Stories about "Humanities and history"
Campus Construction Update: July 24, 2020
Thursday, July 23, 2020 12:04 pm
“Things are looking awesome” at Veterans Plaza, reports Shelby Burgau, who is managing the project for Bates.
My Last Year of Teaching: Jane Costlow’s departure prompts reflections on past, present, and future
Thursday, June 11, 2020 9:17 am
It was the Tuesday after Commencement, and Jane Costlow paced around her Hedge Hall office, up to her elbows in books, boxes, papers, and assorted memorabilia.
My Last Year: Teaching in Russia
Friday, April 24, 2020 2:43 pm
From Gorbachev to Putin and St. Petersburg to Orel, retiring professor Jane Costlow looks back on leading students through 10 trips to Russia.
Seeking lessons — and hope — in the depths of disaster
Friday, April 17, 2020 10:32 am
Meet members of the Bates faculty who are watching COVID-19 and wondering what it has to teach us in terms of the human experience.
My Last Year: ‘Long goodbyes lead to too many tears’
Friday, April 3, 2020 3:41 am
With the college's move to remote learning, Jane Costlow, in her final year, saw her classroom teaching career end in a way she never could have imagined.
The play’s the thing as Bates honors Black History Month
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 1:29 pm
Using theater to convey history “makes things more immediate, more alive," says a Bates playwright.
Q&A: ‘Chasing Portraits’ brings Rynecki ’91 full circle, back to Bates
Thursday, November 7, 2019 2:34 pm
“It’s full circle,” says Elizabeth Rynecki ’91, “which is fabulous.” A rhetoric…
Q&A: Christine McDowell unpacks her shoes
Thursday, October 10, 2019 2:00 pm
In her written greeting to visitors entering an exhibition in Lewiston, Bates theater professor Christine McDowell bares her sole.
Look What We Found: Wes Chaney’s historical contracts
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 6:06 pm
“The history of Chinese emperors and generals has been written,” says Assistant Professor of History Wes Chaney. “I’m interested in telling the stories of everyday life.”
Q&A: Cavallero on ‘Grapes of Wrath’ as Maine celebrates director Ford
Thursday, January 31, 2019 4:00 pm
As Maine celebrates native son John Ford, one of the great film directors, a Bates screen studies professor discusses one of Ford's best films.