History

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Immigration must be stopped before newcomers overwhelm our generous welfare system, producing babies with full citizenship rights who add even more strain on social services. So goes a familiar argument for sealing the borders of the United States. “In a lot of respects we have the discussion… Read More

Paul Kramer explains why history is repeating itself in the battle over immigration. Kramer has written about immigration and border issues for the New Yorker and Slate, and been featured on National Public Radio. He has spent the last decade studying U.S. immigration history, and he’s working on a book about the forces that push people into leaving their home countries and immigrating, including the United States’ influence. Read More

Honoring and building upon the contributions of the late John L. Seigenthaler to the civil rights movement is the goal of a new endowed chair being established at Vanderbilt University through a gift from the James Stephen Turner Family Foundation. Read More

An open house for Vanderbilt's master’s degree program for working adults is set for Aug. 11 on campus. Read More

Founded for the education of young men, Vanderbilt from its earliest days allowed a handful of women to attend classes as “listeners.” In 1879, 20-year-old Kate Lupton silently broke the gender barrier when she received her diploma in private for a master of arts degree. Read More

Dennis Dickerson, Sandra Barnes and Jonathan Metzl are available to provide valuable context to the tragedy in Charleston. Read More

Twenty-eight retiring faculty members were recognized during Vanderbilt’s Commencement ceremony May 8, when the university honored their years of service and bestowed on them the title of emeritus or emerita faculty. Read More

Jane Landers, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of History, says that the breakthrough in U.S.-Cuban relations is long overdue, but Cuba must still address its profound social problems. Read More

The breakthrough in Cuban-United States relations is important and overdue, says historian Jane Landers of Vanderbilt. Read More

A new collaboration between the Center for Latin American Studies and Nashville Opera will expand programming around the first opera in Spanish to be presented in Nashville. Read More

Two Vanderbilt professors are available to speak about the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, which is Nov. 9. Read More

Francis Wcislo, the dean who launched The Martha Rivers Ingram Commons at Vanderbilt University in 2006, has announced plans to step down from that role at the end of his current contract, June 30, 2015. Read More

Vanderbilt experts Thomas Schwartz and Mike Newton are available to comment on President Obama's new plans for Iraq and Syria. Read More

A Sept. 3 celebration at the Student Life Center honored nine new faculty chair holders and recognized the support of generous donors. Read More

An international expert on slavery and emancipation during the 18th and 19th centuries was awarded the prestigious Earl Sutherland Prize for Achievement in Research during Vanderbilt University’s Fall Faculty Assembly. Read More

Michael Newton and Thomas Schwartz are available to talk about the current situation in Iraq. Read More

Five alumni will be inducted into the Vanderbilt Student Media Hall of Fame during Homecoming/Reunion weekend. Read More

Vanderbilt history professor Moses Ochonu can comment about the Nigerian Islamist militant group Boko Haram. Read More

The world would now be a very different place if D-Day, the Allied invasion of Normandy, France, on June 6, 1944, had gone badly, says Thomas Schwartz, professor of history. Read More

Four Vanderbilt University students have been offered scholarships through Fulbright-sponsored programs for teaching and research in 2014-15. Read More