Aziz Discusses Origins of Self-Care Industry in Black Power Movement
Maryam Aziz, Richards Center and Africana Research Center postdoctoral Fellow in African American history, recently discussed the origins of the contemporary self-care industry in an interview with Teen Vogue magazine. Dr. Aziz noted that women in the Black Power movement popularized self-care techniques like good nutrition, movement exercises (such as yoga and martial arts), and meditation as […]
Shelden Speaks at Massachusetts Historical Society Virtual Event
Richards Center director Rachel Shelden participated in a January 9 talk organized by the Massachusetts Historical Society, titled, “‘At Noon on the 20th Day of January’: Contested Elections in American History.” Dr. Shelden joined distinguished political historians Joanne B. Freeman, Yale University; Peter Onuf, University of Virginia; Erik B. Alexander, Southern Illinois University; and Ted Widmer for […]
Shelden Publishes in Washington Post
Richards Center director Rachel Shelden coauthored an article in the January 6 issue of The Washington Post with fellow historian Erik B. Alexander. The article, “Ted Cruz thinks 2020 is like 1876. He’s right, but not for the reason he thinks,” considers the historical precedent behind Senator Ted Cruz’s call for the appointment of an electoral commission to adjudicate […]
Shelden to Participate in Online Discussion About Contested Elections
Richards Center director Rachel Shelden will participate in a January 6 online panel discussion on the history of contested elections. Hosted by the Massachusetts Historical Society, the discussion is free and open to the public. Interested participants can register here. Dr. Shelden will join distinguished historians Joanne B. Freeman, Yale University; Peter Onuf, University of Virginia; and […]
Zander Interviewed by Civil War Museum of Kenosha
Doctoral candidate Cecily Zander was interviewed just before Thanksgiving on the Civil War Museum of Kenosha’s “Coffee and Hardtack” YouTube series. Zander discussed her recently published article about the many meanings of the Grand Review of the Union Armies that took place following the Civil War. You can watch her interview here. Zander also published an editorial […]
Walser Publishes Made by History Article on 25th Amendment
Doctoral candidate Heather Walser recently published an article on the 25th amendment in The Washington Post‘s Made by History blog. The article draws on research Walser conducted at the University of Oklahoma’s Carl Albert Center. Carl Albert was a longtime Democratic politician who served as Speaker of the House of Representatives from 1971 to 1977. Early in Albert’s […]
William Blair Announces Retirement
Richards Center executive director and Walter L. and Helen P. Ferree Professor of Middle American History William Blair will retire in June after twenty-one years at Penn State. Blair, a Penn State graduate, joined the Department of History faculty in 1998. As the director of the Richards Center, he oversaw its growth into one of the leading sites […]
Sanders Earns National Humanities Center’s Tony Kaye Fellowship
Congratulations to Crystal Sanders, who has been selected for the Anthony E. Kaye Fellowship at the National Humanities Center (NHC) for the 2020-21 academic year. Dr. Sanders is one of 33 scholars chosen from 673 applicants for the center’s prestigious residential fellowship program. An Associate Professor of History and African American Studies and Director of the […]
Call for applications – Postdoctoral Scholar, African-American History
The Richards Civil War Era Center and the Africana Research Center invite applications for a one-year postdoctoral scholar in African-American history, beginning July 1, 2019. All research interests spanning the origins of slavery through the Civil Rights movement will receive favorable consideration. Proposals that mesh with the Richards Center’s interests in slavery, abolition, and emancipation, […]
Blair Receives SCWH Lifetime Achievement Award
Congratulations to William Blair, Walter L. And Helen P. Ferree Professor of Middle American History and Director of the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center, Penn State. On Friday, November 9, the Society of Civil War Historians recognized Bill’s service to the society with their lifetime achievement award. President Nina Silber and society […]