History and Geography

The Professor of Art History discussed archival revelations in the study of Belle Époque painter Madeleine Lemaire.

Elon’s affiliate partner, The Beijing Center, will be on campus on Monday, Oct. 22.

Presentation and discussion led by Professor Jim Bissett and Associate Professor Mike Carignan.

5:30 p.m., Nov. 8, 2018, followed by a reception at 6:30 p.m., University Archives and Special Collections, Belk Library 204

The art history professor's paper, "This Woman Artist Who Is Not One," served as a manifesto against cisnormativity in the scholarly study of historical figures.

Faculty members in the United Kingdom will teach courses and conducting research through the U.S.-U.K. exchange program. 

Planning Week marks the start of the academic year and provides an opportunity for faculty receiving funding from the Faculty Research and Development Committee to present their work.  

Former directors of Elon's Honors Program headed workshops in Monterrey, Mexico, and Winchester, Virginia.

Amy Johnson, associate professor of history and director of the Elon Core Curriculum, presented a paper entitled "Sustainable Identities: Indigenous Incorporation among the Maroons of Jamaica." 

Clyde Ellis awarded a grant from the Native American Rights Fund to conduct a literature review on the long term consequences of federal Indian boarding schools.

A staff writer at The New Yorker, Lepore talked about the importance of facts and its modern challenges as she delivered the James P. Elder Lecture on April 11 in Whitley Auditorium.