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Spring Senior Sem Presentations (Round 1) Tonight
This evening we’ll have the first set of presentations by students in the Spring 2013 section of HIS499 Senior Seminar. (Seven tonight; seven more next Monday night…) As always, it’s a diverse group of topics, spanning sixteen centuries and three continents. Annie Berglund – “Protests, Patriotism, Prayer: Bethel College Students and the Vietnam Debate” Joel […]
History Beyond the Academy: Popular Music
May 10, 2013 by Chris Gehrz
Our series of Senior Seminar reflections on how people make meaning of the past outside the boundaries of professional or academic history continues, with Alissa Carsten (’13) and Josiah Gerhardt (’13) focusing on the use of history in popular music. Music is one way that many normal (non-academics) people [ed. - Hey!] try to make […]
History Beyond the Academy: Collecting and Restoration
May 3, 2013 by Chris Gehrz
Today a second set of Senior Seminar reflections on how Americans engage in the practice of history outside of the academy. Our first pair of students wrote on historical reenactors; today’s three focus on physical objects and how they’re restored or collected: Nic Carlson (’13) on restoring cars and houses; Michaela Anderson (’13) on antique […]
Catch Matisse Murray’s Library Prize Talk (May 9)
May 2, 2013 by Chris Gehrz
As we reported in March, History/Social Studies student Matisse Murray (’13) was awarded the 2013 Friends of the Bethel University Library Prize for Library Research, for her Senior Seminar research project, “Trees Nestled Among Skyscrapers: Frederick Law Olmsted and the Creation of Central Park.” Matisse is the second History major to win the award in […]
History Beyond the Academy: Reenactors
April 30, 2013 by Chris Gehrz
Last night in our capstone course, Senior Seminar, students considered how Americans other than academic historians (i.e., those who work in colleges and universities, schools, museums, and archives) engage in the production of history. (We talked about the difference between “the past” — what happened — and “history” — how we explain, or make meaning […]
History Majors Featured on Bethel Website: Hilary Ritchie and Michael Bumann
April 16, 2013 by Chris Gehrz
If you’ve visited Bethel’s website recently, you’ve probably seen one of our students! The homepage of our website is featuring the stories of a series of Bethel students and alumni. There are several such stories that take turns in the spotlight throughout the day. Two of the four in the current rotation are current or […]
Why Study History?: Identity
February 26, 2013 by Chris Gehrz
This afternoon we’ll continue our series featuring students in our capstone course, HIS499 Senior Seminar, as they responded to the question asked by world historian Peter Stearns in his 1998 essay, “Why Study History?“ In today’s post History/Philosophy major Anders Larson and History/Social Studies Education majors Bjorn Olson and Joe Held take up Stearns’ argument that historical study […]
Why Study History?: Storytelling
February 25, 2013 by Chris Gehrz
Last week in HIS499 Senior Seminar, students reflected on why it’s important to study history. Throughout this last week of February, we’ll share some of their answers, grouped around some of the themes emphasized by world historian Peter Stearns in his essay, “Why Study History?” First up, History/Theology major Hilary Ritchie and History/Social Studies Education […]
The December 2012 Edition of History Senior Seminar!
December 11, 2012 by Chris Gehrz
Last night Prof. AnneMarie Kooistra’s group of Senior Seminar students presented their research projects to an audience of faculty, fellow students, family, and other guests. It’s a twice-yearly treat to watch our students show off their knowledge and skills as the in-room experts on a wide array of topics. Check out what was presented last […]
Fall Course Previews: Senior Seminar
August 16, 2012 by Chris Gehrz
We’re only about ten days away from the start of classes at Bethel University, which means that our faculty are starting to turn from their summer activities to planning courses and writing syllabi. We thought we’d give you a preview of what our professors have in store for some Fall 2012 courses. We’ll start with […]
May 13, 2013 by Chris Gehrz
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