What sickness, health, and medicine from the past can teach us now
Thinking about the current pandemic inspired Assistant Professor of History Kate Johnston to develop a new course that examines health and healing in America’s early history.
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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.
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
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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
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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Beloit alum draws on language skills and abroad experience for international job
Ed Stern’19 shares how his experiences at Beloit, including a Center for Language Studies summer block course, and studying abroad in Japan, have prepared him for his current job as a sales representative for a Japanese company.
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