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Graduate Student Edits Journal Issue Dedicated to Brockport Feminist Theory Student Manifestos

Joseph Golden, graduate student in the Department of History, is co-editor and writer for The Journal of Engaged Research. Issue 4 of the journal is dedicated to “feminisms” publishing manifestos from spring 2022 Feminist Theory student scholars.

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Happy 75th Birthday to SUNY

SUNY officially turned 75 on April 4, 2023. Watch a two-minute overview of the drama surrounding its founding from Bruce Leslie (History Professor Emeritus).

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Historian Consults on Digital Public History/Humanities at St. Bonaventure University

Dr. Michael J. Kramer, Assistant Professor of History, visited St. Bonaventure University to consult about digital and public history/humanities work as part of a National Endowment for the Humanities Grant focused on “Collaborative Pathways for Inquiry-Based Education: Piloting a Humanities Education Partnership.”

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Finding a Home in History & Japan

While searching for a thesis topic, a grad student’s passion for anime took an unexpected turn.

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Visit Timelines: The History Department Blog

https://www.sunybrockporthistorydept.net/timelines/

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Historian Presents at XXIII International Congress of Historical Sciences

Dr. Michael J. Kramer, Assistant Professor of History, presented a virtual talk, “Alan Lomax’s Transatlantic Ballad: The Modern & the Traditional in Alan Lomax’s Song Performance Style Studies” at the XXIII International Congress of Historical Sciences, held in Poznań, Poland.

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Finding a Home in History & Japan

While searching for a thesis topic, a grad student’s passion for anime took an unexpected turn.

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History Professor Researches Projects at the Library of Congress

Dr. Michael J. Kramer is the Spring-Summer 2023 Digital Studies Fellow at the Library of Congress’s John W. Kluge Center in Washington, DC, conducting archival research for two projects that will continue back at Brockport.

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History Professor Publishes Article on Witchcraft in 17th-Century New England

Professor Paul Moyer, Department of History, recently published “Diabolical Duos: Witch Spouses in Early New England” in Early American Studies, Vol. 20, Issue 3 (Summer 2022): 371-406.

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SUNY Brockport Historians Participate in Federal Grant to Revise History Curriculum

Dr. Michael J. Kramer and Dr. James Spiller join thirteen SUNY scholars in the Adirondacks as part of a federally funded effort to reimagine the US history curriculum across the SUNY system and for K-12 teachers in New York State.