Tag: history
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Dr. Wendy Chmielewski Awarded 2023 Anna K. Nelson Award for Archival Excellence
We would like to congratulate our colleague, the former Curator of the Swarthmore College Peace Collection, Dr. Wendy Chmielewski, for receiving the 2023 Anna K. Nelson Award for Archival Excellence from the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR). Dr. Nelson, a historian and expert on archival preservation and open public access to presidential and…
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Transnational Solidarities, Diplomatic Endeavors, and International History
This academic year the Aydelotte Foundation launched a program to support the promotion of significant scholarly works by our faculty and staff. We are pleased to co-sponsor the first event that is tied to this initiative: Transnational Solidarities, Diplomatic Endeavors, and International History: A Roundtable on Researching and Writing Histories that Cross Borders This roundtable,…
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Dancing with History: George Lakey TriCo Memoir Launch
We are thrilled to welcome our former colleague and Lang Professor, George Lakey, back to campus to help launch his latest book, a memoir, Dancing With History: A Life for Peace and Justice. Join us for this public TriCollege book talk sponsored by departments at Swarthmore, Haverford, and Bryn Mawr Colleges. A reception and book…
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Prof. Margaret MacMillan to offer Cooper Series Lecture: “Friend or foe? War and Society” – September 7, 2022
We are excited to be a co-sponsor of this Cooper Series event featuring Professor Margaret MacMillan, emeritus Professor of International History at the University of Oxford. Read more about the event below, and we hope to see you there. “Friend or Foe? War and Society”Wednesday 7th September 20227:00-8:30 p.m. in the Science Center’s Chang Hou…
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Polarization as Possibility: The Justice Strategizing of Bayard Rustin and Martin Luther King, Jr.
The video of the event announced below is now available! Our friends at the Center for Peace and Global Citizenship at Haverford College are sponsoring an exciting online event on January 21, 2022 titled “Polarization as Possibility: The Justice Strategizing of Bayard Rustin and Martin Luther King, Jr.” featuring our own George Lakey and Professor…
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The Quaker Indian Boarding Schools: Facing our History and Ourselves
“The Quaker Indian Boarding Schools: Facing our History and Ourselves” A presentation by Paula Palmer, Friend in Residence at Haverford College Thursday, November 6 4:30-6:00 p.m. Scheuer Room, Kohlberg Hall Swarthmore College Paula Palmer is a sociologist, writer, and activist for human rights, social justice, and environmental protection. Since 2012 she travels in Quaker ministry,…
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“The 1.5 Insurgent Generation: Stories of El Salvador Postwar”
Please join us for a talk by Irina Carlota (Lotti) Silber, Associate Professor of Anthropology, City University of New York: “The 1.5 Insurgent Generation: Stories of El Salvador Postwar” Tuesday, October 22nd 2019 Sproul 201, Intercultural Center 4:30-6:00p.m. Organized by Peace and Conflict Studies and Co-Sponsored by History, Latin American and Latino Studies, Political Science, Sociology…
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Welcoming Jordan Landes, Curator of the Friends Historical Library
Jordan Landes joined our community on March 11, 2019. Jordan joins us from the Senate House Library, the central library of the University of London where she was a Research Librarian for History. A true exemplar of the value of a liberal arts education, Jordan has worked in libraries whose foci are literature and theater…
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Exhibit: The War to End All Wars: Devastation, Resistance, and Relief in World War I
Exhibit: The War to End All Wars: Devastation, Resistance, and Relief in World War I Atrium, McCabe Library November 5 – December 1, 2018 Open to the public November 11, 2018 is the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. To commemorate this event the Swarthmore College Libraries is sponsoring an exhibition of…
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History with a Future: Ben Goossen ’13
McCabe Library Atrium Thursday, September 7th, 4:30 pm Please join us in welcoming back Ben Goossen ‘13! Ben will take you through the experiences at Swarthmore that helped shape his decision to pursue a Ph.D. at Harvard University. A History and German Studies double major, and four-time recipient of the Swarthmore College Libraries’ A. Edward…