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  1. Sam Nakahira

    For the Love of Comics (and History)

    May 15, 2019
    How do you translate a 35-page research paper into a comic? Sam Nakahira ’19, a history major from California, wanted to find out.
  2. E. Patrick Johnson

    Gender, Women's and Sexuality Studies Welcomes E. Patrick Johnson on Tuesday, March 12, 2019 at 7 p.m.

    Mar 06, 2019
    Johnson's presentation, "The Beekeeper: Performing Southern Black Women who Love Women" will be held in the Humanities and Social Studies Center, Room S3325.
  3. Elizabeth Prevost and Ralph Savarese

    March 5 Herman Melville Meets Agatha Christie

    Feb 22, 2019
    At 4:15 pm on March 5 History Professor Elizabeth Prevost and English Professor Ralph Savarese will lead a discussion about the deceptively simple act of reading.

  4. Ford Foundation Taps Grinnellian for Prestigious Fellowship

    May 14, 2018
    Joy Sales ʼ13 has been awarded a a highly-competitive 2018 Ford Foundation Dissertation Fellowship by the Fellowships Office of The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

  5. Associate Professor Ed Cohn Tests the Portrayal of "The Americans" Against Cold War History

    Apr 01, 2018
    Associate Professor of History Ed Cohn compares the show "The Americans" to the Cold War events it portrays in The Washington Post.

  6. ​Generous Thinking: The University and the Public Good​

    Feb 19, 2018
    Scholars' Convocation speaker Kathleen Fitzpatrick will give the convocation lecture at Grinnell College on March 1, 2018.

  7. African American Music in the Fight for Civil Rights

    Jan 29, 2018
    Damani Phillips uses musical performances to illustrate influence of African American music on the Civil Rights movement.

  8. Inside the Schoolhouse Gate: Student Rights and the Constitution

    Sep 01, 2017
    Mary Beth Tinker, of the U.S. Supreme Court case Tinker v. Des Moines (1969), will share her experience as a participant in the case and its effect on her life.

  9. Seven Seniors and One Graduate Awarded Fulbright Grants

    May 19, 2017
    They will use the prestigious grants to support international study, research, and teaching.

  10. Digital Humanities from Classroom to Public Scholarship

    Feb 13, 2017
    Prof. Elfenbein and students tackle Islamophobia.

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