College of Arts and Sciences

Case Western Reserve University’s Think Forum lecture series will present a free virtual lecture this fall examining African American women’s pursuit of political power. For the Oct. 22 event, Think Forum is partnering with Case Western Reserve University History Associates and the Department of History to host renowned historian Martha...

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Craig Lanier Allen, the postdoctoral fellow in African American history in the Department of History, has received an inaugural Emerging Voices Fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS). Allen is a historian of the United States in the 20th century, focusing on foreign relations, comparative urban history...

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Ted Steinberg, the Adeline Barry Davee Distinguished Professor of History in the College of Arts and Sciences, spoke about the uptick in lawn manicuring during the pandemic. “You could argue that the perfect lawn is the perfect coping mechanism in a world that's been turned upside-down,” he said. Read...

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Einav Rabinovitch-Fox, a visiting assistant professor in the Department of History in the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed the suffrage movement in Cleveland, saying it was less segregated than in other locations around the country. "Black women fought for suffrage even if they were barred or not welcome...

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Einav Rabinovitch-Fox discussed the importance of fashion in the women’s suffrage movement in an online presentation, hosted by the Northeast Ohio Suffrage Centennial Committee in partnership with the Trumbull County Historical Society and Ohio Humanities. Read more in The Youngstown Vindicator here.

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John Grabowski discussed the history of the Sidaway Bridge, a structure that become a de facto symbol of racism in Cleveland, located on what is now the Kinsman neighborhood on the north side from the North Broadway-Slavic Village neighborhood to the south of the bridge. Read more here.

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John Broich, associate professor of history in the College of Arts and Sciences, penned a piece about a group of Spanish Civil War veterans who continued combat into World War II. The group hoped to bring representative freedoms to their country, but they found democracy was abandoned following the...

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Noel Voltz is an assistant professor of African American History and a scholar of African American and African Diasporic History. Her particular research interests focus on women of color in slavery and freedom in the United States and the Atlantic World. Her talk focuses on the meaning of Juneteenth...

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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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