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- NC History Undergraduate Thesis Writers Conference - Saturday, April 8, 2006 8:30 - 5:00
Carla Ivey, for faculty, 2006/04/04 11:27:17
We're inviting history departments statewide and
history-related departments to submit proposals
for student papers and panels. Conceived by
Professors Neuschel and Balleisen; directed by
Professors Gavins and Ewald. Featuring paper
presentations by undergraduate students from
seven North Carolina Universities.
Plenary address by Brad Snyder, former
Duke University student, thesis writer, and
author of "A Well-Paid Slave": Curt Flood and His
Fight for Free Agency in Professional Sports
(Viking/Penguin, October 2006).
Panel titles include:
Labor, Race, and Culture in the Late Nineteenth
and Early Twentieth Century U.S.
Religion, War, and Historical Memory
Revolution, Culture, and Memory in Twentieth-
Century Communist Societies
Revolution, Culture, and Identity: Eighteenth-
Century Britain and France
Politics, Education, and Culture in the Cold War
Medicine, Philosophy, and War in Europe across
Two Centuries
Fascism, Politics, and Pacifism between the World
Wars
Resistance, Liberation, Occupation, and Memory in
late to post-World War II
Registration and schedule information is
available online at:
http://events.duke.edu/nchutwc06.
Registration is $20 in advance ($25 at
the door) and includes all the day's sessions as
well as continental breakfast, lunch, and
afternoon snack.
For more information, please contact
Philip Rubio at pfr2@duke.edu, or Kelly
Kennington at kmk9@duke.edu. - History Matters - Submit Papers by January 27, 2006
Pete Camagna, 2005/12/07 14:19:52
HISTORY MATTERS is an electronic journal
published annually by the department of history
at Appalachian State University. The journal is
edited by undergraduates with the help of a
faculty board. Students interested in writing
reviews of historical works as Contributing
Editors, or faculty members interested in being
part of the Faculty Editorial Board, should
contact the editors at histmatt@appstate.edu for
more information. The journal homepage is
located at www.historymatters.appstate.edu.
GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION:
We welcome submissions from all undergraduates.
Authors may submit papers via email attachment,
in Microsoft Word or Corel WordPerfect formats,
to histmatt@appstate.edu.
Please put your name
on a cover page only, and include an email
address and phone number. We ask that you use
footnotes and conform manuscripts to the Chicago
Manual of Style (latest edition), especially for
footnote form. Only one submission per student
will be reviewed, and we do not accept papers
already submitted to or published by this journal
or other academic journals. Revision and
additional research may be requested after
editorial review, but a request for revision does
not guarantee publication. The final deadline is
January 27, 2006, but students are encouraged to
submit papers as soon as possible. The editors
welcome any questions at histmatt@appstate.edu. - APPLYING FOR REPLACEMENT TEACHING FOR NEXT YEAR (06-07) Note: This does NOT concern TAs.
Carla Ivey, for grad, 2005/12/09 17:10:34
This year there will be new procedures regarding
applying for replacement teaching (for 2006-07).
In the past, we have asked graduate students who
are interested in teaching to propose their own
courses. We have found, however, that new
courses do not enroll well, as a rule, so we are
asking you to inform us of two different kinds of
courses you could offer:
We ask that you tell us 1)which of the courses
already "on the books" and offered by our faculty
you would be able to teach, as well as 2) what
appealing, broadly conceived special topics
course you could offer. This second kind of
course is what we formerly asked of you, but we
often got VERY idiosyncratic offerings.
Specialized courses based on your own research
are NOT appropriate, nor is anything that is not
transparent to undergraduates. We are willing to
consider courses which have been offered
successfully beforeI order to put your name "in
the hat" you will, of course, have to consult
with the relevant faculty members to find out
what they're planning to offer and/or whether it
is likely that they will be on leave.
Please note that all courses taught by graduate
students are capped at 35, but you will assume
the curricular "codes" of any existing course you
stand in for.
A completed application for teaching will consist
of the following,
submitted both in hard copy and electronically to
me, Kristen Neuschel
(kneusche@duke.edu), by December 10:
1)A cover letter in which you a) name the courses
already on the books for which you wish to be
considered b)identify your own course(s) you
would be ready to teach c) briefly outline your
previous teaching experience d)discuss the
results of your conversations with relevant
faculty and e) describe your current status in
the graduate program and the appropriateness of
the teaching obligations you seek for your own
progress towards the degree (note that
independent teaching assignments are usually
reserved for students who are ABD).
2)A c.v.
3)Syllabi or, failing that, outlines for your own
proposed course(s )
and/or for any faculty course you are proposing
to take over.
4)Teaching evaluations, if any are available. - History Teaching Opportunities - Summer 2006
Carla Ivey, 2005/12/22 11:43:38
Summer Teaching Opportunities in History -
http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/employment.html
Who:
Johns Hopkins University-Center for Talented Youth
We are seeking enthusiastic history teachers and
students to instruct in our summer programs for
gifted elementary, middle, and high school
students. CTY offers intense, 3-week academic
programs for highly talented students from across
the country and around the world.
Where:
Residential site locations around the country:
California, Hawaii, Massachusetts, Maryland, New
York, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island. Day Site
locations in the Baltimore-Washington and Los
Angeles areas.
When:
Session 1: June 22-July 15
Session 2: July 15-August 5
Instructors and teaching assistants can work one
or two sessions.
Why:
CTY staff work with exceptional students, make
contacts and friendships with dynamic colleagues,
and gain valuable teaching experience in a
rigorous academic setting.
Courses:
CTY offers challenging history courses on western
and non-western history topics ranging from The
Ancient World (4th grades) to Race and Politics
(7th grade and above) to Islam (7th grade and
above). For a complete list of history courses,
including course descriptions and sample syllabi,
please visit
http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/employment/humanities.ht
ml.
Salary:
Instructors start at $1,940 to $2,940 per 3-week
session.
Teaching assistants earn $1000 per 3-week session.
Room and board is provided at our residential
sites.
TO DOWNLOAD AN APPLICATION AND LEARN MORE ABOUT
OUR PROGRAMS AND SITES:
Please visit
http://cty.jhu.edu/summer/employment.html, or
contact us at 410-735-6185 or ctysummer@jhu.edu.
Johns Hopkins University is an Equal Opportunity
Employer.
Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. - Workshop for on Job Interviews to be Held on Friday, December 2, 2005 Room 229 (Boyd Seminar Room) 3:30 - 5:00 pm
Carla Ivey, for grad, 2005/11/23 09:07:55
Presentors: Professors Laura Edwards, Alex
Roland, John Thompson, Susan Thorne and Dirk
Bonker.
Items to be discussed:
1. Range of issues about the job market.
2. What to expect at an AHA (American
Historical Association) interview.
3. What to expect at an on-campus interview.
4. Interview strategies.
5. Job talk strategies
THE FACULTY WILL REPRESENT A RANGE OF
PERSPECTIVES, FROM THOSE RECENTLY ON THE MARKET
TO THOSE WITH EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE ON THE OTHER
SIDE OF THE TABLE AS INTERVIEWERS.
REFRESHMENTS WILL BE SERVED.
PLEASE RSVP REVONDA (huppert@duke.edu)OF YOUR
ATTENDANCE.
OPEN TO ALL GRADUATE STUDENTS, WHETHER OR NOT
THEY ARE INTERVIEWING THIS YEAR. WE ENCOURAGE
EVERYONE TO ATTEND AS IT
WILL BE VERY INFORMATIVE FOR FUTURE JOB
INTERVIEWS. - UNC-Duke Southern Studies Seminar Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Carla Ivey, for faculty, 2005/11/17 11:33:22
LAURA F. EDWARDS, "Women and the Tangled History
of Rights, Law, and
Governance in the Nineteenth-Century South."
Tuesday, November 15th, 6 p.m. - 8 p.m., 569
Hamilton Hall, UNC Campus.
Refreshments served.
ABOUT LAURA EDWARDS:
Laura Edwards is professor of history, Director
of Graduate Studies, and
Co-Director of the Institute for Critical U.S.
Studies, all at Duke
University. The author of _Gendered Strife and
Confusion: The Political
Culture of Reconstruction_ (1997) and _Scarlett
Doesn't Live Here Anymore:
Southern Women in the Civil War Era_ (2000),
Edwards is currently working
on a book project that deals with the
reconfiguration of domestic
relations, patriarchy, and the status of white
women and enslaved women and
men in the early nineteenth century.
ABOUT THE SEMINAR:
The UNC-Duke Southern Studies Seminar is a new
forum for interinstitutional
and interdisciplinary collaboration by faculty
and graduate students of
both Duke and UNC. At each session, up to 15
attendees will discuss a
precirculated chapter or article (typically a
work in progress). The
Seminar is co-organized by Paul Quigley of UNC
and Kelly Kennington of
Duke, and is funded in 2005-06 by a collaboration
grant from the Robertson
Scholars Foundation. For more information, see
www.unc.edu/~pquigley/seminar.html - Patricia Limerick Lecture Wednesday, November 9, 2005
Carla Ivey, for faculty, 2005/11/11 08:48:07
4:30 PM -Love Auditorium, Levine Science Research
Center. The Fight for the Forefathers: Who Owns
Theodore Roosevelt and Aldo Leopold? (Lynn W. Day
Distinguished Lectureship in Forest and
Conservation History) Patricia N. Limerick,
Professor of History, University of Colorado at
Boulder
Sponsored by Forest History Society, Nicholas
School of the Environment and Earth Sciences,
History Department
For more information, contact Steven Anderson,
Forest History Society by phone at 919-682-9319 .
URL:
http://www.lib.duke.edu/forest/Events/lecture2005.
html - Bill Chafe Book Signing Saturday, November 5, 2005
Carla Ivey, for faculty, 2005/11/01 10:50:25
Bill Chafe will be at the Regulator Saturday,
November 5, 2005 at 3:00 doing a book signing for
his new book: PRIVATE LIVES/PUBLIC
CONSEQUENCES.
Bill Chafe’s new book is Private Lives/Public
Consequences: Personality and Politics in Modern
America (Harvard University Press).
Private Lives/Public Consequences:
Personality and Politics in Modern America
by Chafe, William H.
Published: Harvard University Press, 2005
Inventory Status: On Our Shelves Now
A political leader's decisions can determine the
fate of a nation, but what determines how and why
that leader makes certain choices? William H.
Chafe, a distinguished historian of twentieth
century America, examines eight of the most
significant political leaders of the modern era
in order to explore the relationship between
their personal patterns of behavior and their
political decision-making process. The result is
a fascinating look at how personal lives and
political fortunes have intersected to shape
America over the past fifty years.
One might expect our leaders to be healthy,
wealthy, genteel, and happy. In fact, most of
these individuals--from Franklin Delano Roosevelt
to Martin Luther King, Jr., from John F. Kennedy
to Bill Clinton--came from dysfunctional
families, including three children of alcoholics;
half grew up in poor or only marginally secure
homes; most experienced discord in their
marriages; and at least two displayed signs of
mental instability. What links this
extraordinarily diverse group is an intense
ambition to succeed, and the drive to overcome
adversity. Indeed, adversity offered a vehicle to
develop the personal attributes that would define
their careers and shape the way they exercised
power.
Chafe probes the influences that forged these
men's lives, and profiles the distinctive
personalities that molded their exercise of power
in times of danger and strife. The history of the
United States from the Depression into the new
century cannot be understood without exploring
the dynamic and critical relationship between
personal history and political leadership that
these eight life stories so poignantly reveal. - Professor James Sweet to lecture Wednesday, Nov 2 @ 3pm
Carla Ivey, for faculty, 2005/11/08 13:11:26
The Evolution of Ritual in the African Diaspora:
Central African Kilundu in Brazil, St. Domingue,
and the United States
A lecture by Professor James Sweet,
Author of RECREATING AFRICA: CULTURE, KINSHIP,
AND RELIGION IN THE AFRO-PORTUGUESE WORLD, 1441-
1770
Wednesday, November 2, 2005
3:00 PM, Carr 229
Sponsored by African and African American
Studies, Center for Latin American and Caribbean
Studies, Institute for Critical U.S. Studies, and
Department of History - Paul Kramer Lecture Wednesday, November 9, 2005
Carla Ivey, for faculty, 2005/11/11 08:48:20
5:30 PM - 07:00 PM Room 240, John Hope Franklin
Center. The Darkness that Enters the Home: The
Politics of Prostitution
Paul Kramer, Johns Hopkins University
The lecture will discuss the politics of
regulating prostitution in the Philippines during
the early period of U.S. occupation.
Sponsored by the Asia/Pacific Studies Institute,
the Department of History, the Institute for
Critical US Studies, and Women's Studies
For more information, contact Yan Li by phone at
919-684-5425 - Langford Lecture Luncheon Thursday, November 10, 2005
Carla Ivey, for faculty, 2005/11/11 08:49:13
featuring Margaret Humphreys, Professor of
History and Associate Clinical Professor of
Medicine
Noon - 1:45 p.m. Von Canon Hall, Bryan Center - Ashanti Alston Talk by Former Black Panther Monday, November 7, 2005
Carla Ivey, for faculty, 2005/11/08 13:11:37
7pm. White Auditorium. "Alterglobalization: From
the Black Panthers to the Zapatistas" - Examining Genocide: Why "Never Again" Happens Again Thursday, November 10, 2005 at 7:00 PM in Love Auditorium
Carla Ivey, for faculty, 2005/11/11 08:49:24
A Panel Discussion in Commemoration of
Kristallnacht
Moderated by Professor Bruce Jentleson
On November 9-10, 1938, the Nazis engaged in
Kristallnacht (Night of
Broken Glass), destroying Jewish property and
deporting thousands of
Jews to concentration camps. On the 67th
anniversary of this tragedy
that precipitated the Holocaust, the Freeman
Center for Jewish Life is
holding a panel discussion on the topic of
genocide. The panel will
include:
David J. Scheffer, Former U.S. Ambassador at
Large for War Crimes
Issues (1997-2001).
Iain Levine, Program Director for Human Rights
Watch
William Parsons, Chief of Staff at the US
Holocaust Memorial Museum
Eric Reeves, Professor at Smith College and Sudan
Expert.
This program is free and open to the public and
will take place on
Thursday, November 10, 2005 at 7:00 PM in Love
Auditorium located in
the LSRC.
Co-sponsored by the Eisenberg Family Fund, Duke
Conversations, Duke
Center for Judaic Studies, Center for Race
Relations, Department of
History, Department of Political Science, Duke
Human Rights Coalition,
and the Multicultural Center. - Education Programs Abroad
Carla Ivey, 2007/09/10 11:21:37
EPA Internships have placements for History
students in the British House of Commons in
London, the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh and
the European Parliament in Brussels (with English-
speaking MEPs, and proficiency permitting, MEPs
from other European Union countries). Students
who speak German can intern with members of the
Bundestag in Berlin. In all of these centers,
plus Paris and Madrid, EPA can arrange placements
in pressure groups, non-governmental agencies and
law firms.
For more information about programs, dates, costs
and credit, and to download application forms,
please visit their website at www.epa-
internships.org - Felicia Kornbluh to Speak at Sallie Bingham Center on October 27
Pete Camagna, for faculty, 2005/10/11 13:05:32
Professor Felicia Kornbluh will be speaking at the
conference sponsored by the Sallie Bingham
Center for the history of women on October 27th.
The conference overall is titled "Feminist
Generations" and her panel is "Documenting Social
Movements." The conference begins on the
afternoon of October 26th with a keynote address
by Ellie Smeal of the Feminist Majority Foundation. - Symposium: Anti-Americanism and National Identity in Greece and Turkey
Carla Ivey, for faculty, 2007/09/04 11:03:58
Marty Miller will be moderating a symposium the
Master of
Arts in Liberal Studies program is sponsoring,
"Anti-Americanism and
National Identity in Greece and Turkey," on
Friday, October 28, 2005,
7:00 p.m. at the John Hope Franklin Center, Room
240, Duke University.
Moderator:
Martin Miller, Professor, Department of History
Panelists:
Erdag Göknar, Visiting Assistant Professor, Slavic
and Eurasian Studies,
on Turkey:
Anti-Imperialism (and Anti-Americanism beginning
in the 1950s) has been
central to notions of Turkish identity on the
right and on the left. The
military coups of 1960, 1971, 1980, and 1997
demonstrated an ongoing
contestation over national ideals and ideologies
in the context of the
Cold War and its legacy. In retrospect, the
struggle between imperial
and national aims revealed an ironic convergence
of leftists,
nationalists, and Islamicists at the intersection
of Anti-Americanism.
Nick Omirly, MALS 2003, on Greece:
Political violence related to Anti-Americanism in
Greece has its roots
in WWII. The Greek resistance movement and
struggle for liberation
during the Nazi occupation became in turn a
struggle for the ideological
domination of modern Greece. It resulted in the
violent, ideological
divisions that characterized the Greek Civil War.
During the Cold War,
US interests in the southern Mediterranean
replaced old European
interests and became entangled in Greek politics.
My comments will
address why political violence in modern Greece
was directed towards the
US.
This symposium is intended as a seminar.
Readings from the panelists
will be made available in advance for all
participants.
Space is limited. To register, contact the MALS
office (919-684-3222;
dukemals@duke.edu).
PARKING: Free parking is available across Trent
Drive in the Marshall I.
Pickens clinic lot. Additional paid parking is
available next door to
the Franklin Center in the parking deck at the
corner of Erwin and
Fulton Streets. - Graduate Student Awards
Carla Ivey, for grad, 2005/11/11 08:52:53
A roundup of the recent History graduate students
that have
been recognized for their efforts is available online. - Faculty Awards
Carla Ivey, for faculty, 2005/11/11 08:53:07
A roundup of the recent History faculty that have
been recognized for their efforts is available online. - Faculty Publications
Pete Camagna, for faculty, 2005/09/21 15:29:05
A roundup of recent publications by the faculty of
the History department is available online. - Rupert to speak at JHFC conversation series
Pete Camagna, for grad, 2005/09/21 15:09:59
Linda Rupert, graduate student, will be speaking
at the Franklin Center on October 5, 2005 at noon
as part of the 2005-06 Wednesdays at the Center
lunchtime conversation series. - Meeting for History Majors
Pete Camagna, 2005/10/10 13:51:26
The History department will hold a meeting for all
majors on Monday October 17 at 7 pm in Carr
Building, Room 103. First majors will be able to get
their PINs for spring registration at that time. - Faculty Scholar Award Nominees
Carla Ivey, 2005/11/11 08:52:38
On September 1, The History Department nominated
senior majors George Gilbert and Amit Patel for
the Faculty Scholar Award, which honors students
for their record of serious scholarship. Both are
currently working on a senior thesis in the
department. - Seminar on "Local People: The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi"
Pete Camagna, for faculty, 2005/09/21 10:33:56
The African & African American Studies Program
and the Department of
History are co-sponsoring a faculty-grad seminar
with Professor John
Dittmer, author of the Brancroft Award-Winning
book, "Local People:
The Struggle for Civil Rights in Mississippi."
The seminar will be a discussion of chapters 11
and 12 of "Local
People," which is on reserve at Perkins. The
seminar will be
Wednesday, October 5 at 5:30 pm in Room 240
Franklin Center.
Please contact Aqila Coulthurst
to reserve a space. Dinner will be
served. - Personnel Changes
Carla Ivey, for faculty, 2005/11/11 08:52:17
Bill
Chafe, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and
Sciences and Vice Provost for undergraduate
Education, left his administrative posts on June
30, 2004, to return to teaching in the Department
of History.
Laura
Edwards has been promoted as of July 1, 2005
to Full Professor and will be acting DGS when she
returns from her leave this fall.
Bruce
Kuniholm will become director of the Terry
Sanford Institute of Public Policy and chair of
the Department of Public Policy Studies effective
July 1, 2005.
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