Working with Games and Archival Materials

Students in History 206 are hard at work in the Friedsam Memorial Library trying to figure out how to build a game that explains the origins of the American Civil War.

 

Game Night!

Want to unwind and relax before finals? Join the history club for game night!
 

AR/VR - the future of history?

This week Dr. Gabriel Swarts meet with students in History 419: Digital History and Archival practices to talk about the changing field of history and the role that augmented reality and virtual realy will play in it. Then the students got to break out some VR headsets to play.
 

Intro to Public History offered in the spring

 

This is a great class for students interested in careers in education or the culturals (i.e. museums and similar institutions). We focus on how to turn historical content into public history. Our major project is doing research in the St. Bonaventure Archives and turning it into an educational game. Specifically, we work on the Civil War special collections, the core of which is the Mark H. Dunkelman and Michael J. Winey 154th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment.

Who should take this class?  

-- students interested in the Civil War

-- students interested in designing educational games and exhibits for the public

-- students who enjoy doing hands-on projects 

Oral Histories being scheduled

 Students in history 419 are reaching out to folks who work at St. Bonaventure University as part of an oral history project they are doing about our collective pandemic experience. If you get an email asking, please consider taking a little time for this project. https://sites.google.com/view/sbu-pandemic

@BonaHistory

@StBonaventure

@BonaArchives

@TheirStoryFairT

Internship Opportunities

 We have a variety of internship opportunities if you want to work in the field of history. You can intern on campus, off campus and, sometimes, remotely. We've gotten a lot better at remote over the past 18 months. If you look elsewhere on this blog you can see a sample of the work done by students during past internships. The internships often involve research, content creation, public programming and other public history activities. If you are interested in a career in the culturals or in education these are good learning experiences. If interested, contact Phillip Payne at ppayne@sbu.edu

Oral History project on St. Bonaventure and Pandemic using TheirStory

 

In History 419: Digital History and Archival Practices students are doing an oral history project using TheirStory. TheirStory is an exciting company founded by Zack Ellis in Rochester, NY. TheirStory allows students to conduct interviews, create transcripts with tags, and present them on the Aviary Platform.