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Faculty Spotlight: Kate Aguilar
Kate Aguilar (History) published a piece in the Washington Post about the historic significance of having two African American quarterbacks square off in this year’s Super Bowl.
Faculty Spotlight: Kate Aguilar
Kate Aguilar (History) published an opinion column in the Washington Post, “Blocking Black history is an attempt to counter Black Power,” about the academic changes happening in Florida, on the first day of Black History Month.
Gustavus History Professor Publishes Essay in the Washington Post
Professor Kathleen Keller of the history department published an essay in the Washington Post on Tuesday January 10, 2023, titled “China’s Increased Surveillance Capacity Could be Dangerous.” The essay appeared in the Made by History section of the Post which provides historical context to current events. Connecting to recent news about surveillance in China related […]
Megan “MJ” Johnson ’18
“In rejecting the ‘have to’ script, I have become the change I wished to see in myself.” The first year was a bit of a rough start for this first-generation college student. “I came to Gustavus feeling like an incredibly serious student. I felt like there were things I had to do, like study communications […]
James McPherson ’58
“Some stories entertain us. Others define us. They shape our identity, our sense of character and community, our understanding of right and wrong. Stories from the past have this power, which is why history is often so contested. Historians conduct their work under a weight of this charge.” As one of the most respected historians […]
Faculty Spotlight: Kathleen Keller
Kathleen Keller (History) attended the Western Society for French History annual meeting in Victoria, British Columbia from November 4-6, 2022, where she participated in a roundtable discussion about researching and writing biographies about the French Empire and provided a comment on a panel about networks and decolonization in the French Empire.
Faculty Spotlight: Kathleen Keller
Kathleen Keller (History) published a book review in H-France Review of the book Marianne is Watching: Intelligence, Counterintelligence, and the Origins of the French Surveillance State by Deborah Bauer. H-France Review is “the premier review program for newly published books on Francophone history and culture in the Anglophone world.”
Faculty Spotlight: Maddalena Marinari
Maddalena Marinari (History) participated in a roundtable that examined the aftermath of the 1918-1919 flu pandemic published in the Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era this spring. This academic year, she also published an essay on migration, war, and the transformation of the U.S. population in the Cambridge History of America and the […]
Four Questions with Lauren Bennett McGinty ’10
The Gustavus alum serves as the executive director of Explore Minnesota after holding a series of nonprofit advocacy and communication roles.
Faculty Spotlight: Kathleen Keller
Kathleen Keller (History) wrote an analysis for the Washington Post about Prince William and Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge’s recent trip to Commonwealth nations in the Caribbean. Keller draws on examples from India and Kenya to highlight that the carefully curated images and narratives surrounding royal visits are often at odds with the experiences of the […]