Lewis University Student and Professor Present Papers at Missouri Conference on History
Lewis University student Alexsander Piotrowski, history minor,and Dr. James N. Tallon, associate professor and chair ofhistory,presented papers March 17 at the 64th annual Missouri Conference on History in Jefferson City, Mo. Piotrowski presented “The Complexity of Polish-Ottoman Relations 1550-1850” while Dr. Tallon, offered “Anglo-Ottoman Rivalry in the Red Sea and the ‘Long’ First World War […]
Dr. Cremin Shares Environmental Lessons from Rome
Dr. Dennis H. Cremin, professor of history and academic director for the Lasallian University Center for Educationprogram in Rome, wrote several blog posts about the lessons taught by and with Dr. Jerry Kavouras, professor of biology. Kavouras spent a week in Rome teaching the students in the LUCE program. From the Illinois Prairie to the […]
Brother Ernest Miller, FSC Visits LUCE Students in Rome
Brother Ernest J. Miller, FSC, Lewis University Board Trustee and Vice President of Mission, Diversity and Inclusion at Lasalle University in Philadelphia, pa., recently visited the Lewis University students studying at the Lasallian Universities Center for Education in Rome, Italy. Brother Ernest came to Rome for meetings of the preparatory committee for the 46thGeneral Chapter […]
Dr. Schultz Discusses Land Ownership After Reconstruction at Newberry Library
Dr. Mark Schultz, professor ofhistory at Lewis University,and Adrienne Petty, associate professor of history atCollege of William and Mary,led a January 28 discussion on a chapter from their forthcoming book at the Newberry Library’s Labor History Workshop. ccording to Schultz and Petty, it is well known that land was initially central to freedpeople’s conception of […]
Lewis University Begins to Broaden Joliet Narratives
Work has begun on the Lewis University project of the “Reclaiming the Narrative: Restoring Black Voices to the Story of Joliet” grant initiative funded by the Chicago-based Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation. The Foundation supports land conservation, artistic vitality, and regional collections for the people of the Chicago region and the Lowcountry of South Carolina. […]
Lewis University Students Return to Rome
Rome Program participants gather in Romeoville before traveling to the Lasallian Universities Center for Education (LUCE) in Rome. The Roman Colosseum, the Pantheon, and the St. Peter’s Basilica: all of these are the classroom of 14 Lewis University students as they participate January 28 – April 23 in the university’s Rome Program at the Lasallian […]
Dr. Cremin Shares How to Make a Pilgrimage Transformative Travel
Join Dr. Dennis H. Cremin, professor of history and director of the Lewis University History Center, for an illustrated program, Pilgrimage as Transformative Travel | History Center of Lake Forest-Lake Bluff (lflbhistory.org). The 7 p.m. December 16 lecture on Zoom highlights his work in the field of pilgrimage. He will reflect on world trends that […]
Land Acknowledgement Ceremony Honors Indigenous History of Lewis University Campus
Lewis University students, faculty, and staff joined together with Midwest SOARRING Foundation and other community members on November 10 to officially present the Lewis University Land Acknowledgement. Created in partnership with Midwest SOARRING along with Lewis University’s History Department and Office of Diversity & Inclusion, the statement recognizes that the Romeoville campus is the original […]
Joliet Women’s History is Preserved Through Adelmann Regional History Collection Internship
The Joliet reaction during historic times, such as Jewish refugees fleeing Europe in 1939, is better preserved in the Adelmann Regional History Collection at Lewis University, thanks to a Lewis University History Student Vaughn Payne and team. During his recent internship, he digitized the minutes of the Joliet Woman’s Study Club. Founded in the 1890s, […]
Crisis & Recovery in World History Conference Held at Lewis University
The 11th Annual Conference of the Midwest World History Association was held September 24-25 at Lewis University in Romeoville. Hosted by the Lewis University History Department and College of Humanities, Fine Arts, and Communication, the theme was “Crisis & Recovery in World History.” In-person and online discussions included “Critical Narratives: Crises in US Native/non-Native Relations,” […]