Department of History

St. Francis Xavier's Arm (1949)

St. Francis Xavier's left arm came to Loyola on November 11, 1949.

St. Francis Xavier's Arm Ceremony

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Please join us at the History Department annual picnic and farewell to seniors on Monday, April 29, 2013, 5pm-7pm, in the Humanities Hug Lounge and Refectory. View the poster here.

Congratulations to Professor Elizabeth Schmidt on the publication of her latest book, Foreign Intervention in Africa: From the Cold War to the War on Terror (Cambridge University Press, 2013)!

The History Department Spring 2013 Newsletter is here!

Paid Internship Opportunities: The Maryland State Archives in Annapolis, MD are currently accepting applications for multiple paid openings for Summer 2013 with a submission deadline of Monday, April 1, 2013. Visit the website for more information. Please contact Emily Oland Squires with questions at emily.squires@maryland.gov or call 410-260-6443. Internships include: Digitization, Archival File Management and Electronic Archives Internship; Paper and Book Conservation Internship; IT Application Developer Internship; Legacy of Slavery in Maryland Research Internship; Revolutionary Military History Research Internship; Special Collections Newspaper Project Internship; Women's Hall of Fame Research Internship.

Grace Marconi, a Classics major, is featured in a video by the School of History, Classics and Archaeology at Newcastle University (U.K.). She appears around the 2:00 minute mark.

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