Detroit Mercy’s History Department and College of Liberal Arts & Education have created a new grant specifically for history majors and minors, who would like to participate in Detroit Mercy’s International Experience in India in May 2023.
On Sept. 15, Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine gave a talk on “The Indigenous Underground Railroad” at Latrobe University in Melbourne, Australia. …
To honor the Juneteenth holiday commemorating emancipation of enslaved African Americans, join the University as we remember those from our past who strived to create change, and support those who continue to push forward in the name of equality today.
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine was recently quoted in USA Today in an article titled, “A woman enslaved by a major Harvard …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine presented a paper on “What an Odawa/Ojibwa Oral Tradition Tells Us About Michigan’s Underground Railroad” on May …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine co-presented in an International Underground Railroad Month webinar on May 11, 2022. The webinar promoted how communities …
On May 6, Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine gave a talk on “Native Americans and Freedom Seekers: A Hidden History” to …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine made a virtual presentation on “The Indigenous Underground Railroad” as part of a lecture series sponsored and …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine was a panelist for a virtual symposium, “A Fluid Frontier: Slavery, Resistance, and the Underground Railroad in …
As we begin this semester with online instruction due to COVID-19, you might be interested to know that University of Detroit pioneered virtual classes as …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine’s op-ed “What Will We Lose if the Anti-CRT Movement Wins?” was recently published by the History News …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine gave a talk, entitled “Much Apu about Nothing: What Caused the Civil War,” to the Abraham …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine presented “An Odawa Take about Michigan’s Underground Railroad” at the fourth annual Michigan Underground Railroad Heritage …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine spoke virtually Sept. 16 on “The Robert Cromwell Rescue” as part of a four-week series on the …
Professor of History and department co-chair Roy E. Finkenbine co-presented the webinar “To Freedom and Back: The Nelson Hackett Case and Its Legacy” on July 16. …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine was interviewed by CBC Radio about Indigenous connections to the Underground Railroad. The program aired on June 13. Read excerpts …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine gave two plenary talks as part of a virtual conference on “Nineteenth-Century America: Fiends, Fugitives, and Friends,” June 2, The …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine presented the paper, “William Swan among the Greensky Indians,” at the virtual Midwestern History Conference, May 26. The paper told …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine presented as part of a national webinar to promote International Underground Railroad Month, May 19. The webinar was co-sponsored …
Want to travel to India in 2023 with Detroit Mercy? Attend a virtual information session to learn more about the 14-day educational adventure, scheduled for …
Professor of History and department co-chair Greg Sumner presented the talk, “Living with the Enemy,” based on his book Michigan POW camps in World War …
Want to travel to India in 2023 with Detroit Mercy? Attend a virtual information session to learn more about the 14-day educational adventure, scheduled for …
Emerson College Professor of Creative Writing Jerald Walker will present a talk and reading on Thursday. April 8 at 6:30 p.m. about his book, How …
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer reappointed Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine to a four-year term on the Michigan Freedom Trail Commission, which preserves, protects and …
Matrix Entertainment presents a Women’s History Month virtual game show open to all Detroit Mercy students on Thursday, March 18 at 7 p.m. 60 questions …
Attend a virtual information session to learn more about an educational travel adventure through India with the University. The information session will be on Tuesday, …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine‘s op-ed, “Racist Zoombombing the Latest Application of Technology by White Supremacists,” was published by History News Network, Feb. 28.
Associate Professor of History Diane Robinson-Dunn’s work, “Five Victorian women travelers in the Ottoman world, 1840-91,” was published in Christian-Muslim Relations, a Bibliographical History: Britain, …
Part of our University Black History Month celebration, Detroit Mercy Dental will host Black Jeopardy on Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. Test your knowledge …
A company known by generations for its baby food was slightly more than 20 years old when the fates of German World War II prisoners …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine co-presented the webinar, “Teaching the Underground Railroad,” with Oakland University Development and Educational Studies Instructor Carol Bacak-Egbo, Sept. 23. …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine gave the talk, “A Slave Couple Crosses Lake Erie, 1820,” as part of a webinar Freedom Seekers Traveling the …
In honor of Constitution Day, the Black Abolitionist Archive, History Department, Political Science Department, Women’s and Gender Studies Program and McNichols Campus Library will sponsor …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine participated in a panel for the webinar, “The Fluid Frontier Revisited: The Underground Railroad in the Detroit River Borderland,” …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine was interviewed on Travel Michigan about the upcoming Michigan Underground Railroad Heritage Gathering, airing on state radio stations, Aug. …
Daniel Doyle’s college career didn’t get off to a stellar start. He admits adapting to the college environment was difficult and he struggled with some …
Professor of History Greg Sumner was quoted in the Detroit Free Press for his insights into a little known story of Michigan World War II …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine was interviewed on the “Underground Railroad in Missouri” by the National Park Service’s Slave Stampedes Project, based at Dickinson …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine presented at national webinar, informing and mobilizing efforts to designate September as International Underground Railroad Month. The event was …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine wrote the History News Network article, “It’s time for white parents to have the talk with their children,” June …
Professor of History Greg Sumner’s op-ed was recently published by the Detroit Free Press. The article speaks to the Italian campaign in World War II …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine was quoted in the Truthout op-ed, “Formerly Incarcerated People Should Be Compensated for Telling Their Stories,” May 17. The …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine published an invited article, “Black Abolitionists and the Fifteenth Amendment,” on the National Park Service website. The article highlights …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine published the article, “Teaching the Underground Railroad,” on michiganology.org, the digital arm of the Michigan History Center. Read the …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine was interviewed on WDET about the Nancy and Sean Cotton Collection of American Art, 1850-1940 on exhibit at the …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine published the op-ed, “The Erasure of Slavery at Sullivan’s Island,” Feb. 10. Finkenbine gave the talk, “The Underground Railroad: …
Would you like to see India with your own eyes? In conjunction with a journey to Mumbai, Chennai, Calcutta and Delhi, students can earn three …
Detroit Mercy celebrates Black History Month throughout February with a variety of events and engagements that are free and open to everyone. Monday, Feb. 3 …
Associate Professor of History Diane Robinson-Dunn’s article, “Penser les liens entre les orientalismes francais et britannique: L’etude de l’esclavage et de son abolition en afrique …
Professor of History Roy E. Finkenbine spoke to Microsoft health care executives about the work of the Equal Justice Initiative, and related local efforts aimed …
