College of Arts and Sciences

John Broich, an associate professor in the Department of History at the College of Arts and Sciences, explored the definition of facism, including many historical examples of how fascists have viewed the world through a lens of race and acted violently against ethnicities different from their own.

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Amanda Mahoney, chief curator of the Dittrick Medical History Center, discussed the history of Cleveland Clinic—and health care in Cleveland—including some of the top health concerns a century ago, including scarlet fever and influenza. Read more here!

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John Flores, a professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed his research into 3,110 naturalization records from 1900 to 1940 in Chicago—the largest “Hispanic” U.S. naturalization historical census to date. Read about his findings here.

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John Broich, associate professor of history at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed Donald Trump’s presidency through the lens of historical perspective, noting that in the years leading up to WWII, American media covered Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler as “objective journalists.” Read his interview with The Daily...

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Amanda Mahoney, chief curator of the Dittrick Medical History Center at the College of Arts and Sciences, partnered with the team behind the university's Encyclopedia of Cleveland History, to help tell the story of Cuyahoga County’s best-in-U.S. record in vaccinating residents against polio in the early 1960s. Read more...

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Jonathan Sadowsky spoke to Psychology Today about the history of depression—a malady that has gone by many names throughout human history—and the modern approach to identifying and treating the condition. Read his interview here.

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Peter Shulman, associate professor of history at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed the invocation of the Defense Production Act as part of President Joe Biden’s strategy to combat the spread of the coronavirus that has killed more than 400,000 Americans. Watch the interview with Professor Shulman here.

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Jonathan Sadowsky, the Theodore J. Castele Professor in the Department of History at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed his new book, The Empire of Depression: A New History, which explores how different societies throughout history have interpreted what we refer to now as "depression" and what can be...

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Listen to Jonathan Sadowsky discuss his book, The Empire of Depression: A New History, on the New Books Network Podcast. When is sorrow sickness? That is the question that this book asks, exploring how our understandings of sadness, melancholy, depression, mania and anxiety have changed over time, and how societies have...

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Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, a visiting assistant professor of history, contributed her expertise in a story about how Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has used her fashion style to amplify her political views and empower the next generation of leaders. "The cape jacket for the State of the Union address was sort...

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