News

Aug 24, 2012

Faculty moderate Read Smart book discussions

Faculty from the College of Humanities and Social Sciences are moderating four out of the five book discussions in the "Read Smart" program organized by NCSU Libraries and Wake County Public Libraries this semester. All are welcome to join in these public book discussions sponsored by Friends of the Library of North Carolina State University.

Aug 14, 2012

A Change in German-American Relations: The German Nuclear Deal with Brazil, 1977

Ham, Oliver Benjamin. “A Change in German-American Relations: The German Nuclear Deal with Brazil, 1977.” (Under the direction of Dr. Nancy Mitchell.) The German-Brazilian nuclear deal was the first of its kind. The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) planned to export a full-nuclear cycle to Brazil, a non-nuclear nation. As a result, Brazil, which had…

Aug 13, 2012

The Scopes Trial in American Memory

Halbrook, Patrick Nason. “The Scopes Trial in American Memory.” (Under the direction of Dr. William Kimler.) The 1925 Scopes “Monkey” trial, in which high school teacher John T. Scopes was prosecuted in Dayton, Tennessee for violating the state’s Butler Act forbidding the teaching of human evolution, has been called “the Trial of the Century.” Fundamentalist…

Aug 10, 2012

CHASS Welcomes New Tenure-Track Faculty

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences welcomes 18 new tenure-track faculty to its ranks. Their research interests range from forensic psychology to the religions of East Asia. Meet these stellar scholars, researchers, and teachers.

Jul 20, 2012

Instructing Modern Citizens: Teaching the Nation and Citizenship in English and Japanese Textbooks, 1890-1914

Piper, Maria Anya Bell. “Instructing Modern Citizens: Teaching the Nation and Citizenship in English and Japanese Textbooks, 1890-1914.” (Under the direction of Dr. David Ambaras.) This thesis uses history, geography, and citizenship/ethics textbooks to analyze how both international and domestic circumstances affected the development and content of public elementary education in England and Japan from…

Jun 25, 2012

Meet Historian Blair Kelley

Associate Professor of History Blair L. M. Kelley is the subject of a video created by students in COM 437 - Advanced Digital Video, in the Department of Communication. The video highlights Kelley's research and her passion for teaching. Kelley's research has focused on the social movements that undergirded change for African Americans. Among the courses she teaches are oral history and the civil rights movement. This semester she co-taught "The South in Black and White" with Duke University historian Tim Tyson. Students enrolled from campuses throughout the Triangle to explore the history of race in the South.

Jun 23, 2012

Cedars in the Pines

Through the generosity of Moise Khayrallah, the rich history of Lebanese Americans in North Carolina is being researched, documented, preserved, and shared. The Khayrallah Program for Lebanese-American Studies is making possible a documentary, "Cedars in the Pines," on the history of the community that will air on UNC-TV; a traveling museum exhibit; a resource book and lesson plans for K-12 educators to teach the history of Lebanese-Americans in our state; and an online archive housing the personal stories, letters, photos, home movies and newspaper clippings of the state’s Lebanese-Americans.

Jun 5, 2012

Rachel Trent – CHASS Thesis Award

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences selected Rachel Trent’s “Seeing the Nation by Numbers: The 1874 Statistical Atlas and the Evolution of a Demographic Imagination,” written under the direction of Professor Craig Friend, for the 2012 CHASS Thesis Award. Rachel graduated with her M.A. in Public History in 2012

May 10, 2012

2012 Faculty Awards

Faculty were recognized for outstanding accomplishments in teaching, advising, research and engagement at a ceremony held in Caldwell Lounge April 25, 2012. "The range of scholarship represented by these awards demonstrates the breadth of excellence in our faculty," said CHASS Dean Jeff Braden. "I am proud of all our faculty, and humbled to serve as your dean."

Apr 24, 2012

The Grand Tour and the Expansion of the British Mind: Cultural Imperatives in the Eighteenth Century

Hensley, Katherine Lydia. “The Grand Tour and the Expansion of the British Mind: Cultural Imperatives in the Eighteenth Century.” (Under the direction of Dr. Brent Sirota.) During the eighteenth century, many British young men of wealth and standing traveled to the Continent as a means of completing their education. As part of that experience they…