the School of Social and Cultural Studies

  • Forensics 2018 MO Debate Champions (Again)!

    February 23, 2018

    For the second year in a row, the Truman State University Forensic Union has earned Missouri’s Harold Lawson Debate Championship. The team competed February 16th and 17th at the 2018 Missouri Association of Forensic Activities (MAFA) Championship Tournament, hosted this year on Truman’s campus. In addition to winning the open debate division of the tournament, … Read More →

  • Hoover Archives Acquires the Papers of Linghu Pu, Nationalist Official in North China

    January 30, 2017

    Linghu Pu (1910–2000) was a high-ranking Nationalist official in Shanxi Province in North China from 1945 to 1949. Born into a family of Shanxi merchants, Linghu Pu aspired to be a politician. He studied political science and law at Zhongguo University in Beijing from 1933 to 1937, where he emerged as a student leader of … Read More →

  • Professor Ling Featured in The World Journal

    January 25, 2017

    Dr. Huping Ling, Professor of History, was featured in the Jan. 22, 2017 issue of The World Journal, “Huping Ling Uncovers Unknown Chinese History at Hoover Institution Archives” Weblink http://www.worldjournal.com/4753619/article-shortlink/?ref=email The World Journal is a daily Chinese-language newspaper serving overseas Chinese in North America, the largest Chinese-language newspaper in the United States. Ling has been featured … Read More →