Editor’s Note: The following is a socially distanced interview with Dr. Stephen Cory, who recently returned months early from Jordan, where he was teaching on a Fulbright fellowship until the pandemic forced a sudden departure. Mark Souther: What plans did have for your trip to Jordan this year? Stephen Cory: I went to Amman, Jordan, in late August 2019 on […]
Faculty Feature: Professor Cory’s Fulbright Fellowship in Jordan
Leon C. Soulé Award
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 […]
The Center for the Study of Religion and Spirituality in African and the African Diaspora (RASHAD) Award
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 […]
The William I. and Marjorie S. Shorrock Awards
The William I. Shorrock Award and the Marjorie S. Shorrock Graduate Student Award are testaments to the Shorrock family’s long, deep connection with the Department of History. Professor William Shorrock came to CSU in 1969 and retired in 2005 after a distinguished career as a professor and administrator. As an administrator, Bill Shorrock never abandoned his love for students and the classroom. He joined […]
History Banquet 2020
Every spring, our department community gathers to celebrate our students, alums, faculty, and staff during our History Banquet. This year, the situation is understandably quite different due to the pandemic. Nevertheless, we don’t want to let the semester end without this important tradition. So… Welcome to our virtual History Banquet! Department faculty created essays to honor our department awardees and […]
May 6: Advising Open House
Day: May 6, 2020 Time: 10 am -noon and 1 pm-3 pm Place: History Department Online Advising Center (Microsoft Teams) How to Attend Go to http://bit.ly/CSU_HISadvising or access MS Teams through your campus webmail. Clicking on the nine squares (the “waffle”) in the upper left corner. Choose Teams from the dropdown. Click on “History Department Online Advising Center.” If you […]