Professor Michael Smith publishes new book, The Spacefaring Earth: A History of the Space Age
Michael Smith, Professor in the Department of History at Purdue University, has published a new book, The Spacefaring Earth: A History of the Space Age. Published by Routledge, the book provides an engaging survey of the Space Age, linking science and technology with politics and popular culture, war and peace, and crises and controversies, while examining the history of spaceflight as a mirror of human thought and action across the globe.
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Dr. T. Cole Jones publishes article in special issue of Early American Studies
Dr. T. Cole Jones, Associate Professor in the Department of History, has published a new journal article in the Winter 2025 edition of Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal as part of a special issue spotlighting the American Revolution.
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Dr. Kathryn Maxson Jones selected as CLA Dean’s Faculty Research Fellow
Dr. Kathryn Maxson Jones, Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Purdue University, was recently selected to serve as a College of Liberal Arts Dean’s Faculty Research Fellow for the 2025-2026 academic year. Dr. Maxson Jones was notified of her selection on January 23 by Dr. David Reingold, the Justin S. Morrill Dean of Liberal Arts.
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Purdue Today features Dr. Tithi Bhattacharya as part of "In Print" series
Dr. Tithi Bhattacharya, Associate Professor in the Department of History, was featured in Purdue Today as part of its "In Print" series for her recent book, Ghostly Past, Capitalist Presence.
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Dr. Wendy Kline receives The Huntington's Molina Fellowship in History of Medicine and Allied Sciences
Dr. Wendy Kline, Professor of History and the Dema G. Seelye Chair in the History of Medicine, was awarded the Molina Fellowship in the History of Medicine and Allied Sciences from The Huntington Library (“The Huntington”) in San Marino, California. Molina Fellows receive a stipend during the in-residence program as they pursue scholarship in a field appropriate to The Huntington's collections in the history of medicine and related sciences, including public health.
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Registration now open for HGSA 10th Biennial Conference
Registration is now open for the 10th Biennial Purdue History Graduate Student Association Conference on March 8 at Purdue's West Lafayette campus. The conference is open to all interested attendees, with content focused on topics of particular interest to graduate students and history majors, including those in the undergraduate History Honors program.
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Lecturer Devan Lindey publishes chapter in new book aimed at incorporating popular culture in the classroom
Dr. Devan Lindey, Lecturer in the Department of History at Purdue University, recently published a chapter in a new book exploring various forms of popular culture as teaching tools. “Teaching Popular Culture in the Humanities Classroom,” published by Rowman & Littlefield, aims to promote popular culture as a powerful teaching tool that is familiar and accessible.
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Graduate student Keri Blair publishes journal article spotlighting equestrianism in early modern England
Purdue University Department of History graduate student Keri Blair has recently published a journal article, “The Great Show”: Ritualistic Equestrianism in the Coronation of King Charles II, 1661, in the most recent edition of Cheiron: The International Journal of Equine and Equestrian History.
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Recent book by Dr. Subodhana Wijeyeratne named as finalist for prestigious award in science fiction
Dr. Subodhana Wijeyeratne, Assistant Professor of History at Purdue University, is author of the science fiction book, Triangulum (Rosarium Publishing, 2024), which was named as a finalist for the prestigious 2025 Philip K. Dick Award in a January 10 announcement.
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History graduate student Shelby Jones receives SHAFR dissertation fellowship
Purdue University Department of History graduate student Shelby Jones has been awarded the 2025 W. Stull Holt Dissertation Fellowship by the Society of Historians for American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) to defray the costs of travel for dissertation research.
Dr. Zachary Loeb featured in national media on 25th anniversary of Y2K
Assistant Professor Zachary Loeb was recently featured by several news media on the 25th anniversary of Y2K. As an expert in Y2K, Dr. Loeb was quoted in The Guardian and in The New York Times, and was interviewed on CBC-Montreal’s program Daybreak and on NPR’s All Things Considered. He also authored a piece for Time Magazine’s “Made by History” highlighting computing risks in light of the new movie, ‘Y2K.’
Dr. Melinda Zook discusses Cornerstone, transformative texts in recent JMC interview
Dr. Melinda Zook, the Germaine Seelye Oesterle Professor of History and Director of the Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts program, was recently interviewed by Elliott Drago, Resident Historian at the Jack Miller Center in Pennsylvania. In the interview, Dr. Zook talked about the Cornerstone program, transformative texts, and "books you need to read right this instant."