History

Arts and Humanities Research Roundup
Check out a few highlights of the research that goes on in the Arts and Humanities within LAS College!

February 15, 2018
Lecture on food and the Great Depression to air on American History TV
Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, professor of history, shares stories from her research and interviews with people who lived during the Depression.

December 21, 2017
Mike Bailey publishes new book, “Magic: The Basics”
Michael Bailey, professor of history, has published a new book, “Magic: The Basics.” “Magic: The Basics” is a concise and engaging introduction to magic in world history and contemporary societies. Presenting magic as a global phenomenon which has manifested in all human cultures, this book takes a thematic approach…

September 6, 2017
Wolters publishes “Reading Submarine History”
Tim Wolters, associate professor of history, recently published “Reading Submarine History” in the current issue of The Submarine Review (vol. 35, no. 2), pp. 135-145.

August 23, 2017
Andrews publishes essay on authoritarian constraints on scientific inquiry
Warning Signs: Authoritarian Constraints on Scientific Inquiry in the Recent Past…

June 28, 2017
American Historical Association taps ISU Department of History to help shape career diversity model
Faculty members will help integrate career development into doctoral curriculum.

May 4, 2017
American Antiquarian Society awards fellowship to Hilliard
Dr. Kathleen Hilliard, associate professor of history, was awarded the 2017-2018 Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellowship to support one month of research at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts. Hilliard will conduct research for a book in progress, “Bonds Burst Asunder:…

April 14, 2017
Hilliard awarded Program in Early American Economy and Society Fellowship
Dr. Kathleen Hilliard, associate professor of history, was awarded the 2017-2018 Program in Early American Economy and Society Fellowship. The fellowship, awarded by The Library Company of Philadelphia, is designed to promote scholarship in early American economy and society, broadly defined, from its colonial beginnings to the…

April 7, 2017