Professor Tom Campbell was a returning adult student who started at CSU in the 1960s and went on to become a faculty member in the History Department and College of Urban Affairs, which he helped to found. He retired in 1993. In many ways, his name was synonymous with Cleveland, the city he loved and whose history he wrote with […]
Thomas Campbell Awards 2022
CSU Holocaust Remembrance Event
Come to a film screening of the 1959 film Sterne to learn more about the experiences of Sephardic Jews in the Baltics during the Holocaust. There will also be a conversation about the film with two Carnegie Mellon experts Stephen Brockmann and Kenya C. Dworkin y Méndez. The film screening will be on April 28, 2022 from 6:00-8:30 PM in […]
History Major Advising 2022-2023
It’s that time again. Make sure your schedule is correct by making an appointment with your faculty advisors to plan your 2023 class schedule as soon as possible. Important Advising Information: If you need advising for your major, you can meet with your department-assigned advisor or contact the Director of Undergraduate Studies Dr. Wertheimer. You can also reach out to […]
The Charles Z. Adamson Memorial Scholarship 2021
Background Charles Z. Adamson served as an attorney for the National Labor Relations Board in Cleveland for 35 years. A lifelong learner, after his retirement he earned a master’s degree in history from Cleveland State University. The Charles Z. Adamson Memorial Scholarship in Modern European History is awarded annually to the graduate student who wrote the best graduate student research paper on […]
RASHAD Award 2021
The History Department is pleased to offer a scholarship provided by the Center for the Study of Religion and Spirituality in African and the African Diaspora, or RASHAD, which was founded by Dr. Regennia Williams in 2006 and funded generously in part by the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences. Before becoming an assistant professor in the History Department at Cleveland […]
Professor Leon Soulé Award 2021
Prof. Leon Soulé taught in the History Department for many years, starting in the 1960s and retiring in the late eighties. He was known as an outstanding teacher and scholar. Indeed, as a teacher he was inspiring, and a number of his students were motivated by his teaching to get their Ph.D. and become professors themselves. These scholarships commemorate Prof. Soulé and his contributions […]
