Providing a Path for Lifelong Learning
This is my first semester teaching as a tenured member of the faculty at Centre College. It felt odd, typing that. Now, some of you might be wondering what exactly this means, even if you have a rough, general sense of what “tenure” means in the academic context. Many people think of it as a… Continue reading Teaching and Tenure
We're back! John and Tara are back at Centre, though in truth we never left, or at least did not leave for long... John talks about his research trip to the Vatican and adventures in reading through documents in languages you are unable to read.
In 1819, Centre College was chartered in Kentucky. This year, we celebrate this institution's 200th anniversary. A celebration like this is no small feat. Few schools were founded west of the Appalachian Mountains before 1820; Centre, along with Transylvania, the University of Tennessee and Ohio University and a handful of other academies were among the… Continue reading After 200 Years
We’re back! Opening convo at Centre College was this past Sunday. We welcomed new colleagues, a new dean, and began the long good bye to our college president, John Roush, who has served at the college for over twenty years now. It brings the usual excitement - Tara was downright giddy on Monday - and… Continue reading Fall 2019 has arrived!
Hello everyone! We have come to the end of another academic year. There have been some difficult times and some great moments. Just over a week ago we said farewell to another group of wonderful students. Good luck, guys. The History Program here at Centre had a great year! Jonathan Earle’s book, Colonial Buganda and… Continue reading End of Year Notes
In my second ever history class, Dr. Jon Earle asked us to define a primary source and give some examples. We offered the typical response: letters, recordings, government documents, etc. He then asked us which primary sources existed that described our own lives At the time, this question bothered me. We weren't historically relevant people,… Continue reading A Personal Source Analysis
Mao Zedong is famous for extensive use of propaganda in China during the Cultural Revolution and the Great Leap Forward, and often when historians talk about propaganda, China is one of the first examples discussed. While the examples of propaganda span the decades, propaganda also spans the world. There are excellent examples of British, French,… Continue reading There is No Mao-nopoly on Propaganda
By Zamirah Hussain **Editor's Note: This is one of several posts commissioned by our Spring 2019 intern, Colleen Coyle. Zamirah Hussain is a junior American Studies major interested in the intersection of race, gender, and popular culture.** The Reconstruction era following the Civil War held an unusual amount of progress for women and African-American people.… Continue reading The Destruction of Reconstruction: An Intro
CentreTrail intern Colleen Coyle takes over the podcast, interviewing two of her favorite Spanish professors, Dr. Chantell Limerick and Dr. Laura Chinchilla about what role the topic of history plays in the Spanish classroom.
Our intern Colleen Coyle joins us this week to talk about relics and other objects and spaces that people like to commemorate, from a President's prosthetic leg to computerized renditions of the Notre Dame cathedral in Paris.
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