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Revelations from Scripps College’s Class of 2025
By Lauren Mar ’25 When the Scripps campus reopened its doors post-shutdown in August 2021, it welcomed the bright-eyed class of 2025. While the facilities and custodial teams had been […]
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In the Media: Rita Roberts Discusses I Can’t Wait to Call You My Wife on CSPAN
The book is a compilation of letters sent between African Americans during the Civil War.
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Spotlight on Faculty: Amy Alemu, Assistant Professor of History
The Office of Marketing and Communications recently spoke with new Scripps Assistant Professor of History Amy Alemu to discuss Ethiopian and Black American student activism, interdisciplinary historical inquiry, and handstands.
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Cindy Forster Discusses the Arrest of Bolivian Coup Leaders in the Jacobin
Forster discusses the arrest of Luis Fernando Camacho, who led the 2019 coup in Bolivia that deposed Evo Morales.
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Rita Roberts Named Finalist for 2023 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize
Rita Roberts, Nathaniel Wright Stephenson Chair in History and Biography and professor of history and Africana studies, was named a 2023 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize finalist for her book I Can’t Wait to Call You My Wife: African American Letters of Love and Family in the Civil War Era.
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In the Media: Rita Roberts’ I Can’t Wait to Call You My Wife Included in Oprah Daily‘s List of Holiday Gift Books
The book is a compilation of letters sent between African Americans during the Civil War.
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Visiting Lecturer Jessica Christian ’07 Connects the United States’ Past to Its Present
For Visiting Lecturer of History Jessica Christian ’07, the past is always present. Although she’s teaching an introduction to US history course, the subjects she’s covering—which include disease, colonization, environmentalism, and politics—feel both modern and familiar in a year marked by a global pandemic, protests for racial justice, and an unprecedented presidential election season.
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In the Media: Cindy Forster Examines Jeanine Áñez’s Impact on Bolivia in People’s Dispatch
In a two-part series for People’s Dispatch, Cindy Forster, professor of history and chair of Latin American studies, examines the impact that interim president Jeanine Áñez has had on Bolivia since taking power, arguing that Áñez is waging a war on women.
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Monet Massac ’21 Explores US Haitian Identity in Summer Research Project
To understand how Haitian immigrants negotiated their identity on US soil, Monet Massac ’21, granddaughter of Marie Massac, is embarking on a summer research project that explores how Haitian migrants from the 1970s–90s navigate the racial terrain of the United States.
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In the Media: Rita Roberts Discusses Racist Corporate Symbols in USA Today
In USA Today, Rita Roberts, Nathaniel Wright Stephenson Chair in History and Biography Chair and Professor of History and Africana Studies, discussed how Aunt Jemima and other racist corporate symbols have reinforced white supremacy beyond the breakfast table.
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