We are pleased to welcome back Jason C. Parker, a former teacher in our department, to give a lecture next week on his new book, "Hearts, Minds, Voices". Dr. Parker, a dynamic speaker and and pioneering scholar, is the first to study US Cold War public diplomacy in relation to the global South. Cold War Superpowers strived to "win hearts and minds," particularly in the global South where states subject to the effects of decolonization experienced the Cold War through public diplomacy. His book argues that the American war for hearts and minds during the Cold War inadvertently nurtured the "Third World project."....
The Royce J. and Caroline B. Watts
Museum will open its new exhibit on September 20, 2016. The exhibit, “Molded in
the Mountains: The Glass Industry in West Virginia,” has been created through collaborative
efforts involving many students from the Department of History, including two
public history classes, two interns, student workers, and especially the
museum’s two full-time employees, Danielle Petrak, a current Ph.D. student in
the History Department, and Eliza Newland, who received her MA in History from
WVU in 2014.
