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Furman graduate Tomiko Brown-Nagin awarded 2012 Bancroft Prize for book
MARCH 15, 2012 by Media Relations Tomiko Brown-Nagin, a 1992 Furman graduate who teaches law and history at the University of Virginia, has been awarded the 2012 Bancroft Prize by Columbia University for her book, Courage...
Continue ReadingPrinceton Review names four Furman professors among nation’s “best”
April 10, 2012 By Erikah Haavie, Media Relations According to a new book published by The Princeton Review, Furman is home to four of the country’s best undergraduate professors. Professors David Bost (modern languages and literatures), Charles...
Continue ReadingFurman history professor co-authors book about education reform in El Salvador
MAY 16, 2012 by Tina T. Underwood, Contributing Writer Furman University history professor Erik Ching has co-written a new book about education reform in El Salvador during the Cold War. The book is co-written by...
Continue ReadingVernon Burton to kick off series on 150th anniversary of Emancipation Proclamation
SEPTEMBER 21, 2012 by Erikah Haavie, Contributing Writer History professor Vernon Burton, a 1969 Furman graduate and director of the Cyberinstitute at Clemson, will launch a series commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation...
Continue ReadingSeries on Emancipation Proclamation continues at History Museum Nov. 18
NOVEMBER 12, 2012 by Vince Moore, Director of News and Media Relations Furman and the Upcountry History Museum will host a roundtable discussion featuring some of the country’s top historians Sunday, Nov. 18 as part...
Continue ReadingWilliam and Mary professor to present A.J. Head Lecture in Humanities Oct. 1
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012 by Tina Underwood, Contributing Writer David L. Holmes, Walter G. Mason Professor of Religion Emeritus at College of William and Mary, will speak on the Furman campus Monday, Oct. 1 at 7...
Continue ReadingFurman’s “Freedom Series” continues Oct. 28 at History Museum with panel discussion
OCTOBER 23, 2012 by Vince Moore, Director of News and Media Relations A roundtable discussion about “Slavery, Abolition and the Transition to Freedom” will take place Sunday, Oct. 28 at the Upcountry History Museum/Furman as...
Continue ReadingMemorial rededication to honor Greenville pilot
OCTOBER 25, 2012 by John Roberts, Newspage editor Representatives from Furman, Greenville City and the Upcountry History Museum will gather Saturday to rededicate a memorial to Greenville native Rudolf Anderson Jr. on the 50th anniversary...
Continue ReadingRemembering Emancipation Proclamation
Edward Ayers, noted historian and president of the University of Richmond, will speak on “Visualizing Emancipation” Tuesday, Jan. 22 at 7 p.m. in the Younts Conference Center at Furman. Ayers’ lecture, which is free and...
Continue ReadingViewing emancipation through a digital lens
JANUARY 24, 2013 by Sara Morano ’13, Contributing Writer “It took many hands to loosen the chains of slavery and many on accident.”Edward Ayers, an American historian, and the president of the University of Richmond,...
Continue ReadingA look back at Civil Rights in Greenville
On Wednesday, Feb. 27, Furman will host a special screening of a half-hour program produced by WSPA-TV that takes an in-depth look at the Civil Rights efforts that took place in Greenville during the 1960s....
Continue ReadingHistory professor wins award
Erik Ching, professor of history at Furman University, has won the Alfred B. Thomas Book Award for his book, Modernizing Minds in El Salvador: Education Reform and the Cold War 1960-1980. The book, published in 2012 by...
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