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
Alumna Carolyn La Rocco ’15 to Receive Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarship in the Humanities
June 12, 2018
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Alumna Carolyn La Rocco ’15 (history) recently received official notice from the Wolfson Foundation of her receipt of a Wolfson Postgraduate Scholarship in the humanities, providing full funding of her Ph.D. in ancient history at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. For her Ph.D., she will be… Find Out More
Brodsky and Phillips Lead Study Tour to Peru
June 12, 2018
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Associate Professor of History Adriana Brodsky and Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History Ruth Anne Phillips led 18 St. Mary’s College students in a two-week study tour of Peru.

 

The study tour allowed students the opportunity to earn academic credits and experience life in the beautiful… Find Out More
Holden published During 2017-18 Academic Year
May 11, 2018
Charles Holden pictured
St. Mary’s College Professor of History Charles Holden published two articles over the 2017-18 academic year. “Prominent Men Badly Beaten: The Baltimore Pro-War Riot of 1917,” was published in the Fall/Winter 2018 issue of Maryland Historical Magazine. The article describes a riot that broke out in… Find Out More
Brodsky to be Published in Upcoming book “Global Jewish Foodways: A History”
May 7, 2018
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Adriana M Brodsky, associate professor of history, has a chapter, titled “The Battle against Guefilte Fish: Asserting Sephardi Culinary Repertoires among Argentine Jews in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century,” included in the upcoming book “Global Jewish Foodways: A History” (University of… Find Out More
St. Mary’s College Students Win at Phi Alpha Theta Conference
March 27, 2018
pictured Abigail Rose ’20, Caitlin Schoen ’18, Megan Root’19, Sara Casper-Woodhead ’19
Four St. Mary’s College history students - Caitlin Schoen ’18, Abigail Rose ’20, Megan Root ’19, and Sara Casper-Woodhead ’19 – presented their papers at the Phi Alpha Theta (National Honors History Society) Regional Conference. Two students won awards for their papers. Root won second prize in the… Find Out More
Brodsky Gives Keynote Address at Annual ucLADINO Judeo-Spanish Symposium
March 22, 2018
Professor Adriana Brodsky pictured
Associate Professor of History Adriana M. Brodsky, gave the keynote address at the 7th Annual ucLADINO Judeo-Spanish Symposium titled “New Directions, Old Roots.”  In the talk, “Translating” Israel: Sephardi Zionist Youth in Argentina, 1948-1970,” Brodsky discussed the artistic events that young… Find Out More
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