Stories about "History"
Peter Gomes ‘cherished’ the Chapel that now carries his name

Friday, October 26, 2012 9:30 am

The Chapel became the Peter J. Gomes Chapel on Oct. 25 as hundreds gathered to remember the late preacher and teacher in words and song.

Former Maine labor commissioner to discuss Frances Perkins, first female Cabinet member

Tuesday, October 2, 2012 10:07 am

Laura Fortman, Maine's former commissioner of labor, gives the lecture "Frances Perkins: New Deal Legacy and Lessons for Today" on Oct. 10.

Past is prologue, says new Muskie Archives director Pat Webber

Wednesday, August 8, 2012 10:00 am

The archives supports the academic community by keeping one foot in the past and one in the present.

For alumni children, graduation is a story with a new ending

Thursday, June 7, 2012 12:47 pm

At Commencement, alumni and their graduating children talk about the ever-stronger "Bates vibe."

In NAACP project, students get fresh lesson in value of old papers

Tuesday, June 5, 2012 12:44 pm

Thanks to a two-year collaboration among the Portland branch of the NAACP, the University of Southern Maine and Bates, valuable papers of the Portland branch are being made accessible to researchers and the public for the first time.

Plastas book explores prejudice, progress in women’s activism between world wars

Wednesday, March 14, 2012 3:30 pm

Plastas book explores prejudice, progress in women's activism between world wars

Gomes collection, reflecting intimacy with the past, offered March 24

Tuesday, March 13, 2012 5:13 pm

A conception of God's beauty as expressed in the physical world is a theme of items to be offered at auction from the collection of the Rev. Professor Peter J. Gomes '65.

Press Herald interviews historian Miller ’96 on early civil rights movement

Monday, March 12, 2012 11:08 am

The Portland Press Herald’s Ray Routhier offers a Q&A interview with Eben…

Thomas Shapiro of Brandeis University.
For Unity Conference, Amandla! presents expert on racial wealth gap

Thursday, February 9, 2012 8:37 am

An expert on public policy and racial inequality, Thomas Shapiro speaks on the racial wealth gap on Feb. 11.

Middle East expert to discuss U.S. role in Israeli-Palestinian peace

Tuesday, November 29, 2011 1:50 pm

Lara Friedman visits Bates to discuss America's role in advancing Israeli-Palestinian peace.

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