In the aftermath of the protests triggered by the extra-judicial killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, the debate over the place in modern America of monuments to the Confederacy has once again flared up nationally. This includes in Springfield, where some are now calling for the removal of a statue of Sterling Price, a senior Confederate office, erected in 1901 in … [Read more...] about Professor Neely speaks to KY3
The Department of History is extremely proud of all the hard work that our graduate students put into their courses. We would like to congratulate the following students who successfully completed the M.A. History program in Spring 2020: Jonathan Bowen Amanda Carnal Charlie DeWitt Alexander Decker Alexander Haarmann Bonnie McLaughlin Cinasee Pollett … [Read more...] about Congratulations: Graduate Students
Congratulations to Dr. Julia Troche, Dr. Bukola Oyeniyi, and Dr. Jamaine Abidogun for their contributions to the peer-reviewed The Palgrave Handbook of African Education and Indigenous Knowledge, which just came out. The volume was edited by Jamaine Abidogun and Toyin Falola. Dr. Troche contributed a chapter in it entitled "Ancient Africa Education: Egypt and Nubia", while … [Read more...] about The Palgrave Handbook of African Education and Indigenous Knowledge
Fellow Bears, In 2012 I left Missouri State University, a graduate of the history B.A. & M.A., religious studies B.A., and classics B.A. departments to begin a Ph.D. in medieval European history at the University of Kansas, which awarded me a five-year graduate assistantship. This university proved the most well suited for my scholarly passions of British, medieval, … [Read more...] about The Doctoral Journey
The Department of History would like to congratulate Dr. David A. Hill for the successful defense of his doctoral dissertation in history, "The Perception of Holiness: Spiritual Idealism in Late Medieval and Reformation England, 1350-1539". Dr. Hill received both his BA and MA in History at Missouri State University after which we went on to complete his PhD under the … [Read more...] about Congratulations Dr. Hill