College of Arts and Sciences

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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Luke Reader, a SAGES Teaching Fellow in the Department of History, recently published an article in The Conversation titled "Why Boris Johnson Won't Have to Pay Any Hospital Bills." Reader, who specializes in the British Labour Party in the first half of the 20th century, covers the history of...

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Professor John Broich recently published a piece in Laphams Quarterly's online publication. The piece, published in the "Roundtable" section of the journal, takes a detailed and riveting look at what is now known as The Battle of Gazala, which took place in Lybia in 1942. Professor Broich specializes in...

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Professor John Grabowski appeared on the Ideastream podcast this week to discuss the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918, and what we can learn from its history. Professor Grabowski also discussed the reopening of society during that historical pandemic, and how it applies to our current situation. The episode also...

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Professor John Broich recently published a piece in The Daily Beast titled "Lessons of a Hero From the Plague for Surviving the Coronavirus." Professor Broich offers a brief history of Cristofano Cessini, an elected board of health official in the Italian town of Prato when the black plague was...

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