College of Arts and Sciences

John Grabowski, the Krieger-Mueller Joint Professor in History at the College of Arts and Sciences, discussed Cleveland’s resilient past in the face of global pandemics. Read more from News 5 Cleveland here.

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Jonathan Sadowsky, the Theodore J. Castele Professor in the Department of History at the College of Arts and Sciences, spoke about the novel nature of looking at depression from a historian’s point of view, in book form. Read his interview with Psychiatric Times here.

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Amanda Mahoney, chief curator of the Dittrick Medical History Center, discussed some of the exhibits and medical disposables of the past—related to pandemics of another era—at the museum. She’s said she’s weighing whether to add to the collection—either a pristine N95 mask or one that a nurse had kept...

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The Chronicle of Higher Education recently spoke with Noël M. Voltz, assistant professor of history at the College of Arts and Sciences. Professor Voltz discussed her experience balancing child care and her new role here at Case Western Reserve University. Read the piece from The Chronicle, or find an...

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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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