When the Colorado Supreme Court made a recent ruling on a candidate’s eligibility on the United States presidential ballot, 25 historians contributed to the amicus brief. Citing expertise on the historical references in the case, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Erik B. Alexander, PHD, associate professor of history, became a signatory.
The history professor was invited to be a part of this landmark case this past January. “Most of the brief had already been wri...
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Colorado Supreme Court Decisions Concerning the Election Ballot has Input from SIUE Historian
7 March 2024, 4:05 PM
SIUE to Host CDF Freedom Schools® Joining the Mission of a Movement on its 60-Year Anniversary
20 February 2024, 1:48 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) is now a host site for the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) Freedom Schools®. Fifty middle school students from Metro East communities will have the opportunity to enroll in an educational model that identifies as “the intersection of well-being and racial justice for children and youth.” SIUE’s site will be hosted at the Edwardsville campus and will run for six weeks, June 10 through July 19. The 2024 grand opening of ...
Richard Leroy Millett, 1938-2023, Was Professor Emeritus in History
5 January 2024, 10:22 AM
Richard “Dick” Leroy Millett, PhD, faculty emeritus of history at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, died on December 25, 2023. He was 85.
Millett taught history and Latin American studies at SIUE for 33 years and retired as professor emeritus in 1999. He mentored scholars, and helped them establish professional contacts in the U.S. government and Latin America.
Millett was a local presence who made a difference on a global scale. Born in Marine, IL on September 25, 1938, Mill...
Walt Whitman Historian earns SIUE Distinguished Research Professor Award
7 December 2023, 7:59 PM
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville congratulates its newest Distinguished Research Professor, Jason Stacy, PhD, a professor of history and social science pedagogy in the College of Arts and Sciences. The promotion to Distinguished Research Professor of History comes on the heels of being a co-director on a $250,000 National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grant. Stacy’s new SIUE appointment is a result of a selection by a committee of his peers along with the Provost and Vice Cha...
Sankofa Lecture Series Focuses on African American Ambition in the Era of Slavery
8 February 2021, 9:55 AM
The life and experiences of local Black influencer Conway Barbour serve as the foundation of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s first Sankofa Lecture and Dialogue Series presentation of 2021.
The ongoing series features robust conversations surrounding the history of slavery and its lasting legacies, and is organized through SIUE’s Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation (TRHT) Campus Center, specifically its membership of the international Universities Studying Slavery (U...