WJU Historian at Work

WJU's Daniel Weimer, Associate Professor of History, recently published a monograph on American drug policy during the 1970s. In his Seeing Drugs: Modernization, Counterinsurgency, and U.S. Narcotics Control in the Third World, 1969-1976, Dr. Weimer highlights the interaction between American foreign policy and the opening rounds of the drug wars that have characterized American policy during the last three decades of the twentieth century. 

Published by Kent State University Press, Seeing Drugs explores how Thailand, Burma and Mexico were deemed the key opium and heroin producing and trafficking nations during the early and mid-1970s. The book also looks at how those respective governments tried to halt drug trafficking and production in those countries.

"I explain why the United States relied upon modernization and counterinsurgency theory to solve the drug problem," he said.

Wheeling Jesuit University & Classrooms Without Borders

At 7pm on November 10, Wheeling Jesuit University will host an event in Troy Theater publicizing its partnership with Classrooms Without Borders (CWB). CWB is a Pittsburgh-based organization dedicated to improving Holocaust education in the greater Ohio Valley. Led by Dr. Zipora Gur, CWB provides educators and students the opportunity to increase their general knowledge of the Holocaust as well as give teachers the necessary tools to transmit this knowledge to their students in the classroom.

WJU, the Republic of Georgia and Stalin

It's been a while since anything has been posted on this blog, but as the WJU History Department prepares for its upcoming trip to Berlin in May 2014, we will be adding some new content in the coming weeks, including information on our cooperation with the Holocaust education group Classrooms Without Borders, possible guest speakers on Wheeling Jesuit's campus and some of the activities of our students and faculty. 

We'll start with an update on our alumnus Aaron Simpson, who is currently serving in the Republic of Georgia as a member of the Peace Corps, and his visit to the the Stalin museum and birth house.

With the "Uncle Joe" of American wartime propaganda

Escaping the Past: Part Four of WJU in Vienna

Our latest installment was written by Andrew Wilson (2014):

WJU and Vienna's History: Part Three

The third in our series was penned by Erinn Garrison, class of 2013:

The History of Vienna from a WJU Perspective

And the second in the series is from Jake Zirkle (class of 2014):

WJU Students and Vienna's History

After a bit of a hiatus, we are back. During the summer months, we will post the student's perceptions of how Vienna grapples with its history as well as various items related to former students of the history department and current faculty. We start today with Kayla Mason (class of 2014) and her appreciation of Vienna and its history.