Ph.D student Francis M. Curran III was invited by the Monongalia Historical Society to present his research on Southern sectionalism prior to the Civil War at their quarterly dinner meeting Friday, September 16, 2016.
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Sixth annual Holt Lecture provides enriching opportunities for students
“The shot John Wilkes Booth shot at Ford’s Theatre was the first shot in the war to come after, the war on Black freedom and equality…a war we are still fighting today,” Martha Hodes said as a striking final thought in her lecture “Mourning Lincoln: The Assassination and the Aftermath of the Civil War” given at WVU on September 29.
Read MoreStudents and Watts Museum collaborate to create new West Virginia glass exhibit
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.
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