VT History

@VT_History

The History Department at Virginia Tech features award-winning faculty who pursue a broad range of cutting-edge historical research.

Blacksburg, VA liberalarts.vt.edu/departments-an… Joined October 2016

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VT History @VT_History Oct 2, 2024

Join us for the Historical Mapathons information session and learn how to transform maps into data!
This session will be held on October 7 from 5:15 - 6:15 p.m. in the Athenaeum. Oh, and did we mention we'll have pizza?! 🍕 To learn more, visit emm.rrchnm.org.

VT History @VT_History Sep 18, 2024

Do you like old maps? Join us for the Historical Mapathons information session and learn how to transform them into data! 🗺

This session will be held on Oct. 7 from 5:15 - 6:15 p.m. in the Athenaeum. There will be pizza! 🍕

To learn more, visit emm.rrchnm.org.

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VT History @VT_History Aug 28, 2024

Over the last couple of months, Dale Winling has worked with a reporter at Rhode Island Public Radio on a report on racially restrictive covenants. The piece was published earlier this week; check it out here: thepublicsradio.org/housing/how-ra…

VT History @VT_History Jul 22, 2024

Join us on August 12 from 12 - 1 p.m. for a lunch-and-learn webinar about Dangerous Harbor, an NEH-funded project bringing together the stories of people who attempted to escape slavery and servitude in the seventeenth-century Chesapeake. Register here: virginiatech.zoom.us/.../WN_v0dqK4D…

VT History @VT_History Jul 3, 2024

During the recent Alumni Weekend, history professor Ed Gitre joined other faculty experts from the School of Education and Political Science for a panel discussion on banned books. WFIR’s Clark Palmer explains in an In-Depth report: wfirnews.com/news/virginia-…

wfirnews.com Virginia Tech professors believe book bans hurt students and teachers A group of Virginia Tech professors believe thousands of book bans being enacted in school districts across the country are hurting both teachers and students. WFIR’s Clark Palmer explains in this...