Monthly Archives: September 2014

Student anti-war protest at Bethel in late February 2003

The War on Terror: My Experience

Over the summer Fletcher invited Bethel alumni, faculty, and staff to share their memories of the War on Terror by completing a questionnaire. I want to join him in thanking those of you who have taken the time to write us. But I also want to step out of my usual role in this project and add […]

Reliving the Versailles Peace Conference in Versailles

Bethel Goes “Over There”

This morning let me leave Bethel’s past for a moment and look to a small part of Bethel’s future, as it connects to one of the wars we’re studying… This coming January, my colleague Sam Mulberry and I will take a group of Bethel students to Europe for a three-week course on the history of World […]

Cover of H.G. Wells, The Shape of Things to Come

The Future of This History

If you’ve been wondering why it’s been so quiet here at the Bethel at War project blog… Bethel just finished its first week of class, which kept me occupied, and Fletcher just scarpered off to start his semester abroad. So what’s the future of this digital history? While we had originally thought that we would take our full site live this fall, […]