News
A Conversation with Matthew Bahar, Assistant Professor of History
February 21, 2019
Communications Staff
A historian of early America, Bahar specializes in American Indian, imperial, and maritime history during the colonial period.
![Matthew Bahar portrait Image of Matthew Bahar sittig in wooden chair.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/matt_bahar_portrait-jennifer_manna.jpg?itok=4NRWFfxD)
Monthlong Speaker Series on Militarization Features Three Former Ambassadors
February 13, 2019
Amanda Nagy
Now in its fourth year, the Global Issues Symposium expands student learning beyond the international studies concentration.
![Global Issues Symposium graphic Graphic of Global Issues Symposium text](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/global_issues_web_graphic.jpg?itok=EpNZamdY)
Immigration in U.S. History Students Partner with Ohio Immigrant Worker Project
February 4, 2019
Erin Ulrich ’18
Students in Shelley Lee’s Immigration in U.S. History course partnered with the Ohio Immigrant Worker Project based in Canton, Ohio, this past fall semester.
![Immigration in U.S. History students Students sitting at long tables with computers and laptops in a classroom](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/immigration_in_us_history_class_photo.jpeg?itok=I764gw58)
Students to Curatorial Assistants: Ava Prince ’18 and Emma Laube ’17
November 22, 2018
Erin Ulrich ’18
In their first post-grad jobs, Emma Laube ’17 and Ava Prince ’18 are working as curatorial assistants in the Allen Memorial Art Museum.
![Emma Laube ’17 and Ava Prince ’18 Four students standing side by side](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/amam_curatorial_assistant_story_photo_header_0.jpg?itok=w95c9CAz)
Lessons from the Paris Peace Conference of 1919
September 20, 2018
Amanda Nagy
A historian of the First World War, Professor of History Leonard V. Smith’s newest book deepens the dialogue between history and international relations theory.
![Professor Leonard V. Smith Portrait of Leonard Smith](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/leonardsmith-jennifer_manna_photo.jpg?itok=1697C9T4)
Renee Romano on ‘Hamilton’ and Historical Memory
August 6, 2018
Erin Ulrich ’18
Coeditor of Historians on Hamilton, Professor Renee Romano’s newest book tackles difficult topics in a surprisingly uncontroversial Broadway hit.
![Professor Renee Romano](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/renee_romano_headshot_1.jpg?itok=Rn3oag9G)
Main Library Will Be Named for Activist, Alumna Mary Church Terrell
May 22, 2018
Hillary Hempstead
The main library in Mudd Center will be named in honor of 1884 graduate Mary Church Terrell, an educator, feminist, civil rights activist, and a founding member of the National Association of Colored Women (NACW) and the NAACP.
![Mary Church Terrell Mary Church Terrell](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/mary_church_terrell_web.jpg?itok=tDMgrglj)
Olivia Goffman ’18 Awarded Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship in Malaysia
May 21, 2018
Hillary Hempstead
The history and creative writing double-major will teach English in Malaysia.
![Olivia Goffman Olivia Goffman](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/olivia_goffman.jpg?itok=QpHob1z2)
Q&A with “What is Sanctuary?” Panelists
February 8, 2018
Communications Staff
The concept of sanctuary is often part of today’s discussions about immigration, but the idea of providing sanctuary has ancient roots. Learn about the different meanings and practices during “What is Sanctuary?” on Tuesday, February 13.
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Traveling Exhibit Examines Oberlin’s Social Justice Legacy in World War II
February 2, 2018
Tyler Sloan '17
Oberlin’s history of embodying leadership and empathy in times of political and social turmoil makes the title of the upcoming traveling exhibit, Courage and Compassion, especially fitting.
![Oberlin College’s 1943 student council. Back row: J. Benedict, K. Okuda, B. Burton, P. Lansdale. Front row: N. Rafetto, J. Prothero, G. Wettingfield, J. Pawlinson. Eight students in a 1940s living room.](https://www.oberlin.edu/sites/default/files/styles/fp_w360_h270/public/content/news/image/okuda_student_council_733w.jpg?itok=8pjqdaR0)