History

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Seven new tenure-track professors join Macalester’s faculty

They'll join the departments of Economics, Environmental Studies, MSCS, Classical Mediterranean and Middle East, Psychology, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies.

May 28 2025

Work Wisdom: Masami Kawazato ’00

Masami Kawazato ’00 is a program director at the Metropolitan Regional Arts Council.

March 18 2025

What Payne Avenue Has to Say

Geography students explore St. Paul’s East Side to learn about its immigrant history, future visions, and what investing in community looks like

January 22 2025

New project offers virtual tour of 19th century New Orleans home

Professor Walter Greason explains why the Gallier House in New Orleans’ French Quarter was such an ideal location and what the project signals for the future of public history scholarship.

March 15 2023

Indigenous historian explains how Supreme Court case could threaten tribal sovereignty

Dr. Jacob Jurss, visiting assistant professor of Indigenous history, breaks down Brackeen vs. Haaland and how it poses a threat not just to ICWA and Indigenous children, but to tribal sovereignty itself.

December 8 2022

Mac students, professor publish research on redlining and air pollution

Biology Professor Mary Heskel, Elizabeth Hrycyna ‘21, Jennings Mergenthal ‘21, and Saiido Noor ‘23 recently published their original research on redlining and air pollution.

October 26 2022

Mac to the Future

A longtime history professor asked a generation of students to imagine the rest of their lives.

April 21 2022

Voices from the Opioid Epidemic

In her new book, history professor Amy Sullivan examines the opioid epidemic’s past, present, and future.

October 22 2021

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Interactive Education

Macalester’s digital liberal arts initiatives are changing how faculty, staff, and students collaborate, share knowledge, and solve problems.

July 26 2021

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Lecture Notes: Rumors in History

Professor Karin Vélez examines how fiction can overshadow reality, even when we have all the facts.

January 25 2021

“You’ve Got a Chance to Make This Country Whole”

Mahmoud El-Kati shaped generations of students. He’s no longer teaching, but his work continues.