History and Geography

An intern with Elon University’s Belk Library worked this semester in coordination with the N.C. Digital Heritage Center to digitize and publish online scrapbooks created by eight of Elon’s earliest students.

Honglin Xiao, an associate professor of geography, has coauthored a paper in the peer-reviewed journal Environmental Science and Policy.

Jack Garratt '09, who graduated from Elon with a major in History and a minor in German Studies, has received a grant to conduct archival research at the Bundesarchiv-Lichterfelde in Berlin.

Four faculty members were honored May 11, 2011, for superior scholarship, teaching, mentoring and service at Elon University’s faculty-staff awards luncheon. Those recognized included Mary Jo Festle, Ann J. Cahill, Maureen Vandermaas-Peeler and Stephen Bailey.

Since the 1600s, lawyers and scholars have grappled with how to best bring to justice the men and women who commit war crimes. Elon University senior Elizabeth Leman studied three of the biggest global conflicts in recent history to shed light on the complexities of international humanitarian law, and her work is the latest to be featured in a series of E-net profiles on Lumen Scholars in the Class of 2011

Two Elon University professors in the Department of History and Geography shared from campus on Friday their insights about the Civil War with students in a U.S. history class taught by a former North Carolina Teaching Fellow at a high school 90 miles away.

Honglin Xiao, an associate professor of geography, coauthored a peer-reviewed paper with professor Jian Peng from Minzu University of China, professor Yueqing Xu from China Agricultural University, and professor Yunlong Cai from Peking University of China in the journal Environmental Earth Sciences.

Professor of History Clyde Ellis was invited to present his most recent research at the annual meeting of the Oklahoma Historical Society in Enid, Okla., on April 28.

Kristen Klug '10, a History major and German Studies minor, has been accepted to the master's program in European Studies at the Hochschule Bremen in Germany.