“It was a great day to be talking under the trees.” — Associate Professor of History Joe Hall, describing the first meeting of his first-year seminar, “This Land is Whose Land?” on the Historic Quad. The class, along with all other first-year seminars, met for the first time on Thursday morning, Sept. 1, 2022, as an opportunity for classmates to connect with each other and their instructor, who will also serve as their first-year advisor. Swipe left for a few additional moments from yesterday’s first-year seminars, including: “Beyond Nelson Mandela: Themes and Personalities in South African History,” taught by Assistant Professor of History Patrick Otim; “Arts and Spirituality: Art Making and Aesthetic Experience as Conduits for Reflection and Connection,” taught by Lecturer in the Humanities and Multifaith Chaplain Brittany Longsdorf; and “Reading Refugees and Migration in European Children’s Literature,” taught by Associate Professor of German Raluca Cernahoschi.

The Mount David Summit 2023 Panel: German Literature and Identity, Clayton Spencer listens as Erica Parker ’23 presents: “Feeling of BEing. Home” (Raluca Cernahoschi, German and Russian Studies)

Historical Methods class, taught by Associate Professor of History Caroline Shaw, meets in the Lower Gallery of the Museum of Art in the Olin Arts Center. Working with Peter Philbin í22, assistant museum curator, the students broke into several groups to consider four works of art, and how they would use that artwork along with other pieces in the museum collection, to create an exhibition. HIST 399 – Historical Methods This seminar refines students’ proficiency as historians and prepares them to write their senior thesis. The course is designed around two interrelated goals. First, students analyze how different approaches to history and sources matter to understandings of the past. Second, students design and test their own arguments, drawing upon critical readings of primary sources and close engagement with historiography. The course culminates in the completion of individual thesis proposals. Prerequisite(s): one HIST 301 seminar. Students at table, from head of the table, left: Hanna Matthews í24, brown sweater, long blonde hair Matt Connelly í24, white shirt Chris Ly í24, black hoodie Emily Everett í24, light gray sweater Bridget Lee í24, gray sweater, brown pants Ben Fasciano í23, gray sweater James Guinee í24,blue/green sweater Ned Farrington í24, blue flannel Sebastien Kleitman í24, black hat Luke Linnehan í24, black baseball hoodie and hat Campbell McKendry í24, black sweater, brown hat

Associate Professor of German Raluca Cernahoschi speaks with first-year student Elliott Vahey of Shaker Heights, Ohio, while Associate Professor of Russian Dennis Browne and Associate Professor of German Jakub Kazecki talk with Ollie Young ’23 of Burlington, Vt., during an Academic Fair in Pettengill Hall’s Perry Atrium. For three hours this morning, faculty spoke with members of the Class of 2023 about their departments’ offerings.

Associate Professor of History Caroline Shaw works with Ursula Rall ’20 of Kent, Ohio, during Shaw’s course on sex, gender, and modern cities. Shaw received a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to research a book on the history and importance of reputation in Britain. (Phyllis Graber Jensen/Bates College)

A day in the life of Pettengill Hall, featuring staff, faculty and students engaged in learning, studying, and working, with both internal and external images. Francesco Duina teaches “Theoretical Foundations of Sociology,” G65

A day in the life of Pettengill Hall, featuring staff, faculty and students engaged in learning, studying, and working, with both internal and external images. Francesco Duina teaches “Theoretical Foundations of Sociology,” G65