Geneseo Welcomes a New Academic Year
New and returning students and faculty gathered at two campus convocations to mark the beginning of Fall 2023.
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History
Roundtable: No More Nations Within Nations: Indigenous Sovereignty after the End of Treaty-Making in 1871
Joel Helfrich (Image provided) Author Joel Helfrich Publication The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (2021) Summary: A roundtable discussion that focuses on the 150th anniversary of the end of treaty-making between the U.S. government and American Indian nations. Main questions addressed: How does the 1871 Indian Appropriations Act (IAA) impact Indigenous peoples
Geneseo Launches a New Academic Year
Two convocations welcomed new and returning students and faculty to campus for the beginning of Fall 2022.
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Geneseo Scholars Join NEH-Funded Effort to Revise History Curriculum
Professor Justin Behrend and Associate Professor Kathleen Mapes of SUNY Geneseo’s Department of History joined thirteen historians from ten SUNY campuses as part of a federally funded effort to reimagine the US history curriculum at Geneseo and across the SUNY system.
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History
History courses at Geneseo let students explore how humans throughout history have survived, grown, resisted, and changed—from the environmental history of modern Africa to the struggle for workers’ rights in the 20th-century US to the intellectual history of the Islamic world.
Black and Africana Studies
The major is designed for students who want to understand why Black lives matter from an interdisciplinary standpoint. Our country is dealing with the legacies of slavery and Jim Crow, confronting the devastation of mass incarceration, and understanding recent events in the light of white supremacy.
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Visual Studies
Visual studies at Geneseo provides practical and theoretical background in visual culture, visual communication, and museum studies. Course offerings span the entire history of visual culture, from Ancient Egypt to contemporary art, fashion, and comic books.
American Studies
An interdisciplinary program, American studies offers a wide range of courses that develop the analytical, research, and communication skills necessary for success in a variety of fields. The major integrates materials, themes, and approaches from diverse areas of study, including history, literature, political science, sociology, communication, film and media, gender and sexuality, African American studies, and Native American studies.
SUNY Geneseo Adds Cooperative Admission Program with FLCC
A new cooperative admission program between SUNY Geneseo and Finger Lakes Community College allows FLCC students to transfer to Geneseo without an additional application.
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