2025

Karen Spierling
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Prof. Karen Spierling: Different cultures can thrive side by side
An active Sunday morning at the Columbus Convention Center offers proof that "real human beings" cross divides and care for one another.
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2024

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Associate professor Lauren Araiza on multiracial coalitions
Lauren Araiza gives a virtual talk on ‘The Black Freedom Struggle and the United Farm Workers’ to celebrate Cesar Chavez Day.
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2023

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Today's History Wars in Historical Context
Megan Threlkeld compares 1890s Progressive-era arguments for civics and history education with present-day battles over the "Hillsdale Curriculum."
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College IS the real world says Professor Spierling
"If we think of ourselves as working in a world separate from these "real-world" realities, we ourselves become obstacles," says Prof. Spierling.
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2022

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'Parents, let your teens do hard things'
"The work of learning in college is hard," says Prof. Karen Spierling "But the learning parts are meant to be hard. Otherwise, what is the point?"
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2021

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The Liberal Arts and Stakeholder Capitalism
In a recent op-ed, Professor Karen Spierling discusses why we need the liberal arts to achieve stakeholder capitalism.
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We Must Fight Racism With Cross-Racial Solidarity
Associate Professor Lauren Araiza's recent op-ed on fighting racism with cross-racial solidarity. We Must Fight Racism With Cross-Racial Solidarity
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2020

Students working together
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How we train business leaders needs to change
How we train business leaders needs to change—and higher education needs to step up.
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Con La Union de Campesinos Tendremos Papeles
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Historical alliance behind today’s Strike for Black Lives
A partnership between the Black Panther Party and the United Farm Workers has paid off.
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Professor Karen Spierling
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Prof. Karen Spierling honored with 2020 Bonar Award
Denison University Professor of History Karen Spierling has been honored with the 2020 Bonar Award for exemplary teaching and mentoring
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Adam Davis
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The Medieval History Of Our Modern Hospitals
History major Rick Brewer ' 16 interviewed his former professor Adam Davis on Iowa Public Radio.
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2020 tenured professors
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Spring of 2020 newly tenured professors
Welcome to the Spring 2020 newly tenured professors at Denison University.
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Prof Adam Davis Shares History of Churches As Hospitals
In times of crisis, churches have long served as hospitals says Professor Adam Davis.
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Adam Davis
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Professor, medieval historian Adam Davis authors new book
Professor of History Adam Davis has written a new book on the rise of the hospital during Europe’s first great age of commerce.
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2019

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2019: The Year of the Book
During 2019, three members of the History Department published books that are shaping scholarly discussions in their fields of historical research.
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The case for rigorous, critical & empathetic thinking
"What are the chances that the world can survive increasing globalization without the humanities?" asks Prof. Karen Spierling.
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What We Worked on Last Summer
This past summer was a busy one in the history department, full of research, travel, writing, and teaching.
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Prof's Letter to the Editor Re: The Business Roundtable Statement
Director of Global Commerce Karen Spierling addresses the recent Business Roundtable statement in a letter to the NYTimes editor.
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Joanna Tague Granted Tenure
Assistant Professor of History Joanna Tague has been granted tenure and will be promoted to associate professor in the fall of 2019.
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2017

Professor Adam Davis
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History professor awarded Clare Hall Fellowship at Cambridge
Next year, Professor Adam Davis will be researching medieval history as a newly minted Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall of Cambridge University.
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