History Major, Natalie Merrill, Presents Research at A&S Expo

 

Natalie Merrill, class of 2024, presents a poster outlining her senior research paper, “The New Deal, Residential Segregation, & a Culture of Psychological & Physical Violence in Buffalo, NY” at the Arts & Sciences Expo. Her research made use of local newspapers, government documents, and relevant scholarship to illustrate the development of residential policies that have negatively impacted black communities and neighborhoods. She argues that the discrimination behind violent events such as the recent mass shooting at the Tops Supermarket in East Buffalo are not random but part of a larger pattern stretching back to the New Deal.

History Club visits Erie Maritime Museum

 

On Saturday, April 20, the History Club, along with Dr. Pitt, went to Erie, P.A. to visit the Erie Maritime Museum.  There, students were welcomed graciously by staff and led on a guided tour of the bottom portion of the museum, before being escorted outside to step foot on, and explore, a replica of the U.S.S. Niagara.  After that, everyone was allowed to take their own tour of the museum, and learn at their own pace.  Afterwards, the club treated all trip-goers to a meal at Subway before returning back to campus.

Caliva Smart Named a Fellow with Center for Hellenic Studies

 

Kathryn Caliva Smart, assistant professor of History, has been named a 2024-2025 fellow for the Center for Hellenic Studies, a research institute under the auspices of Harvard University. 

She will spend six weeks this summer in residence at the CHS in Washington, D.C., working on her current book project "Speaking about Gods: Mythic Knowledge and Narrative Authority in Greek Lyric Poetry."

Caliva Smart will join an international cohort of fellows who will live and work at the CHS over the course of the academic year.