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President David Wippman recently announced the appointment of seven Hamilton faculty members to endowed chairs. All were effective July 1.
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Doug Ambrose, the Carolyn and David M. Ellis ’38 Distinguished Teaching Professor of History, recently led a tour of an exhibition at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown, N.Y.
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The relationship between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr leading up to their famous duel will be explored in a new book by Douglas Ambrose, the Carolyn and David M. Ellis ’38 Distinguished Teaching Professor of History.
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In three recent articles, TIME magazine has engaged the expertise of Hamilton experts in reporting a story. Most recently, Director of Special Collections and History Lecturer Christian Goodwillie was quoted in Read a Rare Alexander Hamilton Love Letter to Elizabeth Schuyler.
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Doug Ambrose, the Carolyn C. and David M. Ellis Distinguished Teaching Professor of History, was a guest in Boston for a TEDxBeaconStreet talk titled "Perils of Posterity: Alexander Hamilton and a Sex Scandal. "
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Students from the seminar on Religious Communal Societies in United States History recently visited the Oneida Community Mansion House, giving new depth to their study of the 19th century religious group.
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President Joan Hinde Stewart recently announced the appointment of eight Hamilton faculty members to endowed chairs. Doug Ambrose (history), Brian Collett (physics), Martine Guyot-Bender (French), Gordon Jones (physics), Tim Kelly (mathematics), Heidi Ravven (religious studies), Patrick Reynolds (biology) and Michael “Doc” Woods (music) received appointments. All are effective July 1.
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Hamilton College’s highest awards for teaching were presented to four faculty members during the annual Class & Charter Day ceremony on May 12. Associate Professor of Russian Franklin Sciacca, Associate Professor of Music Rob Hopkins, Assistant Professor of Chemistry Adam Van Wynsberghe and Nathan Goodale, assistant professor of anthropology, received awards. Professor of History Doug Ambrose was named recipient of Student Assembly’s Sidney Wertimer Award.
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For many people, the words “history class” conjure up images of dusty books, and it’s true that American Communal Religious Societies, co-taught by Professor of History Doug Ambrose and Director of Special Collections Christian Goodwillie, does have most of its weekly class meetings in Burke Library. Most, but not all.
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A group of students traveled to Hancock Shaker Village in Hancock, Mass., and to Mount Lebanon, N.Y., on Sept. 29 as members of the Religious Communal Societies in America, 1620-1950, course.
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