History News and Updates

Professor Robinson discusses his two newly published books, In the Shadow of Mongol Empire: Ming China and Eurasia, and Ming China and Its Allies: Imperial Rule in Eurasia.

The History Department is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2019 London History Study Group “Work-In-Progress” Award.

A Khayamiya piece is the latest addition to the History Department art display.

The History Club announces volume 2 of The Historical Journal of Colgate.

During the second History Conversation of the term, Robert Dewey '88, Professor of History (DePauw University), gave talk “‘Rugby is Life’: Researching Rugby in the Pacific Islands (Fiji, Tonga and Samoa)"

The History Department hosts Tonio Andrade, Professor of Chinese History and Global History at Emory University, to speak about his acclaimed book The Gunpowder Age: China, Military Innovation, and the Rise of the West in World History (Princeton, 2016).

Professor Rotter, Charles A. Dana Professor of History and Professor of Peace and Conflict Studies talks about his new book, Empires of the Senses: Bodily Encounters in Imperial India and the Philippines (Oxford University Press, 2019).

On Monday, Sept. 23rd, the Colgate History Department welcomed special guest Coll Thrush for the annual Douglas K. Reading Lecture.

Professor Harsin gives lecture, “The Yellow Vest Movement in France: Populism, Violence and Media,” as part of the Division of Social Sciences Luncheon Seminar Series.

Emily Kahn '19 explores history near Hamilton