History News and Updates

Congratulations to the Class of 2021 History Award Winners

On Wednesday, March 17th, the Colgate History Department welcomed Katy Layton-Jones, via Zoom, for the annual Douglas K. Reading Lecture.

The History Department welcomes Mike Punter to speak at February 9th History Conversation lecture.

The History Department remembers Faye E. Dudden, Charles A. Dana Professor of History emerita.

History major Lijun (Karen) Zhang '21 awarded the Lampert Award for Outstanding Scholarship.

Congratulations to the Class of 2020 History Award Winners Zhelun Zhou, Catie Mathias, Anna Pluff, Liam Tuveson, and Kara Schindler.

Professor Karn, Associate Professor of History and Director of the Peace and Conflict Studies Program, was recently featured in a Colgate Research Magazine article by Zoë Lescaze on the topic of Memory Work.

Meet Molly Caroline Loomis Hall and Daisy Rita Gorbachev Loomis.

During his visit to campus this March, Colgate class of 1998 alumnus Paul S. Cha gave an interview with current student Zhelun Zhou ‘20 about his time as a History and Asian Studies major and his career path after Colgate.

Paul S. Cha, Colgate Class of 1998 alumnus and now Assistant Professor of History at the University of Hong Kong, returned to campus to give a lecture, “Christian Mission Schools, Japanese Shinto Shrine Ceremonies, and Colonial Korea in the 1930’s.”