Our Teaching Mission

The GSTV lab works to address contemporary challenges through critical analysis. This goal shapes our pedagogical mission: to train students in the core skill of critical analysis that can be applied beyond the history classroom. Emphasizing collaboration and innovation, the lab empowers students to identify historical problems with modern-day relevance and design projects that can grapple with those problems through careful interpretation of empirical evidence. Public-facing research outputs encourage students to place their work directly in conversation with current debates and consider how historical research can answer today’s pressing questions.  

HIST 590: Global War, Technology, & Violence

Spring 2026, Wednesdays, 2:30-3:20pm

The Global War, Technology, and Violence History Lab is a collaborative research initiative to investigate the Cold War and the War on Terror through concerted research projects. This one-credit lab will meet weekly to teach students applied research skills by participating in one of three research areas: Global Hate Crimes, US Military Exclusion Policy & Advocacy, and Purdue in the Cold War. Students will receive basic training in ArcGIS software and archival and digital source analysis, and apply acquired skills to develop public-facing, online research outputs for the GSTV website. Previous experience in digital humanities not required.

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