“Reframing the Gaze” Symposium
Siggy Ehrlich ’26 recently worked on and attended a Mount Holyoke College symposium celebrating composer Maria Theresia von Paradis.
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Siggy Ehrlich ’26 recently worked on and attended a Mount Holyoke College symposium celebrating composer Maria Theresia von Paradis.
Twenty years ago, the History Department prepared me for an academic career, It’s difficult to overstate how grateful I am.
In four days I preserved boxes of letters and this project became my honors thesis on the efforts of Frances Perkins to aid refugees.
“If every discussion about how to communicate or understand a social issue started with a history lesson, we would all be better off.”
My perseverance and the guidance I received at Mount Holyoke allowed me to make my vision of serving tribal communities a reality.
Not initially in the field of grant reviewing, transferrable skills as a history major and educator prepared her for her work.
"More well-funded institutions may be alluring, but at a smaller institution you can experience more diversity in your work and make a real difference."
I learned at Mount Holyoke that scholarship injected with an activist sensibility is all the more valuable and impactful.
My training as an MHC history major gave me knowledge, confidence, and courage.
The difference between reading accounts of the Taliban in the classroom & talking face to face with a former Taliban negotiator.