Professor of History and Director of the Calvin Archaeology Program, Dr. Darrell Rohl, was recently featured on a two-part series podcast released by the BioLogos Foundation.
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Figuring Out Your “Thing” as a History Major: Part 2
Read what Professor Will Katerberg has to say about his own professional journey and advice for how students might take a history major in many directions and a variety of jobs and careers—in every case, hopefully, doing something they love and that reflects something essential about who they are.
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Karin Maag to Receive Honorary Doctorate from the Theological University of Utrecht in the Netherlands
On December 6, 2024, Karin Maag, director of the H. Henry Meeter Center for Calvin Studies, will receive an honorary doctorate from the Theological University of Utrecht. This post contains an excerpt from an article published by Matthew Kucinski. Read the full story on Calvin News.
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Figuring Out Your “Thing” as a History Major: Part 1
Read what Professor Will Katerberg has to say about helping students imagine how they might take a history major in many directions and a variety of jobs and careers—in every case, hopefully, doing something they love and that reflects something essential about who they are.
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The James Baldwin Paradigm of Teaching African American History
In being an intellectual acolyte of Baldwin, I intend “to tell as much of the truth as one can bear, and then a little more.” This is what I’m referring to as the Baldwin Paradigm. This should be the intention of every African American historian in the classroom. We must be truth-tellers.
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1964 Sit-Ins at Watts Grill
On September 23, 2023, a new North Carolina Civil Rights Trail marker was placed outside Holy Trinity Anglican Church in Chapel Hill, NC. The marker commemorates the 1964 Watts Grill sit-ins, which took place at Watts Restaurant and Motel on the stretch of highway where the church now stands. Calvin history alum William Snoeyink ('18) researched and wrote a short history of the events for his church website. The post below contains an excerpt from his work. Read the full story on the Holy Trinity Anglican Church website.
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