Stories about "History"
Bates-directed climate project in Shetland Islands wins environmental award
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 12:47 pm
A Bates-directed archeological project in the Shetland Islands has won an environmental…
After JFK’s assassination, The Bates Student reflects a grieving community
Tuesday, November 19, 2013 5:21 pm
Essays, articles and poems in The Bates Student captured emotions and innocence.
Senior weaves extraordinary family history with investigative look at Germany during Holocaust, and now
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 8:08 am
Rachel Baumann discusses her grandparents' travails during the Holocaust, and offers insights into wartime history and the roles of humanity and faith, on Nov. 15.
Bates welcomes new faculty: Lydia Barnett, history
Monday, October 21, 2013 4:28 pm
To some people, says historian Lydia Barnett, Hurricane Sandy signified something more than merely physical phenomena.
Architect of post-apartheid constitution in South Africa to speak at Bates
Wednesday, October 16, 2013 3:15 pm
Justice Albert Sachs, a key architect of South Africa's post-apartheid constitution, speaks at Bates Oct. 24.
History, Fall 2013
Thursday, July 25, 2013 1:58 pm
The Department of History welcomes Lydia Barnett, who will be teaching courses…
Revealed: Who coined the distinctive Bates cheer ‘Great day to be a Bobcat’?
Tuesday, June 11, 2013 6:39 pm
Reunion Weekend was an opportune time to discover who coined the cheer "Great day to be a Bobcat."
Biographer of the Rev. Benjamin Mays ’20 to speak at Bates
Friday, March 22, 2013 11:30 am
Bates presents award-winning Benjamin Mays biographer Randal Maurice Jelks on March 25.
CANCELED: Feb. 11 talk by author of ‘Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome’
Tuesday, February 5, 2013 4:19 pm
Please watch bates.edu/events for information about a new date for DeGruy.
As nation ponders rich-poor divide, King Day observances to explore debt and inequality
Wednesday, December 19, 2012 9:51 am
Spotlighting a less-known aspect of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s work, King Day at Bates will explore issues of economic justice.