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History PhD candidate presents work for Beinecke Library Research Fellowship

Check out History PhD candidate Ashton Reynold’s work during his Beinecke Library Research Fellowship. Six visiting scholars, recipients of Beinecke Library Research Fellowships, recently gave riveting presentations about their research in the Beinecke Library’s Manuscripts and Archives Collection. The six scholars are among fifty fellows that the library has welcomed back this year after a […]

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Key events in American history over the past decade

FOX 4 – The dedication of the George W. Bush Presidential Center provided a striking image of five living U.S. presidents shoulder to shoulder for the event now ten years past. It was also the start of SMU’s Center for Presidential History. Good Day talks to the center’s director, Dr. Jeff Engel, about what a […]

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SMU History alum Roberto Andrade writes for ESPN

ESPN– The Cowboys conflict: The cost of rooting for America’s Team play. By SMU alumnus Roberto Jose Andrade Franco HOURS BEFORE THE Dallas Cowboys host the Chicago Bears on a late October day, you can feel the hope. The sun shines on North Texas, after days of cold and rainy skies. The Cowboys have won […]

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SMU alumnus published in the US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal

Congratulations to History alum Joel Zapata as he was recently published in the US Latina & Latino Oral History Journal. His article, “Foro: The Civil Rights in Black and Brown Project,” can be found in Volume 6, 2022.

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Without Accords, Goals to Curb Global Warming are Toothless and

DC Journal – Opinion Piece by Jo Guldi, a professor of history and a faculty member of the Data Science Institute at Southern Methodist University. Guldi is the author of “The Long Land War: The Global Struggle for Occupancy Rights.” A month ago, COP 27 (the 2022 U.N. Climate Change Conference) had its last session.  What […]

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Jeffrey Engel joins Washington Times radio for an episode of History As It Happens

Washington Times It’s a small group no one wants to be a member of. Since the dawn of the republic only 10 elected presidents have been rejected by voters in their bids for a second term. Only one of those, Grover Cleveland, was able to win a non-consecutive term after losing his first re-election campaign. […]

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SMU History Ph.D. writes for ESPN

Congratulations to SMU History Ph.D., Roberto Andrade for the following on ESPN–espndeportes.espn.com “Canelo pone en juego su legado ante los fantasmas pugilisticos de Mexico” 16 septiembre 2022

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Congratulations to Aaron Sanchez

Congratulations to SMU alum, Aaron Sanchez! His book “Homeland: Ethnic Mexican Belonging since 1900” (Oklahoma Univ. Press) has won the 2022 Book Award presented by the Tejano Genealogy Society of Austin!

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History as it happens: Choosing war

In a Washington Times podcast, “History as it Happens,” presidential historian Jeffrey Engel discussed the long-ranging effects of President Biden’s commitment to Ukraine against a longstanding enemy.

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We need a global government of land, air and water

Foreign Policy News Jo Guldi, data scientist, historian, and SMU Associate Professor, for a piece advocating for world-wide equity in land ownership as one means to combat global warming. Published in Foreign Policy News under the heading We need a global government of land, air and water: https://bit.ly/3MyYlxv  Polls show that two-thirds of Americans believe that the government should do more […]