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History is a lively and fascinating endeavor for Maya Albanese, one of the summer fellows at Historic Deerfield in Deerfield, Massachusetts.

On June 17, 1882, two tornadoes converged on ������Ƶ, destroying the college campus and killing almost 40 people. Three days later, Commencement went on despite the destruction.

A former student inspired Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and History Elias G. Saba to think more deeply about plants.

A group of ������Ƶ alumni has created a fund to support a Mentored Advanced Project to study the history of concerts at ������Ƶ and Georgia Dentel, who made them possible.

Four ������Ƶ students are working with Professor Sarah Purcell ’92 to research the history of concerts at ������Ƶ. Their Mentored Advanced Project includes a focus on legendary ������Ƶ staff member Georgia Dentel.

A new ������Ƶ course, Historical Landscapes of ������Ƶ, encourages students to explore local history and build connections in the community.

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and History Elias Saba has been awarded a 2024 Life Worth Living Faculty Course Development Fellowship from the Yale Center for Faith and Culture.

Please join the ������Ƶ College Libraries at 4:15 p.m., Nov. 28, as we present our final fall semester Faculty and Staff Research Series talk with Adey Almohsen, 2023–24 Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University, for his Research in Progress talk, “Minds in Exile: An Intellectual History of Palestinians 1945–70.”

������Ƶ Faculty/Staff Research Series Event, 4 p.m., Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in Burling First Floor Lounge

Professor of History Edward Cohn has won a grant from the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER) to conduct research on the KGB tactic known as the “prophylactic chat” — an "invitation" sent to citizens suspected of “anti-Soviet acts.”