Hope College News
2018 Oct
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Refugees Or Threat? How we see migrants reveals our competing visions for America.
Washington PostDr. Jeanne Petit, professor of history, explains how our dueling views of migrants — threatening vs. vulnerable — reflect a far deeper debate, one that dates back to the country’s founding.
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academics 100th Anniversary of the End of WWI: 11/11/2018
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Dr. Jeanne Petit has conducted extensive historical research on home front efforts during WWI.
2018 Sep
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Academics Historian to Discuss “The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump”
Award-winning author John Fea of the Messiah College history faculty will present the address “The Evangelical Road to Donald Trump” on Wednesday, Oct. 3, at 7 p.m. at Hope College in Winants Auditorium of Graves Hall.
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Academics Three-Volume Collection Translates and Provides Commentary on Dutch-Language Holland Classis Minutes of 1848-76
The project started in 2000 as a relatively modest effort to publish an annotated translation of the early Dutch-language minutes of the Classis of Holland. It has resulted in a 2,150-page, three-volume collection with full commentary that not only shares what was chronicled — often by the hand of Holland’s founder, the Rev. Albertus C. Van Raalte — but includes historical context and background on the issues and people involved.
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Academics Associate Dean and Faculty Member Jonathan Hagood Dies
Dr. Jonathan Hagood, who was associate dean for teaching and learning and served in a variety of roles at Hope College, died unexpectedly on Tuesday, Sept. 18. He was 43.
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Academics Lecture to Consider “Why Do We Remember the Gettysburg Address?”
Historian Dr. Allen C. Guelzo of Gettysburg College will present “Little Note nor Long Remember: Why Do We Remember the Gettysburg Address?” on Friday, Sept. 14, at 1 p.m. at Hope College in the Maas Center auditorium.