Faculty and students met on April 10 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing. “A Triumph of American Technology: Remembering the 1969 Apollo Moon Landing on its 50th Anniversary” was hosted in Gorgas Library and had a very successful turn out. The discussed topics ranging from the dynamics of rocketry, the race to space between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, putting the first object into orbit, missile design, and the evolution of the process to achieve […]
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A Triumph of American Technology: Remembering the 1969 Apollo Moon Landing on its 50th Anniversary
The Department of History is hosting a colloquium on the 50th anniversary of the Apollo moon landing on Wednesday, April 10, at 5:15 p.m. in 205 Gorgas. It will include talks by Dr. Richard Branam, Assistant Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, titled “How We Got There: the Technology of Rocketry and Space Flight,” Dr. Margaret Peacock, Associate Professor of History, titled “The Space Race: Beating the Ruskies to the Moon,” and Dr. Harold Selesky, Associate Professor of History, titled “Climbing […]
Nuclear War on the Korean Peninsula: Historical Perspectives on a Possible Future
The History Department is hosting a panel discussion entitled, “Nuclear War on the Korean Peninsula: Historical Perspectives on a Possible Future,” on Friday, February 9, at 4pm, in 125 ten Hoor Hall. The event will include: Dr. Howard Jones, “The Cuban Missile Crisis: The Nuclear War That Wasn’t.” Dr. Di Luo, “Inside the Hermit Kingdom: What Can We Know about the DPRK.” Dr. Harold Selesky, “Nuclear War Can Ruin Your Day: Thinking about the Unthinkable.” The event is free and […]
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Thank You for Supporting “1867 in North America: Crisis on a Continent.”
On November 1 2017, the History Department hosted “1867 in North America: Crisis on a Continent.” Drs. Steven Bunker, Lesley J. Gordon, and Harold Selesky participated in this discussion of the sesquicentennial of the threefold political crisis that affected the United States, Canada, and Mexico. Dr. Gordon discussed issues surrounding Reconstruction, Dr. Selesky spoke about the confederation of Canada, and Dr. Bunker talked on the fall of the Second Empire of Mexico. The event drew parallels between trends in all […]
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Library Exhibit Celebrating NPS Centennial Includes Items from the Harold Selesky Travel and Tourism Collection
“100 Years of the National Park Service” exhibit Date: Wednesday, August 03, 2016 Time: All Day Location: Pearce Foyer, 2nd floor Gorgas Library The beginning of the National Park Service as we know it today didn’t spring into being with the establishment of the first national park by the U. S. Congress on March 1, 1872. Yellowstone National Park, the first park in the United States and widely held to be the first national park in the world, was established […]