Topic: history — The Kenyon Collegian

Section: News

Talk sparks conversation about fraternities and gender roles

Fraternity expert Nicholas Syrett and photographer Andrew Moisey gave a joint talk on Feb. 7 about The American Fraternity, an exhibition of Moisey’s… Read More

by Ellie Klee
February 14, 2019
Section: News

Guest speaker discusses her work on Iraqi Jews in Israel

On Wednesday, Orit Bashkin, professor of modern Middle Eastern history at the University of Chicago, presented on the findings of her most recent book,… Read More

by Tommy Johnson
January 24, 2019
Section: News

In a student-led trip, American studies majors visit Alabama

On the first weekend of December, nine senior American studies majors visited the Equal Justice Initiative’s Legacy Museum and National Memorial for Peace and… Read More

by Cortney johnson
December 13, 2018
Section: Features

A thorough look at Kenyon’s historic and forbidden towers

From a vista south of the Brown Family Environmental (BFEC), the spire of Old Kenyon Residence Hall rises just above the trees that… Read More

by Cameron Austin
November 8, 2018
Section: Features

Barn Tour celebrates Knox County’s architectural heritage

In 2016, Karin and Kenneth Kirk hired a crew of Amish builders to construct a new barn in place of the original, a dilapidated… Read More

by Elizabeth Stanley
September 13, 2018
Section: Features

Famed Johnny Appleseed planted roots in Mount Vernon

Like Kenyon, Mount Vernon has had its share of famous (and sometimes infamous) characters. John Chapman, most famously known as Johnny Appleseed,… Read More

by Dante Kanter
September 6, 2018
Section: Features

“Monks, Mongols, Manchus” caps off Ruth Dunnell’s career

Before Associate Professor of History Nurten Kilic-Schubel, the director of the Asian and Middle Eastern studies program, had heard of Kenyon College, she… Read More

by Dante Kanter
May 3, 2018
Section: Features

Kenyon linked to creation of Advanced Placement program

Around 1951, Kenyon President Gordon Keith Chalmers proposed several initiatives to shorten the timeline for obtaining a bachelor’s degree. One would have called… Read More

by Cameron Austin
March 1, 2018
Section: Arts

New archival exhibition dismantles indigenous stereotypes

Chief Wahoo may be the most vivid example of the disconnect between stereotypical representations of Native Americans and their lived experience. Wahoo is… Read More

by Dan Nolan
January 25, 2018
Section: News

A look at “Being a Barbarian”

Professor Shao-yun Yang of Denison University studies what it means to be a barbarian. On Nov. 2, the Asian and… Read More

by Harris White
November 9, 2017