Holy Cross History

History is Storytelling - this webinar panel will discuss the real world application of the History major to digital media (eg, filmmaking, podcasting, entertainment, etc). Lineup is on the poster. Wed March 22, 2023 7-8pm Click link to register: holycross.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

HC's history Professor Cynthia Hooper on, How in search of a new world order, Russia and China team up to push Ukraine propaganda, featuring insight from another @holy_cross history Prof @munyamunos thebulletin.org/2022/04/in-sea… via @BulletinAtomic

HC's Professor Cynthia Hooper on Russia’s information war: Painful truths vs. comfortable lies thebulletin.org/2022/03/russia… via @BulletinAtomic #Ukraine #Putin @holy_cross

Our colleague Cynthia Hooper offers insights on Russia's information war and its impact upon Russian attitudes towards Russia's war on the Ukraine, the Putin regime, and possibilities for dissent.thebulletin.org/2022/03/russia…

Want to learn more about the historical context of the Ukraine crisis? Join HC Profs. Hooper and Cary tonight in a discussion with Roger Zakheim from the Ronald Reagan Institute. 6pm Rehm Library #ukraine #putin #coldwar

Want to stay engaged about what's happening now without unwittingly becoming a victim or an agent of disinformation? Read this helpful advice from Center for an Informed Public from University of Washington. cip.uw.edu/2022/02/24/fog…

Congratulations to Professor Michael West of the History Dept for receiving a Raymond J. Swords, SJ Award for serving at @Holy_Cross for 25 years!

The annual History Dept BBQ was a big success and a ton of fun. About 60 students and 10 faculty turned out for spirited conversations over cheeseburgers, hot dogs, salads, watermelon, etc, plus corn hole and Kan Jam. #DoesYourMajorDoThis?

Congratulations to this year’s Holy Cross History Honors recipients! We had a lovely socially distanced ceremony to mark the occasion. @holy_cross

Holy Cross students (incl. many History majors), faculty, & staff had a great time on Friday participating in the annual #DouglassDay transcribathon, working on the papers of Mary Church Terrell @DouglassDayorg @librarycongress @psulibs @holy_cross #blackhistory #AfAmHist

Utah Charter School Cancels Black History Month Opt Out ksltv.com/454956/utah-ch…

It is not possible to exaggerate the significance of reports that the president & his convicted National Security Advisor/foreign lobbyist actually discussed OUT LOUD IN THE OVAL OFFICE the possibility of deploying the military on US soil to change the Electoral College outcome.

Congratulations to Alessandra LaRocca Link, Holy Cross '09, who was awarded the 2020 Louise Pubols Prize for Public History by the Western Historical Association for her "Railroads in Native America" project uprrmuseum.org/uprrm/tours/ne…

Born Enslaved, Patrick Francis Healy 'Passed' His Way to Lead Georgetown University smithsonianmag.com/history/born-e… #history @CHC_History

Announcing the first edition of the History Departments new newsletter, History on the Hill! Congratulations to editors Dennis Liu ‘22 and Holly Tente ‘23, along with faculty advisor Professor Sanjog Rupakheti for putting together such a terrific first edition.

Congrats HC Grads! Here’s a short video clip of Dr. Anthony Fauci, Holy Cross '62, offering some sage advice to the #HC2020 class during this evening's virtual graduation ceremony. @hcalumni @collegeoftheholycross #DrFauci

Awesome and super-fun tribute to the Class of 2020 by the history faculty at UM. Well worth watching if you need a little burst of joy in these dark times 😊 youtube.com/watch?utm_camp… #classof2020 #historyprofessor #historyteacher #highed

Elizabeth Hallahan HC ’20 presents (via Zoom) her senior thesis in History, “The Coors Boycotts: Examining Historical Intersections of Drinking, Marketing, Consumer Activism and Gay Liberation” @Holy_Cross

Andrew J. Toritto HC ’20 presents (via Zoom) his senior thesis in History, “Legislating Opportunity: Federal Financial Aid for Higher Education in America, 1944-1965” @Holy_Cross

Brooke Creedon HC ’20 presents (via Zoom) her senior thesis in History, “Argentina’s Angels of History: National and Transnational Perspectives on Constructing and Compromising Late Nineteenth-Century Argentinidad” @Holy_Cross