Colby History Department

Colby History Department www.colby.edu/historydept/ When you study history at Colby, you’re signing on for an intellectually rigorous and rewarding experience.

Working alongside our accomplished faculty, you’ll examine the diversity of human experience by studying the evolution of your culture and others around the world. Colby’s history majors gain a broad knowledge of the rich human past and become critical readers, skilled problem solvers, disciplined researchers, and accomplished writers. Students explore the vast scope of human history from a compar

ative perspective, and also focus on specific time periods, regions of the world, and themes. Faculty expertise includes world history as well as the history of the Middle East, East and Southeast Asia, Africa, the U.S., Europe, Russia, and the Soviet Union. Faculty specialize in global health, the environment, technology, Islam and other world religions, war, gender, Native American and African American history, and more. History faculty are committed to student learning in a variety of pedagogical settings, including lectures, class discussions, historiographical seminars, senior research seminars, independent research and honors projects with individual faculty members, and study abroad.

6/26/1997 - the first Harry Potter book is releasedhttps://t.co/tu8vRfgNzY
06/26/2017

6/26/1997 - the first Harry Potter book is released
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Yes, really. Here are some more magic numbers.

6/12/1963 Megar Evers murdered by white supremacistshttps://t.co/zo1sUBjbVv
06/12/2017

6/12/1963 Megar Evers murdered by white supremacists
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Mississippi is a much-changed place since civil rights pioneer Medgar Evers was murdered there 40 years ago this week. The civil rights leader refused to leave the state he loved. He believed conditions would improve. And now his state leads the nation in the number of black elected officials. NPR's...

6/7/1981 Israelis bomb the Iraqi reactor at Osirakhttps://t.co/mDzHqYWeJW
06/07/2017

6/7/1981 Israelis bomb the Iraqi reactor at Osirak
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Twenty five years after Israel bombed Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor, the BBC News website looks at its repercussions for the region.

6/6/1944 D-Day invasionhttps://t.co/oPYj63HPqh
06/06/2017

6/6/1944 D-Day invasion
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WW2: How the D-Day invasion was launched by the Allies against N**i Germany on 6 June 1944. Marking the 70th anniversary of D-Day.

6/5/1967 war in the Middle Easthttps://t.co/lmO479uyjT
06/05/2017

6/5/1967 war in the Middle East
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The human drama behind the 1967 Middle East War

6/1/1967 The Beatles release Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Bandhttps://t.co/xTIyEsKPbG
06/01/2017

6/1/1967 The Beatles release Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
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Though it has perhaps slipped in estimation since its initial issue, the 1967 release that defined the LP format still packs surprises.

He was right..... https://t.co/JTJYZc9tf3
05/26/2017

He was right..... https://t.co/JTJYZc9tf3

“'I am not yet ready to be Tsar. I know nothing of the business of ruling.' Nicholas II was crowned in 1896. ”

Congratulations Class of 2017! https://t.co/VYu1KYOp90
05/22/2017

Congratulations Class of 2017! https://t.co/VYu1KYOp90

“. making the rounds here at Colby, post-Commencement. ”

5/22/1990 North Yemen and South Yemen unite in one countryhttps://t.co/VKtRxo0vxU
05/22/2017

5/22/1990 North Yemen and South Yemen unite in one country
https://t.co/VKtRxo0vxU

Provides an overview of Yemen, including key events and facts about one of the poorest countries in the Middle East

Lawrence of Arabia left behind a complex legacy.... https://t.co/rCyuRlx9EX
05/19/2017

Lawrence of Arabia left behind a complex legacy.... https://t.co/rCyuRlx9EX

“On the front page in 1935. Lawrence of Arabia dies at 46. ”

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