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War is misery: A new book by distinguished history professor Mary Lou Roberts explores the visceral suffering of soldiers through their diaries

Posted on November 10, 2021

“Dogfaces.” “Dough feet.” “The poor bloody infantry.” Soldiers in Europe during the second World War called themselves a range of names, and neither knew nor cared much about their generals’ plans. But they filled their …

Posted in NewsTagged College of Letters and Science, history, WARF

Civilizing Influence: Kathryn Ciancia explores how “civilization” has been used to include and exclude certain groups.

Posted on July 1, 2021

Kathryn Ciancia’s fascination with how people have historically mobilized the idea of “civilization” began with the stories her Polish grandfather shared. As a child growing up in a town near Liverpool in the United Kingdom, …

Posted in NewsTagged College of Letters and Science, history

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