History Department
NOTE: if you are interested in sharing your memories of the Shaker site by the airport, 1930-1970, please contact Dr. Karen Ward Mahar at kmahar@siena.edu, or 782-6570.
Congratulations to members of Phi Alpha Theta and their hard-working faculty advisor,
Dr. Barbara Reeves-Ellington
WELCOME TO THE SIENA COLLEGE HISTORY DEPARTMENT
On a blustery spring day last April, the Siena College History Club, supported by the Center for Revolutionary Era Studies (CRES) and the History Department, presented a day of Living History on the front lawn.
SPRING 2010 Day of Living History is scheduled for April 17th.
Announcements
SPRING 2010 ADVISEMENT: Online registration for Spring 2010 will take place Nov. 9-23, 2009.
History Department Internships
FALL 2009 EVENTS:
Nov. 17: Distinguished Speaker Series: "Remembering Lincoln in the Age of Obama"
Dr. Manisha Sinha, University of Massachusetts--Amherst
Tuesday, 11/17, 4:00 p.m., Roger Bacon 202 (Key Auditorium)
In order to recognize Abraham Lincoln's 200th birthday year, the history department will be bringing Manisha Sinha, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, to campus through the Organization of American Historians. From Dr. Sinha's OAH page: "She has written and lectured widely on southern and African American history, and has also written several articlas on the historic nature of Barack Obama's presidential campaign and inauguration in The Huffington Post."
Off-Campus:
Nov. 15: Lutherans, Albany, and the Course of History
Open informal public lecture and discussion on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009, 2-4 p.m., First Lutheran Church of Albany, 181 Western Avenue, Albany, 518-463-1326. Part of the 360th anniversary celebration of the oldest Evangelical Lutheran Church congregation in the nation. Speakers: Assemblyman John J. McEneny, "Religion and Government in Albany Over 300 Years," Albany City Historian Anthony Opalka, "Albany's Architectural History During First Lutheran's 360 Years on the Move," FLC Archivist Peter Christoph, "Friendly Relations, Occasional Clashes: Christian Churches in Colonial Albany," Edward H. Knoblauch, Adjunct Professor, Schnenectady County Community College, "Lutherans in the Atlantic World in the 17th and 18th Centurites." Everyone is welcome! Discussion and refreshments afterward.
NOTE: SPRING 2010 Day of Living History is scheduled for April 17th.
For more information about the History Department, please contact:
Dr. James Harrison, Chair
Kiernan Hall 228
518-783-2353
