Category: Students/Alumni

Posted on February 10th, 2025 in Blog, Events, Featured, Research, Students/Alumni by luclee

Why do we look back at the past? Does the study of history help us avoid past mistakes? Or, does it simply repeat itself, catching us in a wheel of fate? Maybe history doesn’t repeat itself, but actually, “often rhymes” as Mark Twain allegedly said? These were the questions behind the 2025 Frederick Douglass symposium, …

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Posted on December 19th, 2024 in Blog, Featured, Students/Alumni by luclee

On December 12, faculty, students, and alumni from the IU Indianapolis History Department participated in the “topping out” ceremony for the future Indiana State Archives building.  The event was hosted by S. Chandler Lighty, Executive Director of the Indiana Archives and Records Administration, (IARA).  The Honorable Eric Holcomb, Governor of the State of Indiana was …

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