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Discover the past in archives, libraries, museums, movies, and novels. Investigate the histories of Beloit, Chicago, Istanbul, Shanghai, or Paris.

Interpret.

Decode documents and artifacts from the Beloit College Archives, the Logan Museum, the Newberry Library, the Austrian State Archives, and countless others. Develop your own analyses of the evidence for worldviews, decisions wars, and cultural exchanges in the past.

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Present your findings in public presentation and carefully crafted research papers. Apply your skills to internships, research with faculty, website design, library or museum work.

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Eva Laun-Smith chats with Mr. Walter Knight

Nadia Mitnick does data entry and scanning

Eva Laun-Smith, Jackie Jackson, Beatrice McKenzie, Brandi Brown, and George.

Photographing an heirloom quilt

Eva Laun-Smith chats with Mr. Walter Knight

Nadia Mitnick does data entry and scanning

Eva Laun-Smith, Jackie Jackson, Beatrice McKenzie, Brandi Brown, and George.

Photographing an heirloom quilt

History News

History Harvest Website is LIVE

The Digital History Harvest class offered in Spring 2019 asked students to publicize and prepare for a community event that invited members of Beloit’s African American community to share their stories and bring photos and artifacts related to the Great Migration. During that period of American history (from approximately 1915-1970), thousands of Blacks migrated from the South to seek employment in northern cities. Using the stories and the images gathered on that day, students have designed maps and websites that document the experiences of those who came to Beloit.

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Sep16th

Study Off-Campus in Spring 2020!

The Office of International Education will be accepting applications for Study Abroad and Domestic Off-Campus study on Monday September 16. 2019. For more information feel free to stop by the OIE or email us at oie@beloit.edu.

Summer Research Project on Eighteenth-century Jamaica

Morgan Lippert, ’21 writes:

“The summer after my first year at Beloit, I had the privilege of being a research assistant for Beloit College assistant professor of history Dr. Katherine Johnston…