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Author Archives: Roger L. Martinez
History studies go hands-on A new curriculum at UCCS and Pikes Peak Community College will place students in the midst of history as they assume roles of ancient leaders and build relics of the past with their own hands.
Hiring: Two Spring 2013 Museum Assistants
Dear Colleagues and Students: Asst. Professor Roger Martinez and the New Mexico History Museum are hiring two spring 2013 Museum Assistants to collaborate on an exhibition entitled, “Expressions of Complex Identities: Sephardic Jews, Conversos, and Crypto-Jews (1391-2015).” This bilingual exhibition, … Continue reading
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Hiring: Two Spring 2013 Research Assistants
Dear Colleagues and Students: Asst. Professor Roger Martinez and the UCCS Sephardic and Crypto-Judaic Studies Program are hiring two spring 2013 Research Assistants to collaborate on a research project funded by the International Institute for Jewish Genealogy at the National Library of … Continue reading
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My Take: What all those Jesus jokes tell us
Reblogged from CNN Belief Blog: Editor’s note: Edward J. Blum is a historian of race and religion at San Diego State University. Paul Harvey is a history professor at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs and runs the blog … Continue reading
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Be sure to see Professor Harvey’s piece inThe Chronicle Review — “The Contested Color of Christ: How the image of Jesus has been made and remade in American history.”
We are building it!
Reminder: The Historical Engineering Society (which is designing and building a 20% scale model of a trebuchet) meets on Wednesday, September 19, from 6 to 8pm at SENG Room A-327 (the main engineering building next to the library). We hope to see you there.
Ancient Greek Computing Power
Sean Potter, an undergraduate history student who is enrolled in HIST 4150: Astrolabes, Arms, and Azulejos: Medieval Science, Technology, and Material Culture, located a web posting relating to a modern LEGO reproduction of the Antikythera mechanism. This posting is particularly intriguing as several … Continue reading
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Summary of September 5 meeting
Reblogged from UCCS Historical Engineering Society: First off, thank you to everyone who came to the meeting! We really appreciate your interest in, and support of, the trebuchet project. The first order of business at last night’s meeting was the … Continue reading
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Upcoming events for the Historical Engineering Society
Lives and history at stake: Aleppo’s medieval (an ancient sites) in danger.
The New York Times reports that not only are many lives at stake in Syria, but priceless elements of human history are threatened in the historic city of Aleppo. Patricia Cohen notes,
Among the significant archaeological sites endangered is the Temple of the Storm God, which dates from the third to the second millennium B.C. and which Ms. Burnham identified as one of the oldest structures in the world. Never opened to the public, the recently discovered temple and its huge carved reliefs are protected only by sandbags and a flimsy corrugated tin roof, she said.
Aleppo’s labyrinthine streets reveal a microcosm of human history. Beneath the Citadel are remains of Bronze Age friezes and Roman fortresses. The entire walled Old City, with its 12th-century Great Mosque, thousands of pastel-colored medieval courtyard houses, Arab souks and 17th-century stone madrasas, an Ottoman palace and hammams, is recognized as a World Heritage Site by Unesco, the United Nations cultural arm.
Following events in Syria is not only an important humanitarian concern, but one for all students of history in more ways than one.
