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History Club Reenacts the Boston Tea Party
On September 24, the History Club reenacted the Boston Tea Party with dozens of participants, tricorner hats, and the dunking of a redcoat. READ THE PHOENIX COVERAGE
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Alumni Spotlight: Graduate
Kelley Szany
Kelley Szany (MA Public History 2002) named one of the Power 10 on the blooloop 50 Museum Influencer List. Kelley is senior vice president of education & exhibitions at the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center.
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Student Spotlight
Lindsey Meza
Lindsey Meza, Public History Master’s student and President of the History Graduate Student Association (HGSA), was recently awarded the prestigious Loyola University Chicago President’s Medallion.
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Alumni Spotlight: Undergraduate
Rebecca Susmarski
BA Alumni Rebecca Susmarski is currently a grant writer at the Shelburne Museum in Shelburne, Vermont.
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Unfinished: America's Ongoing Revolutions
This exhibit was created to commemorate the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution. Drawing on materials from Loyola and Mundelein, as well as Chicago and U.S. history, the exhibit explores how questions of identity, memory, and power have been shaped, challenged, and redefined throughout the nation’s history, highlighting the ways America’s revolutions remain ongoing. This exhibit was curated by Public History graduate students Connor Barnes, Charlie Chmielweski, Erin Carosella, Rachel Shugarts, Eleanor Carter, and Casey Welby, working in a public history practicum directed by Professor Elizabeth Fraterrigo, and in collaboration with Emily Reiher from the Women and Leadership Archives and Kathy Young from University Archives. Visit the exhibit at Lake Shore Campus, Cudahy Library, Donovan Reading Room, now through December 2026.
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Dr. Suzanne Kaufman wins French Colonial Historical Society’s Article Prize
Professor Suzanne Kaufman won the French Colonial Historical Society’s article prize for her piece “Incident at Sousse: West African Soldiers, Legionnaires, and the Racial Politics of Colonial Policing in 1930s French Tunisa” in the French Historical Studies. This article explores the incident at Sousse, a conflict in mid-1930s French Tunisia in which a security force of West African troops launched an unauthorized attack against the city’s residents.
Dr. Christopher Cantwell Publishes New Book
The Gospel According to Frank Wood: Memory and the Making of White American Evangelicanism
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John Peter Altgeld
Mar 24, 2022
by Kate M.
By Maris Rosenfield, Loyola University Chicago In Chicago’s Lincoln Park, there are many monuments dedicated to significant figures in history. Alexander Hamilton, Abraham Lincoln, Benjamin Franklin and more stand tall within the expansive park. Among these historical giants stands a monument to John Peter Altgeld, a governor of Illinois who fought for justice reform and …
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