Outreach

Welcome to the BGSU History Department Outreach Page! The History department offers a wide variety of programs, such as Ohio History Day, teachers' workshops, guest lectures and more!

Gary R. Hess Lecture

The Gary R. Hess Lecture is an annual lecture hosted by the History department.

gavin-updated-photo — The 2024 Gary R. Hess Lecture in Policy History will be held in Room 201 of the Bowen-Thompson Student Union on Thursday, October 24 at 1pm. Dr. Francis Gavin, Director of the Henry A. Kissinger Center for Global Affairs at Johns Hopkins University, will speak on "Reflections on Nuclear History."

Melvyn Leffler — Dr. Melvyn P. Leffler was the guest speaker for the 2023 Gary R. Hess Lecture. Dr. Leffler is Edward Stettinius Professor of History at the University of Virginia. His lecture title was: "Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq". This lecture took place on October 4, 2023.

FdsRNBNUcAEvR-y — BGSU Alum '95 and Georgia Southern University professor Dr. Bill Allison speaks at his "Contested Memories" lecture at the Annual Gary R. Hess Lecture in September 2022. (Left to right: Dr. Gary R. Hess, Dr. Bill Allison, Dr. Benjamin Greene), Photo courtesy of Dr. Amílcar Challú.

Ohio History Day

The Department of History at Bowling Green State University is honored to host the annual Region 1 Competition of Ohio History Day, for students in grades 6-12 from Allen, Defiance, Fulton, Hancock, Hardin, Henry, Lucas, Paulding, Putnam, Van Wert, Williams, & Wood Counties. The Region 1 Contest will be held on Saturday, March 8, 2025 in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union. Teachers, students, and volunteers can find more details and register here starting Monday, November 25.
An affiliate of National History Day, the Region 1 Competition is the first step and prerequisite to competing in the state- and national-level contests.

Recent Lecture Events

doug-forsyth — Dr. Douglas Forsyth of the Department of History at BGSU presented on how teachers can use their own experiences with family history to inform their teaching.This lecture was November 17. Touching on the implications of expanded access to genealogy research tools like Ancestry and FamilySearch, Dr. Forsyth discussed how the personal experience of discovering difficult truths about ancestors can inform classroom practice.

Dr. Shirley Greene discussed Toledo Female Police History for Women's History Month Lecture in March 2023.

Updated: 10/11/2024 12:59PM