History and Art History
College of Humanities and Social Sciences

At a Human Rights Day commemoration in Taipei on December 10th 2017, Dr. Gerrit van der Wees and his wife Meichin were honored by Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen for their work in support of human rights and democracy in Taiwan in the 1970s and 1980s. 

Fall for the Book continues the literary tradition of the Well Library, with the induction of the work of Kimberly Mehlman-Orozco, Jennifer Ritterhouse, and Rick Davis into its collection.

Over the spring break Dr. Michele Greet traveled with eleven students from her Mexican Muralism seminar to Mexico City. The trip was part of GMU’s new initiative to embed study abroad into regular semester classes, and received a competitive “global discovery” grant to cover half of the students’ travel costs. The seminar focuses on the study of the murals (wall paintings) executed in Mexico City during the years following the Mexican Revolution (1910-1920) until the 1950s, with an emphasis on works by the so-called Big Three: Diego Rivera, David Alfaro Siqueiros, and José Clemente Orozco.

Three History MA alumni have published books as part of Savas Beatie’s new series: The Emerging Revolutionary War.