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Whale Watching in the Medieval North Atlantic
On Monday, February 4, join Dr. Vicki Szabo, author of Monstrous Fishes and the Mead-Dark Sea: Whaling in the Medieval North Atlantic (Brill, 2008), for an exciting lecture exploring marine mammal use and populations in premodern Europe! This talk is the first "Medieval Environments" lecture of the semester, a collaboration between Loyola's Medieval Studies Center and Institute for Environmental Sustainability.
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Where Historians Teach Panel Discussion
Thinking about careers? Currently on the job hunt? Join us on Tuesday, April 9 at 4pm in Cuneo 312 for a panel on "Where Historians Teach: A Discussion About Teaching Careers for Historians in Secondary Ed, Higher Ed, and Public History." Panelists include: Sarah Doherty, PhD, Assistant Professor of History at North Park University; Bryan Escobar, MA, Public Historian, Arts and History Specialist, Waukegan Park District; Amelia Serafine, PhD, Instructor, San Antonio College; Charles Tocci, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Education, Loyola University Chicago.
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Voices from Mundelein: Media Portal
This past summer, graduate students Jenny Clay and Nathan Ellstrand worked with the Women and Leadership Archives to create the Voices from Mundelein: Media Portal. Showcasing images alongside more than 30 interviews, the site shares the stories of women religious, students, staff, and faculty from Mundelein College.
VIEWHistorians in the Field: Ramblers at the 2019 AHA Conference
The American Historical Association took Chicago by storm this month and the Ramblers were there to greet them.
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Welcome Back Night for History Majors
All history majors are invited to attend a welcome back info session on September 11 at 4 PM in Crown Center 528. Learn more about the program, what requirements are needed to graduate, what you can do with a history degree post graduation, and ask any other questions you may have about the program.
DETAILSGraduate Alumni Spotlight: Devin Hunter
Devin Hunter is a graduate of Loyola's joint American and Public History Ph.D. program. He is currently an Assistant Professor of U.S. & Public History at the University of Illinois Springfield.
Devin's interests center on the ways that communities identify and promote themselves. He currently completing a manuscript titled City within a City: Politics, Culture, and Diversity in Uptown Chicago, 1950 to 1980, which traces liberal and radical aspirations for a culturally diverse neighborhood seemingly on the perpetual verge of urban renewal, redevelopment, and gentrification. He is also in the early stages of a project that follows the history of the commemoration of the Springfield Race Riot of 1908, from the immediate aftermath of the violence through the present day. He is part of two University of Illinois Presidential Initiative to Celebrate the Arts and Humanities Grant projects, one a collaboration with University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign to build community capacity for downstate cultural heritage tourism, and the other with UIUC and University of Illinois Chicago to curate off-campus exhibits that connect history to present-day social justice efforts.
As a public historian, Devin has professional experience at the National Archives and Records Administration and the Pritzker Military Library and Museum. He is a member of the State of Illinois Historic Sites Advisory Committee, and is a board member for the Illinois State Historical Society.
While at Loyola, Devin's dissertation was entitled “Growing Diversity: Urban Renewal, Community Activism, and the Politics of Cultural Diversity in Postwar Uptown Chicago.″ He also contributed to The Lakefront Historian blog and made his GIS maps of Uptown’s historical demographics publicly available through Harvard World Map.
"The principles of public history inform all of my work, whether it is in an academic setting or elsewhere," says Devin. "Loyola public historians pride themselves on versatility and the ability to place public history into a broad humanistic context." For more on Dr. Hunter, check out this interview from his time with the Loyola History Department.