email protected] to register to receive the Zoom link for the talk! We look forward to seeing you there.

Dr. Ruble wrote a blog post for the GHI London blog on part of her book research! Exciting to have faculty who bring their research to life in the classroom every day! Check it out here!

Sustaining ‘Information for Women’: The Informationsdienst für Frauenfragen, the American Military Occupation, and Women’s Politics in West Germany, 1951–1990 ‘The Women’s Affairs unit…is based on the recognition of the fact that German women are in a decisive position either to promote or re**rd the development of Germany as a democratic state.’1 This statement appeared as part of a 1949 report by the Women’s Affairs branch of the Office of Mil...

History majors and minors!

Consider joining ACE like Spring Hill graduate Ryan Slaymaker ('20)!! More on ACE here: http://ace.nd.edu/programs/teach

Learn more in person from ACE team member
Catherine Wagner's office hours this week!

Stop by Carpe Diem this Friday, Sept. 17th between 12:30 - 3:30pm to meet Catherine and talk about this amazing opportunity.

Catherine Wagner has also graciously agreed to meet with interested students on Zoom or on the phone if they are unable to make it on Friday, so if you want, please reach out to her at: [email protected]

Not our video, but we share this belief! You'll never regret taking more History courses. Thanks to the University of Arkansas History Department for putting this together!

Why major in History?

SHC History is very sad to share that Dr. Patricia G. Harrison passed away on August 10, 2021. An accomplished scholar and teacher, Dr. Harrison was the rock of our department for 40 years, known for her bright persona, mentorship of students and faculty colleagues, and leadership in the College. It is difficult to find the right words to describe the impact Dr. Harrison had on all those who knew her. We send our deepest condolences to her family and friends.

Her obituary is below. For those who wish to honor Dr. Harrison's life: "Funeral services will be held at Ashland Place United Methodist Church at 2:00pm on Wednesday, August 25th, 2021. Burial will follow at Pine Crest Cemetery."

We miss you, Pat!

Dr. Patricia Dean Greenwood Harrison Obituary (2021) Mobile Register and Baldwin County View Dr. Patricia Dean Greenwood Harrison's obituary, send flowers and sign the guestbook.

Join SHC History (alongside co-hosts Iowa State, Wyoming, Syracuse, and the US Holocaust Memorial Museum) on Thursday, April 15th, from 6-7pm Central for Dr. Jelena Subotic's virtual lecture, "Abandoned Memorial: State Collapse and the Yugoslav Exhibition at Auschwitz."

Link to register is here. For those in Central time, please note that the confirmation will say 7pm Eastern but the event will be at 6pm our time! https://ushmm.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uZEi4WN9SSy_9_d6qGBjgg

Dr. Subotic will discuss: What happens to Holocaust memory in the aftermath of state collapse? During the Holocaust in Yugoslavia, more than 20,000 Jews, communists, Roma and other “enemies” of the Third Reich were deported to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and death camp. Very few survived. At the end of World War II, communist Yugoslavia opened a national exhibition at Auschwitz Memorial Museum meant to honor Yugoslav victims murdered there. After Yugoslavia collapsed in a series of wars in the 1990s, successor states could no longer agree on what should be presented at the Yugoslav exhibition, and “Block 17” where it was housed remains empty and abandoned. This lecture offers an overview of the Holocaust in Yugoslavia and explains how Holocaust memory becomes politicized at times of great social change.

We look forward to welcoming Dr. Subotic to our campuses virtually and we hope you can attend!