Stories about "History"
Video: Scenes from the Jenkins Inauguration, selfies, high fives, and hugs in a ‘place of warmth and welcome’
Friday, May 10, 2024 10:10 am
The May 4 installation of President Garry W. Jenkins featured historic firsts — Bates' first Black and first openly gay president— and also whopping cheers, an eclectic slate of live music, and droves of Bates friends and supporters on campus from far and wide.
Refusing to let the killers have the last word, survivors of the genocide in Rwanda share their story with Bates students
Friday, March 29, 2024 5:00 am
Three survivors of the 1994 Rwandan genocide visited with Bates students this week, sharing how their stories of survival and reconciliation ensure that the killers do not "have the last word.”
Look What We Found: Wes Chaney’s historical contracts
Tuesday, March 5, 2019 6:06 pm
“The history of Chinese emperors and generals has been written,” says Assistant Professor of History Wes Chaney. “I’m interested in telling the stories of everyday life.”
Marshall Scholar Chris Crum ’17 eyes legal remedies for online threats
Friday, December 7, 2018 9:08 am
Chris Crum '17 is one of 48 recipients of a 2019 Marshall Scholarship, and only the second from Bates since the program was founded in 1953.
Look What We Found: Susan Stark’s lucky great-grandmother
Tuesday, October 9, 2018 8:55 am
A striking black-and-white photograph of Associate Professor of Philosophy Susan Stark’s great-grandmother occupies a place of honor in her Hedge Hall office.
Bates faculty member to appear on Jeopardy!
Thursday, November 30, 2017 2:31 pm
I'll take "childhood dream" for $800, Alex.
Explaining how to be an ‘antiracist,’ Ibram X. Kendi rattles conventional wisdom
Thursday, October 26, 2017 2:11 pm
Author Ibram X. Kendi gave a talk titled "How to Be an Antiracist" at Bates College. It’s advice he’s abundantly qualified to offer.
An overview of new faculty, and the look of Bates’ future, from Dean of the Faculty Matt Auer
Thursday, September 22, 2016 1:10 pm
What Bates College looks like in the future is at least partially revealed each time we hire a new faculty member.
50 years ago: Ali, Liston, Lewiston, Bates
Friday, May 22, 2015 9:47 am
Bates and Bates people are part of the main event in coverage of the 50th anniversary of the Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston boxing match held in Lewiston.
Filmmaker presents exploration of photography’s role in black culture
Wednesday, March 4, 2015 1:28 pm
Filmmaker Thomas Allen Harris visits Bates College to show his 2014 documentary "Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People" on March 8.