The third event in the Spring 2023 International Seminar Series, The FIFA World Cups of Soccer-Joy and Context, is now open for registration.
International Seminar Series event to focus on ‘the joy of the game,’ March 8
Unit: History
Milner Library provides access to Gale Primary Sources, adding millions of pages of historical materials and news articles
Milner Library recently added access to a bundle of primary sources from publisher Gale, providing over 30 million pages of primary source documents available to the Illinois State University community.
Hands on the pulse: Professional drummer Andrew “Blaze” Thomas reverberates history
For more than two decades, professional blues drummer Andrew “Blaze” Thomas has given music a pulse through his precise percussion and rhythm. Now, as a history graduate student, Thomas is shifting his focus to amplifying history.
Black History Month speaker: Rethinking Race and Social Construction, February 27
Dr. Ken Warren of the University of Chicago will deliver the lecture “Rethinking Race and Social Construction: A View from the Humanities” as the keynote for Black History Month.
The Pitfalls of Faith in Education: The Liberal Origins of Punitive Education Policies, February 9
Dr. Daniel Moak of Connecticut College will kick off the 2023 History and Social Sciences Symposium.
DMPTool available to assist researchers with data management plans
Illinois State University is now affiliated with DMPTool, an open-source online application built to assist researchers in creating comprehensive data management and sharing plans in easy-to-view formats.
Three named 2022 “Researchers to Know”
Three Illinois State University professors have been named 2022 “Researchers to Know” by the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition (ISTC).
Preserving the past, protecting the future: Dr. R. David Edmunds dedicates life’s work to the past, present, and future of Native Americans
Dr. R. David Edmunds is a well-known and trusted expert in Native American ethnohistory, a status he’s acquired through more than a half century of teaching and scholarship.
Latinx Alumni Network president works toward ‘creating a new legacy’
A succinct but apt description of the professional career thus far of Simon Rodriguez Jr. ’13 might read: “In service to others.”
Ethics and aesthetics of war photography, November 15
Cultural historian Dr. Anna Topolska will give the lecture “The Ethics and Aesthetics of War Photography: From the 19th-Century Wars to the War in Ukraine” at the University Galleries.
