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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…
C-SPAN Cities Tour visits Worcester, will feature Goddard legacy and Clark

Interview at Goddard Library archives and exhibit destined for December broadcast; Clark faculty authors to be part of literary culture segment
Clark University student selected for Fulbright Summer Institute, expands research about Hadrian’s Wall

Clark University undergraduate Hannah Kogut, of Ellington, CT, has been selected as a Fulbright Summer Institute program participant and will spend four weeks at Durham University in the United Kingdom, studying British history and Hadrian’s Wall. Kogut soon will enter her junior year at Clark University, where she double-majors in history and screen studies.…
Archives and Special Collections house treasures that would have amazed Jonas Clark himself

Archivist Fordyce Williams receives periodic requests from people inquiring about a family member’s time at Clark University. “Can you send me the yearbook photo of my grandfather?” they may ask. Or, “Did The Scarlet review the student play my mother directed?” Last October, Williams took a call from a colleague at a Boston-area college…
Clark U.’s Akçam recognized with Hrant Dink Spirit of Freedom and Justice Medal

Clark University History Professor Taner Akçam was recently presented with the Hrant Dink Spirit of Freedom and Justice Medal by the Organization of Istanbul Armenians on the 8th commemoration of Dink’s assassination. The late Hrant Dink was a prominent Turkish-Armenian journalist known for his efforts of reconciliation between Turks and Armenians and his advocacy…
Clark U. History Professor investigating rare, century-old photos of Worcester’s early residents of color

Clark University History Professor Janette Greenwood has teamed up with retired teacher and Charlton historian Frank Morrill to research the identities of some early Worcester residents — people of color — pictured in rare photographs that date back to the turn of the last century. The photos are those of the late William Bullard, of Worcester, a photographer…
‘Manufacturing Denial’ conference delves into multi-disciplinary genocide scholarship

Historians, social scientists, philosophers, and natural scientists gathered recently at Clark University to discuss the phenomena of genocide denial and the denial of scientific truth—from evolution to climate change—during an academic conference held at both Clark and Worcester State University. “Manufacturing Denial: the Assault on Scholarship and Truth” (Oct. 24-25) was co-sponsored and organized by the Strassler Center…