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News from UVM History Alums

Posted in from the chair on September 23, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

Dear Readers, If you are a UVM history alum (or know UVM history alums), we are looking for stories to post on our blog and website about what our students do after graduation and how their study of history has helped them in their professional lives after college. If you’d like to share a story […]

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Vermont Historical Society Annual Meeting

Posted in from the chair, Links, Upcoming Lectures on September 23, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

The Department of History at the University of Vermont is very happy to be a proud sponsor of the Vermont Historical Society’s annual conference and meeting. This year’s focus is on Vermont’s Image and Identity, exploring some of the myths and truths behind Vermont’s identity and taking a look at how our state has been […]

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History in the News

Posted in from the chair, Links on September 13, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

Periodically, I’ll be posting links to this blog that reveal that history is still very much in the the news and extremely relevant to our high-tech contemporary lives. A recent controversy about the nature of the AP U.S. History curriculum reminds us of this. I think it’s interesting to note how presentations of the past […]

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Graduate Student/Faculty BBQ

Posted in from the chair on September 5, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

In case you think we only study, write papers and books, or teach, I wanted to also share a photo from our recent graduate student/faculty BBQ. We’re hoping to do more social events in the year to come for undergraduate and graduate students alike.

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New Book Published by UVM History Professor

Posted in from the chair on September 5, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

Hi History Folks, One wouldn’t know that we’re moving into the second week of September with the weather we’re having here in Burlington this week but, heat aside, the start of the semester is off to a very fine start in the Department of History. Our classes are full, our students and faculty seem energized, […]

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Welcome to the 2014-2015 Academic Year

Posted in from the chair on August 29, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

Hi Students, Faculty, Staff, Alumni, and Friends, While I’ve been posting to this blog recently, this will serve as my official welcome to the 2014-2015 Academic Year. The history department is back in full swing. Faculty and students have returned from productive and interesting summers. Many members of our highly productive faculty traveled over the […]

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The Value of History

Posted in from the chair, Links on August 29, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

Hi History Fans, I’ll be posting a longer, and more formal, “Welcome to the Academic Year” message later today but, before I do that, I wanted to pass along the following interesting article. While people committed to humanistic inquiry sometimes feel under attack, evidence on the value of history (and other humanities disciplines) abounds in […]

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Welcome to the UVM History Department Blog

Posted in from the chair on August 18, 2014 | Leave a Comment »

Dear History Department Students, Faculty, Staff, and Friends, The History Department is finally entering the digital age, at long last, with a new blog, a new facebook page, and a new twitter account. We hope that this will be a good way to spread news about the department, our events, and our wonderful faculty, staff, […]

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