26 Wednesday Mar 2025
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Emeritus Professor Lillian Ashcraft-Eason was recently featured on WGTE’s All Things Considered in a special Radio Diaries segment highlighting the life and influence of Elder Lightfoot Solomon Michaux (1885–1968)—a charismatic African American minister whose national radio broadcasts made him one of the most prominent Black religious figures of his time.
Continue reading19 Wednesday Mar 2025
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By Ashley Davis
On March 1, Dr. Amílcar Challú delivered a talk as part of the Great Decisions 2025 Series at the Wood County Committee on Aging. This annual event brings together community members and scholars to explore global issues. This year, Dr. Challú focused on climate change, unpacking how history, international cooperation, and local action all shape our response to this urgent crisis.
After his presentation, I had the chance to speak with Dr. Challú and learn more about the key takeaways.
17 Tuesday Dec 2024
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The Department’s new addition, Dr. Savitri Kunze, just finished her first semester teaching at BGSU.
Continue reading29 Sunday Sep 2024
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This is reposted from the Ohio Museum Association’s blog, written by Burkart.
This past April I had the opportunity to attend and work for the Ohio Museum Association (OMA) during their 2024 annual conference in Sandusky on the topic of Sustaining Museums for Future Climates. Not only is this my first ever conference, it was also the first time I have had to document an experience like this.
Continue reading14 Saturday Sep 2024
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Get to know our new senior secretary, Angie Legg!
She has not worked with BGSU before, but has had experience in various city and county offices. She especially enjoys working with people and the public, its challenges and rewards. She appreciates history and its study of it as, as she tells it, an important link between the understanding of where we came from and where we are headed, as well as it gives us an understanding of how past events have shaped the world we live in today.
She is looking forward to being part of our staff and helping students prepare for the future in that history! Her office hours are Monday through Friday 8pm to 5pm!
01 Wednesday May 2024
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BGSU Department of History master’s student, Oluwatimilehin Fatoki, had interned and researched in the South Carolina’s Oyotunji African Village, writing on the significance of the “spirital ecosystem” and the significance of cultural resilience and preservation of African culture in the United States. Below is his thesis, titled “The Yoruba Gods in Oyotunji, South Carolina: a Case Study of Religio-Cultural Africanisms in the Americas”.
Continue reading18 Thursday Apr 2024
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Emily Shaver Kay and Peter Limbert, students in the History M.A. program, presented a poster about the Eclipsing History podcast in the National Council for Public History annual conference in Salt Lake City.
The poster gathered good attention and multiple attendees scanned the QR code to open up the season! Those who engaged with the presenters and the poster commented on how innovative the class which constructed the podcast sounded and that it covers perspectives and topics usually left behind in the history field, like Indigenous knowledge and contribution to American history and Western scientific thought. There was also great interest in the digital history skills that students learned. Congratulations on the presenters and everyone in the class for this success!
11 Thursday Apr 2024
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≈ Comments Off on Past BGSU Student Jo Enger Arthur, Story, Legacy, and Study Abroad Scholarship
The Jo Enger Arthur Scholarship for Study Abroad encompasses a love of history, Europe and European language, and international studies, along with a strong passion for travel. This scholarship commemorates Jo Arthur, her life, legacy, and love of family and learning, especially about other people and their cultures.
29 Friday Mar 2024
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A few weeks ago we featured a crossword by Tim Beatty, a retired teacher and alum. Tim Beatty grew up in Swanton, Ohio, forty minutes northwest of Bowling Green. He attended Bowling Green State University (BGSU) between 1969 and 1976, earning both his Bachelor’s and his Master’s in history and American Culture Studies. He remembers fondly Robert Twyman as one of his history professors, enjoying the courses he taught.
Continue reading19 Tuesday Mar 2024
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≈ Comments Off on BGSU History Students, Alum at the 2024 Ohio Academy of History!
BGSU history faculty, students, and alumni attended the Ohio Academy of History Meeting last Friday and Saturday.
Dr. Mancuso and Dr. Martin attended to support grad students giving papers (Dr. Mancuso also gave an interesting paper on the history of hazing at BGSU). Chase Fleece, Chloe Kozal, McKade Schultz, and Andrea Freimuth (ACS) all gave excellent papers, as did Sara Butler-Tongate (University Archives). It was also good to see department alums attending and presenting papers. Don Eberle (PhD) and Jacob Mach (ABD, Purdue) gave well-received papers, and we also ran into Chris Blubaugh (MA).
Let’s look forward to next year’s OAH at Kent State!
