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Clark history professor receives ‘Friend of the Armenians’ award

Clark University History Professor Taner Akçam received the “Friend of the Armenians” award from the Diocese of the Armenian Church of America (Eastern) at a banquet of the Diocesan Assembly on April 29 in Cleveland. Hundreds of Armenian Church leaders from around the country attended. “It is deeply rewarding to be recognized as a friend…
The printed page

In books this year, Clark University faculty examined the U.S. struggle against radical Islam, issues involving the health care of black women and the challenges for families of gay and lesbian children who marry.
Students to head to Bermuda, Berlin and beyond as part of Steinbrecher research

Eight Clark University undergraduate students were recently awarded Steinbrecher Fellowships to support their pursuit of original ideas, creative research and community service projects this summer and during the 2016-2017 academic year. The students (five are pictured above) and their projects include: Sophie Debler ’17, a biology major, who will conduct research on the possible effects of variation in feeding sources…
Blackhawk gives voice to the unspoken genocide

It was the extermination of entire tribes — the murder and displacement of millions, the theft of lands, the destruction of cultures. And yet, according to Yale professor Ned Blackhawk (pictured), the eradication of Native Americans in the United States and Canada over several centuries somehow escapes consideration as a genocide in many history texts. In the April 15…
Clark University President’s Lecture to focus on genocide of Native Americans

Clark University will host Yale University professor Ned Blackhawk for a President’s Lecture, “Colonial Genocide in Native North America: Varying Methods and Approaches,” on Friday, April 15, at 7:30 p.m. in Razzo Hall in the Traina Center for the Arts, 92 Downing Street, Worcester. This free, public lecture serves as the keynote address for a weekend symposium,…
2016 Climate Change Teach-In asks crucial questions about issue

The stakes are high. The planet is changing profoundly. What does it mean, what is possible, and what is needed? Clark University’s second Climate Change Teach-In on March 23 brought the campus together for a deep consideration of the challenges to the planet’s health. The day featured a variety of teach-in sessions and a campus-wide…
From Desert Storm to ISIS

History professor’s book reveals shifting U.S. policies
Clark grants first doctoral degree in Armenian Genocide Studies

Khatchig Mouradian's work marks 'historic turning point,' professor says
Lists of names became part of everyday life after Holocaust

When Clark University Rose Professor of Holocaust History Debórah Dwork addressed an audience on Nov. 15 about Jews’ search for loved ones after the Holocaust, she took note of the timing of her talk. “We are now coming to the end of the November pogrom commemorative week, also known as Kristallnacht,” she said of the Nazis’ November 9-10,…
Nov. 18 at Clark: Renowned architect on memorial designs and painful legacies

Clark University welcomes architect Julian Bonder, Deborah Martin, professor of geography, and Kristina Wilson, professor of art history, to start a discussion of how communities address painful legacies through memorial construction, entitled “Recognizing Painful Legacies through Memorial Construction.” The lecture will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday Nov. 18 in the Higgins Lounge…