2023 Stories
Dr. Alice Weinreb Awarded Intra-University Fellowship and Offers New Course on the History of Eating Disorders
Associate Professor of History Alice Weinreb has recently utilized opportunities across Loyola University Chicago to expand her scholarship and to engage students directly in cutting-edge research. She is currently researching a new book project on the history of eating disorders in the post-war world, an under-studied topic requiring interdisciplinary methods from fields such as sociology, anthropology, feminist theory, and psychology.
Drs. Hunt and Weinreb Mentor Undergraduate Summer Research Experience (USRE) Scholars
This summer, undergraduates Madeline Walbridge and Caelinn Carraher worked with history faculty as part of Loyola’s Undergraduate Summer Research Experience (USRE) program. Each student received a $2,500 stipend to conduct four weeks of research under the guidance of Dr. Brad Hunt and Dr. Alice Weinreb, respectively.
Dr. Alice Weinreb Awarded 2024 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Fellowship
Associate Professor of History Alice Weinreb has been awarded a prestigious fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to pursue her project, “Anorexia Nervosa and the Rise of Disordered Eating in the Postwar World, 1970–2000.”
Same Gown, Different Student: Recent Loyola History Graduate Thrives at Oxford
On Oxford University’s Matriculation Day in 1980, future Loyola University Chicago professor Robert Bucholz donned an Oxford graduate student gown and posed in front of New College’s main gates to commemorate the event.
Dr. Elizabeth Shermer on Fulbright
Shermer is at work on three projects and uses her time in Canada to gain an international perspective on the history of American education that she will apply to her upcoming courses.
Loyola History at NCPH 2023
In April, LUC History Graduate Program members participated in the first in-person National Council on Public History conference in four years.
HGSA Hosts Successful 19th Annual Conference
Loyola's History Graduate Student Association held its first in-person conference since 2019 on February 11-12, 2023, where students shared their research on various historical topics.
Alumni Spotlight: Elizabeth Quinn MacMillan
Elizabeth Quinn MacMillan, Curator at the Center of Southwest Studies, reflects on her career since earning her MA in Public History from Loyola in 2011.