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Whale Watching in the Medieval North Atlantic
On Monday, February 4, join Dr. Vicki Szabo, author of Monstrous Fishes and the Mead-Dark Sea: Whaling in the Medieval North Atlantic (Brill, 2008), for an exciting lecture exploring marine mammal use and populations in premodern Europe! This talk is the first "Medieval Environments" lecture of the semester, a collaboration between Loyola's Medieval Studies Center and Institute for Environmental Sustainability.
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Where Historians Teach Panel Discussion
Thinking about careers? Currently on the job hunt? Join us on Tuesday, April 9 at 4pm in Cuneo 312 for a panel on "Where Historians Teach: A Discussion About Teaching Careers for Historians in Secondary Ed, Higher Ed, and Public History." Panelists include: Sarah Doherty, PhD, Assistant Professor of History at North Park University; Bryan Escobar, MA, Public Historian, Arts and History Specialist, Waukegan Park District; Amelia Serafine, PhD, Instructor, San Antonio College; Charles Tocci, PhD, Assistant Professor, School of Education, Loyola University Chicago.
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Voices from Mundelein: Media Portal
This past summer, graduate students Jenny Clay and Nathan Ellstrand worked with the Women and Leadership Archives to create the Voices from Mundelein: Media Portal. Showcasing images alongside more than 30 interviews, the site shares the stories of women religious, students, staff, and faculty from Mundelein College.
VIEWHistorians in the Field: Ramblers at the 2019 AHA Conference
The American Historical Association took Chicago by storm this month and the Ramblers were there to greet them.
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Welcome Back Night for History Majors
All history majors are invited to attend a welcome back info session on September 11 at 4 PM in Crown Center 528. Learn more about the program, what requirements are needed to graduate, what you can do with a history degree post graduation, and ask any other questions you may have about the program.
DETAILS"Galileo, The Pope, A Cardinal: A Roman Triangle," on Friday, February 5.
Friday, February 5th
9:00AM -12 PM in Piper Hall Loyola University Chicago.
Presented in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in Chicago, ItalCultura, the Italian Cultural Institute of Chicago, the John Cardinal Cody Chair of Theology of Loyola University, the Office of the President, the Office of the Provost, the College of Arts and Sciences, the Office of Mission and Identity, the Graduate School, and the Department of Theology.
Mons. Melchor Sánchez de Toca y Alameda, Undersecretary of the Pontifical Council for Culture (Vatican) was born in Jaca (Spain) in 1966. He was a priest of the archdiocese of Toledo (Spain) from 1993-2015. He studied Philosophy at the Universidad Complutense in Madrid (1989), then Theology at the Studium Theologicum "San Ildefonso", in Toledo. In Rome he read biblical theology at the Theology Faculty of the Gregorian University where he graduated in 1996. In 2006 he completed his Doctorate in Theology at the same university with a thesis on the relations between faith and culture in the contemporary Church. He developed his priestly ministry as Campus chaplain at Polytechnic University of Madrid and as ecclesiastical assistant to youth. From 1999 he has worked in the service of the Holy See at the Pontifical Council for Culture where he was named Undersecretary in 2004. In the Council he has worked on the dialogue between Faith and Science as coordinator of the STOQ project. Currently he works in the field of Culture & Sport. His fields of interest are the relations between Christian faith and human culture in all its dimensions, particularly the dialogue of faith and science, with a special focus on the Galileo affair, and presently the interaction of sports and Christian life.
This event is free and open to the public.
For more information, please contact Prof. Edmondo Lupieri at elupier@aol.com / 773-508-2363