Tagged: history

Perfect for St. Pat’s Day—a history of the Irish in Illinois

New book by NIU professor, former student sheds light on towering roles of Irish Americans

  • March 9, 2021
DeKalb, Ill. — Just in time for St. Patrick’s Day, NIU History Professor Sean Farrell and his former doctoral student Mathieu Billings, now a faculty associate in history and political science…

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NIU junior to publish remarkable history research

Study shows emancipation emphasis faded from motivations behind Illinois’ Civil War monuments

  • February 15, 2021
DeKalb, Ill. — You can’t any longer call Jeremy Knoll a Research Rookie. The junior from Springfield, who chose NIU in part because of its Research Rookies Program, is already…

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NIU’s 2020 Lincoln Laureate: ‘Funny, kind, brilliant’

Cary native shines in both chemistry lab and dance studio

  • November 23, 2020
DeKalb, Ill. — Jill Belluomini can gracefully conquer both a molecular dynamics simulation and a pirouette. Her major and minor at NIU—chemistry and dance—represent her two passions. As different as…

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Emma Kuby

History professor’s first book earns high praise and three awards

Emma Kuby’s book offers a new narrative about how memory of Hitler’s atrocities reshaped postwar European intellectual life and ideological struggle.

  • November 12, 2020
When Emma Kuby, associate professor of history, decided to write her first book about concentration camp survivors who witnessed some of the 20th century’s worst atrocities, she knew that she…

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Professor champions efforts to recognize Mother Jones

Historical marker to be dedicated to labor leader along I-55 near Springfield

  • December 4, 2017
In the early 20th century, author Upton Sinclair called Mother Jones “the walking wrath of God.” Over the past decade, NIU history professor Rosemary Feurer has been determined to make…

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NIU grad lands job as federal historian

Military service, love of history leads to Washington, D.C. post

  • May 9, 2016
For many, earning a doctoral degree is the final destination on an educational journey. But for Chicagoland native Greg Bereiter, it signals a new beginning. Bereiter, who is soon to…

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Speak Your Mind

Talking turkey about early American Thanksgivings

  • November 19, 2015
Ah, Thanksgiving. It’s a celebration that always brings to mind family gatherings, friendly games of touch football and roasted turkey with all the fixings. There’s also that fuzzy history involving…

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Sara Fitzpatrick

‘You experience so many things’

Museum Studies graduate certificate students live out NIU ‘triangle’

  • June 10, 2015
Michelle Stewart changed her major eight times before discovering her passion. She began her adventure at Harper College, eventually traveling south to study marine biology at Broward College in Florida….

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