History

Bowdoin's own history, combined with our exceptional resources, offers students an exciting atmosphere for the study and application of history. Come explore our heritage and our offerings.

Following Maps to Study History and Become Stronger Students
On their first of five visits to Special Collections & Archives this semester, first-year students in the seminar Maps, Territory, and Power in Asia leaned over large tables to peer at unrolled maps of the Bowdoin campus. Some of the sheets had tattered edges, or deep creases from fold lines. Many were drawn by hand in ink.
Persecuted for Opposing the Ukraine War, Russian Scholar Teaches at Bowdoin
After being effectively forced out of his job in St. Petersburg due to his opposition to the Ukraine war, Russian academic Ivan Kurilla enjoys a semester at Bowdoin as visiting scholar.
How Nazi Germany’s Built Environment and Genocide Were Linked
Duke University’s Paul Jaskot continues the Bowdoin College Holocaust Education Lecture Series with a look at how Nazi Germany’s genocidal plans were inextricably linked with the regime’s architectural policy.

Why History? Resources and Opportunities