For even more information, including additional photos, about the Hopeman Memorial Carillon, check out the links below.

This month's question is:

If you could recommend a history student to take a course by any history professor (past or present), what course and which professor would you recommend? Why?

Hans Kellner (PhD '72), emeritus professor at NC State University, presented a paper titled “Sublime Irresponsibility: Why the Historical Sublime Matters” at the International Network for Theory of History conference in Lisbon, Portugal, this past May. During this conference he chaired two panels: "Ethics and History” and "History, Memory and the Holocaust."

Bruce F. Pauley (PhD '99), emeritus professor at the University of Central Florida, has written Portrait of a City: Lincoln, Nebraska, at the Turn of the Twentieth Century (University of Nebraska Press), highlighting a period of rapid social & technological change in the United States and beyond between the 1890s and 1920s. Using his hometown as an example, he examines changing aspects of daily life, such as the modernization of homes, public and private transportation, education, the status of women, and entertainment. However, he also addresses the challenges, like the loss of civil liberties during World World I.

Jeffrey S. Reznick (BA, History and Political Science, '92) is now senior historian at the National Library of Medicine for the National Institutes of Health (NLM/NIH). In addition to maintaining a diverse historical research portfolio based on the library's collection and services, he also serves as a senior advisor for partnerships, scholarly activities, and stakeholders of the library. He welcomes being in touch with anyone who would wish to engage with and benefit from the NLM's collection and related resources! (jeffrey.reznick@nih.gov)

Tristan W. Sharp (BA '15) has written a journal article for Past & Present titled "Seigneurial Predation in the Late Medieval Feud."

Peter Sposato (PhD '14) is happy to report that his research on Early Renaissance Florence will be supported over the coming years by two generous grants: a NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources Grant and a Richard Lounsbery Foundation Grant. These grants will support the completion of his second book and allow him to contribute to a collaborative, multi-university digital research platform called Florence Illuminated: Visualizing the History of Art, Architecture, and Society.

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