History

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History is at the core of a liberal arts education, illuminating the ideas, institutions, and sentiments by which people have attempted to order their world.

Adriana M. Brodsky
- Department Chair
(240) 895-4108
Kent Hall 326
Professor of History Christine Adams’ Paper Published in Age of Revolutions Online Journal
January 26, 2021
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The online journal Age of Revolutions has published Professor of History Christine Adams’ paper based on her live talk with Newberry Library Director of Fellowships and Academic Programs Keelin Burke on Jan. 15.  The subject of the talk was the three “flash points” in the French Revolution: the… Find Out More
Professor of History Christine Adams to be Interviewed Live on Friday, Jan. 15, on Three Flash Points in French Revolution
January 14, 2021
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Professor of History Christine Adams, on sabbatical work as a Newberry Library residential fellow through June 2021, will be interviewed live on Friday, Jan. 15 from 1 – 1:30 p.m., by Newberry Director of Fellowships and Academic Programs Keelin Burke on three “flash points” in the French… Find Out More
Professor Emeritus of History Gail Savage Published in Genealogy
December 9, 2020
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Gail Savage, professor emeritus of history, recently had a scholarly essay published in Genealogy as part of the special issue: Transnational Families: Europe and the World.

“From Good Time Girl to Damsel in Distress: Protecting the British War Bride in the United States,1944–1950,” examines the… Find Out More
Assistant Professor Jeff Eden Interviewed on BeFM Radio in South Korea
November 3, 2020
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Jeff Eden, assistant professor of history, has been interviewed on "Morning Wave in Busan" with host Katherine Bang on Be-FM radio in South Korea. The interview segment--which can be heard at the link below--concerns the ongoing crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed region of the South Caucasus… Find Out More
Professor Jeff Eden Interviewed on the Nagorno-Karabakh Conflict
September 28, 2020
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Jeff Eden, assistant professor of history, has been featured and interviewed in an article on G1 (Globo), Latin America's largest news service. The article features Eden's commentary on the crisis in Nagorno-Karabakh, a disputed region in the South Caucasus where violence has flared this week. This… Find Out More
Professor of History Christine Adams Discusses “The Creation of the French Royal Mistress” on Virtual Author Panel
September 14, 2020
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St. Mary’s College Professor of History Christine Adams will participate in a virtual author panel titled, Medieval & Early Modern Women in Politics & Power, sponsored by Penn State Press, on her book, “The Creation of the French Royal Mistress: From Agnès Sorel to Madame Du Barry,” on… Find Out More
"Republican Populist" Introduction Included in American Heritage Special Issue
June 16, 2020
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An edited version of the introduction to “Republican Populist: Spiro Agnew and the Origins of Donald Trump’s America” (University of Virginia Press, 2019) by Charles J. Holden, Zach P. Messitte and Jerald Podair, appears in American Heritage magazine (Vol. 65, Issue 3, June 2020). Holden is… Find Out More
Professor Christine Adams Receives Two Prestigious Fellowships
May 22, 2020
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Christine Adams, professor of history, received two prestigious fellowships:  one through the American Council on Learned Societies (ACLS) and the other from the Newberry Library, both long-standing, preeminent pillars of American scholarship in the humanities. Competition for these long-term… Find Out More
Assistant Professor Malena Receives Society-wide Award for Research
April 16, 2020
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Sarah Malena, assistant professor of history, has received the Society of Biblical Literature’s 2020 Regional Scholar Award. Malena was awarded for her paper entitled, “A House for Pharaoh’s Daughter: Diplomatic Marriage and Solomon’s Legacy,” which she presented at the 2019 Mid-Atlantic regional… Find Out More
Professor Brodsky Awarded $6,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities
April 14, 2020
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Adriana Brodsky, professor of history, was awarded a summer stipend of $6,000 from the National Endowment for the Humanities to complete the book-length monograph titled “Jewish Argentine Youth, 1940-1976.”  As Jews were persecuted and murdered in Europe, Argentine Jews looked to the youth for… Find Out More
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