Dr. Petra Dewitt, professor of history and political science, will discuss homegrown extremists during World War II at 6 p.m. tonight (Thursday, Oct. 20) on the second floor of the Curtis Laws Wilson Library and via Zoom.
Read More »Dr. John C. McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history at S&T, has been awarded the seventh annual Gilder Lehrman Prize for Military History for Fire and Fortitude: The US Army in the Pacific War, 1941-1943.
Read More »Dr. Shannon Fogg, professor of history and political science, presented a paper titled “Housing, Leisure and Everyday Life: Societies under German Occupation during the Second World War” at a conference in Jena, Germany.
Read More »Dr. John C. McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history, will help commerate Presidents Day by sharing his expertise on screen in HISTORY’s television show, “Presidents at War,” which will air at 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, and 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18.
Read More »Dr. Shannon Fogg’s book chapter, “The American Friends Service Committee and Wartime Aid to Families,” was been published by Bloomsbury Academic in the volume, Vichy France and Everyday Life: Confronting the Challenges of Wartime, 1939-1945. Fogg is chair and professor of history and political science.
Read More »Are you ready for the best ever St. Pat’s? Join S&T’s library and archives staff to learn about the history of our university’s St. Pat’s celebrations. Journey back to 1908 and through World War II and experience how students, faculty and staff celebrated St. Patrick’s Day. Please register online for Monday, March 12, or Thursday, March 15. Each session will be held 11 a.m.-noon in Room 103 Curtis Laws Wilson Library. The event is free. For more information, please contact the library staff at library@mst.edu.
Read More »The United States Naval Academy has appointed Dr. John McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history, for a visiting professorship. He will serve as the Dr. Leo A. Shifrin Chair for a 10-month period during the 2018-19 academic term.
Read More »Dr. John McManus, Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history, was a featured speaker in September for the National Cemetery Anniversary Speaker Series in commemoration of the 150th anniversary of Antietam National Cemetery. He presented “The Fallen American Soldiers of World War II: Their World of Combat” on Sept. 9 at Shepherd University in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. His presentation was broadcast on C-SPAN. Watch the video.
Read More »American Courage, American Carnage, a book written by Dr. John McManus, is the basis for Burden of Command, a tactical wartime video game set for release in 2018. McManus is a Curators’ Distinguished Professor of history and political science.
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