Posted on July 30th, 2009 by historydept
History of Science at Michigan State University
History of science is growing at Michigan State with its launching of a specialization in the history of science and the adoption of the Women in Science Digital Collection.
The Department of History at Michigan State University has long been known for its premier African History program. [...]
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Posted on February 13th, 2009 by historydept
I was honored to be able to make a presentation this morning to the MSU Board of Trustees on the digital history work done at MATRIX: The Center for the Humane Arts, Letters, and Social Sciences Online. The presentation highlighted the American Black Journal, Overcoming Apartheid, and H-Net as illustrations of digital history projects.
Mark Lawrence [...]
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Posted on February 6th, 2009 by historydept
Historian Richard Bellon, philospher Robert Pennock, and biologist Jim Smith will lead a virtual tour through the scientific England of Darwin’s age — and our ownon Wednesday, February 11from 3:00 to 4:00 p.m. in 136 Akers Hall.
Abstract: “In this talk, we approach the history of evolutionary biology as a story of place. Our virtual tour [...]
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Posted on January 12th, 2009 by historydept
Dr. Ethan Watrall has published his latest book, Head First Web Design. Published by renowned technology publisher O’Reilly Media and co-authored by Jeff Siarto (http://www.jeffsiarto.com), Head First Web Design is the latest book in the award winning Head First series. Head First Web Design is a user-centered web design book, exploring topics such as pre-production, [...]
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Posted on November 20th, 2008 by historydept
Episode 17 of Africa Past and Present – the podcast about history, culture, and politics in Africa – is now available at: http://afripod.aodl.org/
This episode features a roundtable on “New Media and Southern African Studies in the 21st century” held at the recent Northeastern Workshop on Southern Africa in Burlington, Vermont. Peter Limb (Michigan State University) [...]
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Posted on October 10th, 2008 by historydept
In an pathbreaking new digital history project, the British University and Film Council has provided free access to a century of news footage Universities. Over 3,000 hours of historic newsreels and 10 million still pictures are available on-line at Newsfilm Online
Professors and teachers can use this footage to bring historical events alive for their students. The [...]
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Posted on September 15th, 2008 by historydept
The Department of History will sponsor a brownbag discussion about H-Net on Tuesday, September 16, in 340 Morrill Hall. H-Net, the world’s largest on-line scholarly society is hosted by Michigan State Unviersity and is housed in Morrill Hall as part of its partnership with the Department of History. H-Net provides a wide range of opportunities for faculty [...]
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