Simmons University Department of History

04/19/2023

The .liaison organized a fabulous Tea with History yesterday afternoon! It’s important to set aside time for students and faculty to nerd out together over snacks. We are smiling even through the final weeks of the semester!

03/19/2023

The Simmons Memory Project is hosting its first event: Game Night at Quadside, this Thursday, March 23, 5-7pm!

Come join us for snacks, Simmons themed games, and favorite classics!

12/15/2022

Congratulations to our students who are graduating in January with their Master’s in History! This semester’s Graduate History Colloquium will take place December 20 from 10am to 1pm, on campus and Zoomcast. You’re welcome to join us in hearing about their thesis research and celebrating their accomplishments!

UPDATE: please note the new location for the Colloquium will be in the KOTZEN ROOM, on the ground floor of Lefavour Hall (Building E).

12/06/2022

We welcome all in and beyond the Simmons community to join a virtual Conversation on Digital Humanities. The panel will be led by Assistant Professor of History, Dr. Yunxin Li with Dr. Adam Kriesberg and Quinn Dombrowski from Stanford. Learn about how DH is transforming History, Archives, and new professional opportunities. We hope you can join us this Thursday, Dec 8th, 12-1:30pm. See the flyer for more info and a link to the Zoom.

11/11/2022

Have you registered for next semester's classes yet? We're featuring one of our Spring 2023 courses: "Family, Gender, and Sexuality in Chinese History," taught by our newest faculty member, Dr. Yunxin Li. This course explores the dynamic worlds of family, gender, and sexuality in China from ancient times to the twentieth century. Topics include family and marriage patterns, women and political power, law, medical care, religions, arts, femininity and masculinity, and same-sex relations.

11/06/2022

The needs your help! We are transcribing the 1920 Women's Voter Registers and finding misspelled Swedish birthplaces. Can you help us figure out what the right name/spelling of these towns might be?

- Boston City Archives

10/31/2022

Boston Marriages and q***r suffrage history: the latest from Anna Boyles '22 (and current History/Archives graduate student) for the .

As we close out LGBTQ history month, the Boston City Archives research team explains the term "Boston Marriage" and how it shows up in the women's suffrage movement in the United States.

Learn more: boston.gov/news/boston-marriages-and-q***r-history-womens-suffrage

10/31/2022

As we close out LGBTQ history month, the Boston City Archives research team explains the term "Boston Marriage" and how it shows up in the women's suffrage movement in the United States.

Learn more: boston.gov/news/boston-marriages-and-q***r-history-womens-suffrage

10/24/2022

The Simmons Memory Project (Hist 380) is on social media! They've got fascinating posts in the pipeline -- read about this project-based capstone class and learn about the history of student life at 54 Pilgrim Road since 1905...

10/22/2022

Calling all map makers 🗣️ Submissions are now open for our inaugural Cartography Challenge! Your mission is simple: create a static map that creatively visualizes patterns in the Greater Boston area. For this challenge, we’re looking for submissions that go beyond the choropleth map. While useful for visualizing differences across space, choropleth maps can be especially misleading when it comes to data representation

The winning map will be used during K-12 educational visits and programs at the Map Center, so submissions should appeal to a wide range of learners, especially grade-school children.

For additional details, including submission requirements, please see: https://bit.ly/3CQ56si

[Image description: 10 choropleth maps arranged in a square format.]

10/11/2022

Today we welcome the brilliant Marika Cifor back to to talk about her new book, ! In person 12:30-2pm in B 306 and streaming on Zoom. Looking forward to a rich discussion about activism, feminism, and the archives of HIV/AIDS.