College of Arts and Sciences

Einav Rabinonvitch-Fox spoke to the Wall Street Journal about historical precedents in the use of clothing components to create a wide berth around wearers—helping to create social distance and therefore stave off the spread of communicable diseases like smallpox. Read "Need Help Social Distancing? Try These Giant Summer Dresses"...

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Peter Shulman recently participated in "Giz Asks," a Gizmodo series that asks questions about everything and gets answers from a variety of experts. Weighing in on the question, "What Technology Has Accidentally Killed the Most People?" Professor Shulman proposed that the technology that led to the greatest number of...

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Gillian Weiss, associate professor in the Department of History, co-wrote a piece with Meredith Martin of New York University examining artwork during the Great Plague. The piece, titled “The Art of Plague and Panic: Marseille, 1720” and published in Platform, outlines the relationship between artwork and the plague’s history,...

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John Grabowski, the Krieger-Mueller Joint Professor in History in the College of Arts and Sciences, was recently interviewed for the local podcast COVID-216, a program about life in Northeast Ohio during the coronavirus pandemic. Professor Grabowski spoke about Cleveland’s previous pandemic, the Spanish Flu outbreak that killed more than...

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Lecturer and SAGES Teaching Fellow Andrea Milne was recently honored with the J. Bruce Jackson, MD, Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Mentoring. Milne is a 20th century U.S. historian specializing in gender, sexuality and patient advocacy around stigmatized diseases, especially HIV/AIDS. She draws a direct line between her chosen...

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Alan Rocke, a historian of science and The Henry Eldridge Bourne Professor of History Emeritus, was recently named the co-recipient of the prestigious Franklin-Lavoisier Prize. Awarded every alternating year between France and the U.S., the prize recognizes unusually meritorious efforts to preserve and promote scientific heritage. Professor Rocke's co-recipient...

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Professor Ted Steinberg's book titled Down to Earth: Nature's Role in American History was included in a list of inspiring and informative books on climate change, compiled by Julia Fine for Teen Vogue. As part of Teen Vogue's "Green Dream" series, Field reached out to 11 climate activists for...

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Vicki Daniel, SAGES Fellow in the Department of History, recently wrote an article for theconversation.com to address the history of mass burials, and contextualize our current crisis, which is overwhelming the death care industry, particularly in New York City. Daniel specializes in the History of American Medicine and the...

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Einav Rabinovitch-Fox is featured in a recent article published in Teen Vogue, written by Kristen Bateman, titled "Covid-19 Might Change The Way We Dress Forever." Professor Rabinovitch-Fox specializes in women's and gender history, with particular interest in how visual culture can influence class, race, and gender identities. In this...

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Professor Gillian Weiss recently co-authored a piece with Meredith Martin titled "The Art of Plague and Panic: Marseille, 1720." The piece examines the rhetoric around "foreigners" during pandemics throughout history, using the depictions of the plague outbreak in Marseille in 1720 by painter Michele Serre as a catalyst for...

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