The newly renovated Rosa Parks Conference Room takes a deeper look at the history of the Civil Rights Movement.
Unit: History
Lessoff to deliver CAS College Lecture, November 10
Alan Lessoff, Professor of History, will deliver the fall College of Arts and Sciences Lecture on Thursday, November 10, at 7 p.m. in the Old Main Room of the Bone Student Center.
Chilean artist Cecilia Vicuña to headline symposium on women in arts, November 10
Chilean poet and visual artist Cecilia Vicuña will be the featured speaker at the symposium “Oscillations of Gender and Genre” at Illinois State University. Vicuña will give a keynote performance/talk at 5 p.m. Thursday, November 10, at the University Galleries in Uptown Normal. The author of more than 20 books of poetry, Vicuña exhibits and
When confusion reigned: A history lesson in voter suppression
Vanessa Schulman and Amy Wood discuss elections more than 150 years ago—what has changed, and what hasn’t.
International Studies to host town hall viewing on U.S.-China relations
Illinois State University’s Office of International Studies and Programs will host a live viewing of the 10th annual China Town Hall on Tuesday, October 18.
Tearing down art history walls amid the ruins
Through curriculum adaptation and a joint study abroad, Lea Cline and Kathryn Jasper are working to make studying art history and history more seamless for students.
History’s 50th anniversary celebration October 7
Come celebrate 50 years of the History Department on Friday, October 7!
Touré Reed column on election featured in The Nation
Associate Professor of History Touré Reed published a column on the U.S. Presidential election in the national magazine The Nation.
ISU History student honored as Bone Scholar
On September 25, Department of History Chair Anthony Crubaugh and History Professor Kyle Ciani honored Beau Ott at the Bone Scholarship luncheon. Robert G. Bone Scholarships constitute the highest awards Illinois State University confers on its undergraduate students. These scholarships were established in 1967 to honor former University President Robert Bone, and they recognize broad academic achievement
CAS boasts eight Bone Scholars
Eight students with majors in the College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) have been named 2016-2017 Robert G. Bone Scholars at Illinois State University. They are William Darrow, chemistry and mathematics; Jackie Durnil, communication sciences and disorders; Alexis Econie, sociology and communication; Nora Fredstrom, health sciences and chemistry; Adrianne Howe, psychology; Lauren Koszyk, music and