BGSU Department of History

09/01/2026

Join us for a discussion with BGSU Faculty and 7-12 Social Studies Teachers about how the Constitution can be understood in its historical context, and practical ways to bring those ideas to life in the classroom.

CEU Certificates (2 contact hours) will be available for any K-12 Teachers in attendance.

08/27/2026

As we begin to wrap up the first week of the semester, we wanted to remind you of important resources and fall dates!

08/25/2026

Yesterday, we were grateful to celebrate Dr. Chavez’s birthday! Be sure to wish him a happy belated birthday as you see him around!

08/24/2026

Welcome back Falcons! Be sure to save the date on the Fall History events! For more information about the Threads of Democracy events, please visit www.bgsu.edu/threads-of-democracy

08/21/2026

As a new group of students arrives on campus, our (new) Department Chair, Dr. Casey Stark, reflects on her role. You can read her thoughts on our blog at blogs.bgsu.edu/history

08/19/2026

We had a great History Faculty Retreat yesterday! We got to spend some quality time together updating our syllabi and previewing the upcoming academic year. Shout out to Wood County Parks for getting us out of Williams Hall for the day!

07/29/2026

"If you wanna be a good archaeologist, you gotta get out of the library." —Indiana Jones ⛏️

Our MA student, Roberto Rios, brought archaeology to life in his talk at the Clyde Public Library, exploring what Raiders of the Lost Ark gets right (and wrong) about the field.

Check out the full post on our blog, blogs.bgsu.edu/history

07/21/2026

Tomorrow evening, come join Dr. Challú for some insights into the history of science, and a great show from BGSU Planetarium!

On Wednesday, July 22 at 7:30 p.m. we continue the America 250 in the Planetarium Series with Dr. Amílcar Challú who will present a program titled "Navigating with the Stars in the Vast, Early Americas". This program will be followed by the planetarium show NAVIGATING WITH LEWIS AND CLARK. The talk abstract and show details can be found at https://events.bgsu.edu/group/planetarium/calendar

07/20/2026

Dr. Challú will be hosting a talk at the BGSU Planetarium this coming Wednesday evening! Come on out for an interesting talk and a great show from the Planetarium!

Happy American Semiquincentennial,

I hope everyone has a wonderful 4th of July today. We hope you’ll join us in the Planetarium later this month to celebrate American discovery, innovation, and values through topics in astronomy, history, art, music, and more in this special nine-part series in the BGSU Planetarium. This America 250 in the Planetarium series of programs will take place on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays starting at 7:30 p.m. July 13 – 31. All America 250 in the Planetarium programs are free and open to the public. Each talk will be followed by one of three planetarium shows, starting at 8:45 p.m. For abstracts of each talk, please see the BGSU Campus Events Calendar entries here: https://events.bgsu.edu/group/planetarium/calendar or at the bottom of our website: www.bgsu.edu/planetarium.

07/17/2026

Our final Internship Spotlight this summer features reflections from one of our graduate students, Lochlyn Ramsey, who worked this spring at Fort Meigs: Ohio's War of 1812 Battlefield. His learning focused on land battles of the War, and he spent time splitting logs and reenacting throughout the spring.

Read the full reflection post at blogs.bgsu.edu/history