{"id":377,"date":"2017-09-27T20:49:02","date_gmt":"2017-09-27T20:49:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-history\/departmentnews\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T16:22:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T16:22:30","slug":"departmentnews","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/about\/departmentnews\/","title":{"rendered":"Department News"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Celebrating Jim Stewart<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>History Professor Emeritus Dr. James Brewer Stewart passed away on May 7, 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;A towering figure in the academic community, Dr. Stewart left an indelible mark through his scholarship, teaching, and unwavering commitment to equity and justice.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will be a public Celebration of Life and at the University Club in Saint Paul on September 14th, 2025, at 2pm.<br>All are welcome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simpletraditions.com\/obituaries\/james-stewart\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"815\" height=\"728\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/563\/2025\/08\/JBS-8.19.25.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2315\" style=\"width:362px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/563\/2025\/08\/JBS-8.19.25.jpg 815w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/563\/2025\/08\/JBS-8.19.25-300x268.jpg 300w,  https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/563\/2025\/08\/JBS-8.19.25-768x686.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 815px) 100vw, 815px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simpletraditions.com\/obituaries\/james-stewart\">Learn more about Jim&#8217;s legacy in his full obituary.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"link-group block-container\" >\n            <div class=\"link-group__heading-row\">\n            <div class=\"link-group__heading-container\">\n                <h2 class=\"base-lockup__heading\">Faculty News<\/h2>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"link-group__links-row\">\n        <ul class=\"link-group__link link-group__link--\">\n        \t                <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                    <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"https:\/\/ailanet.org\/activities\/american-indian-youth-literature-award\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    History professor Dr. Katrina Phillips&#8217;s book &#8220;Indigenous People&#8217;s Day&#8221; was named a Best Middle Grade Book by the American Indian Library Association. | January 24, 2022 \n\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                    <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"https:\/\/www.redlakenationnews.com\/story\/2022\/01\/26\/news\/macalester-native-and-indigenous-initiative-receives-1-million-grant-from-mellon-foundation\/103662.html\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    Macalester Native and Indigenous Initiative receives $1 million grant from Mellon Foundation. The official Native American news and information source of the Red Lake Indian Reservation shared the news about Mac&#8217;s new Mellon grant for the MNI Initiative. | January 26, 2022\n\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                            <li class=\"link-group__link-item\">\n                    <a class=\"base-cta-featured\" href=\"https:\/\/www.twincities.com\/2022\/01\/29\/2022-finalists-minnesota-book-awards\/\" target=\"_self\">\n\t\t\t\t\t    Professor Amy Sullivan&#8217;s book &#8220;Opioid Reckoning: Love, Loss and Redemption in the Rehab State&#8221; was named a finalist for the Emilie Buchwald Award for Minnesota Nonfiction. | January 29, 2022 \n\t\t\t\t\t    <svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"base-symbol base-cta-featured__arrow\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t    <use xlink:href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/macalester-2020\/dist\/svgs\/symbol-arrow.svg#icon\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n                <\/li>\n                    <\/ul>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History Department Statement on Racial Justice | June 23, 2020<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The History department of Macalester College deplores the murder of Mr. George Floyd by members of the Minneapolis Police Department. We support the protestors who call for justice locally, nationally, and globally. We call on leaders and authorities in the Twin Cities to review the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1iDaVNNGRWYkhjB2CJwrA4j8f8dfimh0vEd93D__mnPo\/edit?fbclid=IwAR1slYX8bHSiJkvfiZCuXGgFZdRti5quEaxLuZuorQnztLTvYxwKs6rrdwM\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">history<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of recent and extended violence to contextualize this moment and formulate new policies respecting the rights of marginalized peoples.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Macalester College sits on Dakota homelands. Our campus is located five miles fr\u200b\u200bom <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnhs.org\/fortsnelling\/learn\/african-americans\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fort Snelling<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, which once housed slaves such as Dred and Harriet Scott. Fort Snelling also served as a concentration camp in the wake of the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.usdakotawar.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">U.S.-Dakota War<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a conflict that led to the largest mass execution in the history of the United States.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">From <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mappingprejudice.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">redlining<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/outlook\/2020\/05\/30\/will-minneapolis-learn-failed-handling-its-last-uprising\/#:~:text=In%20July%201967%2C%20Minneapolis%20%E2%80%94%20like,police%20with%20bricks%20and%20bottles.\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">race riots on Plymouth Avenue<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnopedia.org\/place\/rondo-neighborhood-st-paul\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">deliberate destruction<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of the vibrant Rondo neighborhood and the police brutality that led to the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnopedia.org\/group\/american-indian-movement-aim\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">creation<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> of the American Indian Movement in the 1960s, our Twin Cities and Macalester communities have been built on the blood of people of color. As historians, we are acutely aware that racism and settler colonialism are not limited to Minnesota or the United States. But Mr. Floyd\u2019s murder at the hands of Minneapolis police officers has laid bare the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/time.com\/5844030\/george-floyd-minneapolis-history\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">systemic underpinnings<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that continue to uphold these injustices.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Justice for Mr. Floyd cannot be an end in itself. Justice now should be part and parcel of the much needed fundamental change to and resolution of pervasive, blatant, and systemic racism and structural violence. It demands our collective long-term and sustained engagement from our institutions and classroom to households and streets. Inspired in part by our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CA5n06OH5__\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">students<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, who have reminded us of the necessity of direct action, the Macalester College History Department has made two donations in the name of Mr. George Floyd: one to <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.migizi.org\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">MIGIZI<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a Native organization that \u201cnurtures the development of Native American youth in order to unleash their creativity and dreams\u201d; and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RondoAvenueInc\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rondo Avenue, Incorporated<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, a community partner that serves the African-American Rondo neighborhood in Saint Paul that has been incredibly generous to Macalester History students.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This is just a first step.&nbsp; In the words of our chair, Professor Linda Sturtz, \u201c<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">our charge or vocation (\u2018calling,\u2019 if you will), as Macalester History professors, is to shape the world for the better by educating students as they become deeply engaged citizens.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>For older posts, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/about\/departmentnews\/department-news-archive\/\">Department News Archive<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrating Jim Stewart History Professor Emeritus Dr. James Brewer Stewart passed away on May 7, 2025. &#8220;A towering figure in the academic community, Dr. Stewart left an indelible mark through his scholarship, teaching, and unwavering commitment to equity and justice.&#8221; There will be a public Celebration of Life and at the University Club in Saint [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":913,"featured_media":0,"parent":366,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-377","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/913"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2355,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/377\/revisions\/2355"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/366"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}