KSU History Department

The Department has particular strengths in military, science, technology, medicine and environment, and gender history. Come see us to learn more!

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Congratulations again to all our undergraduate scholarship recipients, and to all our graduate award recipients! Kudos to you all!
Thanks to the Scholarship Committees for your dedication!

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Congrats to our Spring 2026 graduates! L-R: Allison Taylor, MA, with Major Professor Marjorie Galelli, Lisa Highsmith, PhD & Paxton Stover, PhD. Lisa Highsmith, PhD with Major Professor Heather McCrea, Major Professor Andrew Orr with his student, Paxton Stover, PhD.

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Please join the History Department as we celebrate our undergraduate scholarship and graduate award recipients, and our recent graduates!

Thursday, May 14
3:30-5:00 PM
Calvin 306

Light refreshments will be served. Family & friends are welcome to join!

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Two History students, Eva Naab & Zeonix Crew, presented at the Undergraduate Research Seminar on April 23. Eva Naab presented "Consistent With Public Interest?" and Zeonix Crew presented "Black History Versus Government Historical Narratives". Congratulations, Zeonix and Eva!

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One of our PhD students, D.J. Schaefer, is leading the mission to recover and identify MIA WWII service members, and this work was recently the focus of an article published by the KSU Foundation. Read the original article here: https://t.co/LBn9rAX6iW

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Paxton Stover - "The Future Viewed Through Red Colored Glasses: China, Vietnam, and Lyndon B. Johnson's Domestic Agenda."

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Three History graduate students defended this semester! Lisa Caitlin Highsmith (PhD), Allison Taylor (MA) and Paxton Stover. All three successfully defended and are set to graduate in May 2026.

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Allison Taylor - "Carrier vs Carrier: An American Sailors' Perspective of the Pacific War"

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Lisa Caitlin Highsmith -"Ghost in the Media Machine: Frances Ann Conant, the Banner of Light, and the Manufacture of the Spiritualist Celebrity".

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This event is tonight!

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Join us on Zoom for "An Evening with Frank Oznowicz", Tuesday, March 31, 6:00-7:30 PM (CST), to talk about his family's escape from Nazi persecution during World War II. More information, including the Zoom information: https://t.co/bYCUS6aCMf

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Join us on Zoom for "An Evening with Frank Oznowicz", Tuesday, March 31, 6:00-7:30 PM (CST), to talk about his family's escape from Nazi persecution during World War II. More information, including the Zoom information: https://t.co/bYCUS6aCMf

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Allison Taylor will defend her Master's thesis, titled "Carrier vs Carrier: An American Sailors' Perspective of the Pacific War", on March 30 at 1:00 PM in Calvin 308.

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We are thrilled to announce that the George M. Kren Research Prize has been awarded to Heather McCrea and Michael Krysko, specifically for faculty with an established emphasis in cultural and intellectual history. Congratulations to both Heather McCrea and Michael Krysko!

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A Conversation about the Middle East with Professor Eugene Rogan, Director of the Middle East Center at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford.

Zoom information: March 26, 9:30 AM. Meeting ID: 95529686643; passcode: 995417

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Lisa Highsmith will defend her dissertation, "Ghost in the Media Machine: Frances Ann Conant, the Banner of Light, and the Manufacture of the Spiritualist Celebrity,” March 27, 3:00 - 5:30 p.m. in Calvin 317 and on Zoom.

Email [email protected] for the Zoom link.

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Congratulations to our faculty on their well-deserved promotions! Professors Krysko and Tiemeyer were promoted to full professors, and Dr. Oweidat was promoted to associate professor.

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PhD student Lt. Colonel Korey "Bounce" Lantes won Air and Space Forces best article prize for "REFORPAC’s Pacific Playbook: Survive, Surge, Sustain and Synchronize to Win". Journal of the Air Force Historical Foundation. Fall 2025, Vol. 72 #3, p7-20. https://t.co/0nGKbC0tAr

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Dr. Eric Brandom's HIST 410 class was highlighted in K-State Today!
https://t.co/nMh7N8vdji

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The History Office is closed for Winter Break, December 19, 2025-January 5, 2026. We will resume normal office hours on January 6, 2026. Stay safe and warm!

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Congratulations to GTA Paxton Stover on winning the $15 Union gift card. Thank you to all who participated in the holiday ornament scavenger hunt!