History

A group of Grinnell alumni has created a fund to support a Mentored Advanced Project to study the history of concerts at Grinnell and Georgia Dentel, who made them possible.

Four Grinnell students are working with Professor Sarah Purcell ’92 to research the history of concerts at Grinnell. Their Mentored Advanced Project includes a focus on legendary Grinnell staff member Georgia Dentel.

A new Grinnell course, Historical Landscapes of Grinnell, encourages students to explore local history and build connections in the community.

Assistant Professor of Religious Studies and History Elias Saba has been awarded a 2024 Life Worth Living Faculty Course Development Fellowship from the Yale Center for Faith and Culture.

Please join the Grinnell College Libraries at 4:15 p.m., Nov. 28, as we present our final fall semester Faculty and Staff Research Series talk with Adey Almohsen, 2023–24 Center for Contemporary Arab Studies (CCAS) postdoctoral fellow at Georgetown University, for his Research in Progress talk, “Minds in Exile: An Intellectual History of Palestinians 1945–70.”

Grinnell Faculty/Staff Research Series Event, 4 p.m., Tuesday, May 9, 2023, in Burling First Floor Lounge

Professor of History Edward Cohn has won a grant from the National Council for Eurasian and East European Research (NCEEER) to conduct research on the KGB tactic known as the “prophylactic chat” — an "invitation" sent to citizens suspected of “anti-Soviet acts.”

You can learn a lot by looking closer. Students in the short course Botanical Drawing and its Social Origins (HIS 295-01/SMS 295-01) approach plant anatomy and the history of botany through a studio art format, learning the fundamentals of realism while spending time with flora across campus.

Through her experiences in distinguished summer festivals and on-campus performance ensembles, Claire Davis ’22 found her place within the music department as well as a path to her future.

If you’re looking for a humanities course that will breathe new life into your class schedule, check out Comparative Herbalism (HIS 195), a fun new course that’s anything but typical.