History Spotlight

Gabriel Finkelstein, Associate Professor of History, has been invited to a history of science conference on "Mechanism, Life and Mind in the ‘Modern’ Era" at the Università Roma Tre, in Rome, Italy, this April. His talk will be on " The Intellectual Origins of the Ignorabimus ."

This past weekend, CLAS was well represented at the Triple Nine Society Conference in Denver at the Brown Palace. History Professor Tom Noel presented Denver: Mining to Metropolis , a lighthearted overview of the ups and downs of the Mile High City from the 1858-59 Gold Rush to today. And...

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Pam Laird, History, published " How business historians can save the world—from the fallacy of self-made success " in a special issue on narratives in the British journal Business History in November. The article tracks the history of the self-making concept from its original sense of community-serving self-improvement to its...

On March 10, at the Confluence Conference (a day-long series presenting the best student papers produced in the past year at the Community College of Aurora), Micaela Cruce , a History Junior who transferred from CCA this past Fall, spoke alongside Chancellor Horrell.

Rebecca Hunt, Clinical Associate Professor (C/T) of History, recently celebrated releasing her latest publication, Casper Chronicles II . Hunt traveled to Wind City Books in Casper, Wyoming for a special book signing on December 17th.

In December, Pam Laird, History, published " How business historians can save the world—from the fallacy of self-made success " as the lead article in a special issue on narratives in the British journal Business History . She tracks the history of the self-making concept from its original sense of...