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Penn State Altoona professor serves as commentator at Boston seminar

Brian Black, Distinguished Professor of History and Environmental Studies at Penn State Altoona, recently served as the invited commentator for a seminar at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston. Credit: Penn State. Creative Commons

ALTOONA, Pa. — Brian Black, distinguished professor of history and environmental studies at Penn State Altoona, recently served as the invited commentator for a seminar at the Massachusetts Historical Society in Boston.

Black offered commentary on a paper presented by Katheryn Viens titled “Farm, Factory, & Mine: Worcester Coal & the Role of Extractive Industries in Early 19th-Century New England.”

Last Updated March 7, 2024

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