History
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Lecture, conference to examine, compare post-genocide reparation
The Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Clark University is sponsoring an interdisciplinary conference, “Beyond the Armenian Genocide: The Question of Restitution and Reparation in Comparative Review,” opening at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 27, with a public keynote address in Tilton Hall, Higgins University Center, 950 Main Street. Scholar and author John Torpey will present…
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More than 1,000 expected at int’l summit on conflict-free minerals
More than 1,000 people from around the globe will travel to Clark University on September 24th to participate in an international summit on Informed Activism: Scarce Resources, Armed Conflict and Congo. Convened by the University’s Strassler Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, in partnership with Los Angeles based Jewish World Watch, the summit will shine a bright light on…
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University offers new concentration in Latin American & Latino Studies
Census data from 2010 indicates that there are now 50.5 million Latinos in the United States — one sixth of the U.S. population. These figures represent more than a 46 percent increase in the Latino population since 2000 and reveal that Latinos are far and away the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. Thus,…
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Clark professor’s landmark work named history book of the year
Historian, author and Clark University Professor Emeritus George Athan Billias, of Worcester, will receive the James P. Hanlan Book Award from the New England Historical Association during the NEHA fall conference at the University of New England in Biddeford, Maine, on Oct. 16. The award is given annually to a New England author of a book on any historical topic. “American…
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Professors appointed to Klein, Scotland endowed chairs
Clark University President David P. Angel recently announced the appointment of Professor Douglas Little as the first holder of the new Robert H. and Virginia N. Scotland Endowed Chair in History and International Relations at Clark University and the appointment of Professor of Political Science Sharon Krefetz as the next holder of the Andrea B. and Peter D. ’64 Klein Distinguished Professorship. The…
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Professor Paul Ropp’s new book examines China in World History
Paul S. Ropp, research professor of history at Clark University, recently published “China in World History” (Oxford University Press 2010). The book is a compact history of Chinese political, economic, and cultural life, ranging from the origins of civilization in China to the beginning of the 21st century. “China has experienced 300 years of social…
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Clark Guggenheim Fellow explores societies ‘struggling for beauty’
Thomas Kuehne, Clark University Professor of History and Strassler Family Chair in the Study of Holocaust History, was recently awarded a fellowship from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation in support of his proposed book-length essay, “Struggling for Beauty.” “Struggling for Beauty” will focus on the rise of “beauty” in modern world societies since the 18th-century Enlightenment,…
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Steinbrecher fellow’s Nez Perce exhibit opens at Strassler Center
Last summer, Clark University senior Mikal Brotnov used the funding he received from the Steinbrecher Fellowship Program to travel to Seattle, Washington and Kamiah, Idaho, to research the Nez Perce Nation and to photographically document the rituals of the Nimiipuu (as the Nez Perce call themselves). Brotnov, who grew up on the Nez Perce reservation, has put…
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Strassler Center offers access to Shoah Foundation visual archives
Clark University among 25 institutions worldwide linked to 52,000 Holocaust testimonies
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Workshop Considers State of the Art of Armenian Genocide Research
Experts, Scholars to Hold Ground-breaking Workshop; Public Invited to April 9 Program on ‘Armenian Genocide: 95 Years Later’