Month: March 2025

Alexis Dudden Article about Firebombing of Tokyo Published in Economist

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Earlier this month, Alexis Dudden‘s article, “Alexis Dudden on the Firebombing of Tokyo and on Post-war Struggles to Keep it Remembered,” was published in The Economist. The article tackles the topic of the air raids in Japan of World War II, and the efforts to remember the civilians who were injured, perished, and made homeless by the bombings.

To read the article in The Economist: Article

To read the PDF version: Article

In Memoriam: Shirley Ardis Abbott

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The History Department mourns the loss of Shirley Ardis Abbott, who passed away last month. The longtime director of the Vernon Historical Museum, she earned her PhD in the Department in 1997.  Her dissertation “Building the Loom City: Rockville, Connecticut, 1821-1908” was later published as a book.  Her obituary offers a sense of the rich life she lived: https://www.courant.com/obituaries/shirley-ardis-abbott/