Project Highlights

“Africa Past and Present” Podcast Audience Grows

afripod In August the MATRIX/History Department Africa Past and Present podcast, co-hosted by Peter Alegi and Peter Limb, set new records for unique visitors and for total number of visits in a single month. With four months left (and six more shows) in 2009, download stats are already nearly double the downloads from all of 2008. ...

Women in Science: New digital media archive

Gabrielle Emilie le Tonnelier de Breteuil's image from Institutions de Physique (1740) The Women in Science website is a new digital media archive that uses KORA, MATRIX’s digital repository application, to deliver text access to the written works of several women scientists, including the works of the marquise Du Châtelet, and biographies written by leading historians of science. The website is available through the participation and support of ...

Online Courses

Online courses provide students with an alternative learning experience and can be of particular value to nontraditional students and preservice teachers. Working with faculty members from the MSU History department and the Center for History Teaching and learning, MATRIX has helped to develop eight online courses by providing the technical expertise and support.

MSU History Department Online Courses