News and Events
2009 - 2010
Abigail Swingen presents paper at British Studies Colloquium of Yale University, October 15.
Abigail Swingen presented a pre-circulated paper at the British Studies Colloquium of Yale University on Thursday, October 15. The paper was entitled "Restoration Imperialism: the Case of Jamaica, 1675-1681," which explores the shaping of early modern English imperialism in Jamaica during the political upheaval of the Exclusion Crisis. Dr. Swingen hopes to turn the paper into an article this year.
Ron Milam publishes book on Junior Officers in Vietnam
Not a Gentleman's War: An Inside View of Junior Officers in the Vietnam War focuses on the role of platoon leaders and debunks the conventional wisdom that they were poorly trained, unmotivated and guilty of atrocious behavior as typified by Lt. Calley of My Lai Infamy. The book is published by the University of North Carolina Press.
David C. McDaniel to publish six articles in forthcoming: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology.
History PhD candidate David C. McDaniel to publish six articles concerning medieval Spain in the forthcoming work: The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology. The articles include: "Alfonso III of Asturias", "Alfonso VI of Castile-Leon", "Alfonso VII of Castile", "The Battle of Guadalete", "Sources for Iberian history 500-1100 AD", "Recent Historiography on warfare in Iberia during the period 500-1100 AD". The encyclopedia will be available in February 2010.
Ethan Schmidt delivers paper at Annual Meeting of American Society for Ethnohistory
Ethan Schmidt delivered a paper in New Orleans the weekend of October 2-4 at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Ethnohistory. His paper was titled "Cockacoeske, Weroansqua of the Pamunkey and Indian Resistance in Seventeenth-Century Virginia." Dr. Schmidt also chaired another session at the conference, titled "Early Mesoamerican and Spanish Encounters with Native North Americans."
Mark Stoll publishes chapter on Rachel Carson
Mark Stoll, associate professor of history, a chapter entitled, "Rachel Carson: The Presbyterian Genesis of a Nature Writer," in Nicolaas Rupke, ed., Eminent Lives in Twentieth-Century Science and Religion, 2nd rev. and much exp. ed. (New York: Peter Lang, 2009). The chapter describes her devout Presbyterian family, including a grandfather and an uncle who were Presbyterian ministers, and explains how this background shaped her views of nature. It also analyzes the distinctively Presbyterian values that informed her great work, Silent Spring. - Link
2008 - 2009
History Research Grant Put to Good
Use
Doctoral Candidate (medieval
Spain) David C. McDaniel recently returned from a ten-week
archival research trip to Spain. Assisted by a competitive
research grant of $4200 from the History Department, he
conducted research in medieval Spain at various archives,
including, in Madrid, the National Historical Archive, the
National Library, and the Royal Academy of History.
Additionally, he visited archives at the cathedrals of
Toledo, Burgos, Leon, Oviedo, and the archives of several
monasteries as well.
Barbara Hahn comments at Business History Conference in Milan, Italy
Barbara Hahn, assistant professor of History, was invited to comment on a panel at the joint meeting of the Business History Conference and the European Business History Association that was held in May in Milano, Italy. The papers on the panel compared the process of "Striking a Bargain: Labor and the State" on three continents and two centuries.
History M.A. Graduate
Publishes Journal Article
Jonathan
B. Crider, a recent M.A. graduate in history at TTU under
the direction of Drs. Gretchen Adams, Mark Stoll, and
Catherine Miller of that department has a article in the
September 2009 volume of the journal
American Nineteenth Century History
(vol. 10:3, pg. 317-332).
The article, "De Bow's Revolution: The Memory of the
American Revolution in the Politics of the Sectional Crisis,
1850-1861," was drawn from his TTU thesis research with the
assistance of Dr. Adams. Mr. Crider is beginning the
doctoral program at Temple University this fall.
Lynne Fallwell Interviewed by U.S. Holocaust Museum
Dr. Lynne Fallwell, Assistant Professor
of History, was interviewed by the
Ron Milam to deliver Keynote Address at Officer Candidate Class Graduation, Ft. Benning, GA
Dr. Ron Milam, assistant professor of history, will deliver the keynote speech at the formal banquet of the graduating Officer Candidate Class at Ft. Benning, Georgia, Tuesday, August 25. His topic is "Leadership: A Military Historian's Viewpoint". Two Texas Tech graduates will receive commissions as 2Lts. in the U. S. Army.
Graduate Student John Southard wins partial fellowship from United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps has awarded John Southard with a partial fellowship, including funds to attend a Combined Action Platoon (CAP) reunion in Washington, DC this November, where he will conduct as many as 30 oral histories with former CAP members.
Graduate Student Jonathan Edgeller wins Medieval Academy CARA Scholarship
The Medieval Institute at the University of Notre Dame recently named Jonathan Edgeller as one of the Summer 2009 winners of a Medieval Academy CARA Scholarship.
2008-09 Departmental Award Winners
The Department of History is pleased to announce its scholarship and award winners for 2008-2009.
Lawrence L. and Louise Graves Scholarship: Emily Headley and Krystal Humphreys
Robert A. Hayes Latin American History Scholarship: Halen Watkins
Oscar A. Kinchen Scholarship: Richard Driver and Mehr Singh
S.S. McKay Memorial Scholarship: Philip Pope
W.B. and Mozelle Rushing Scholarship: Cody Lass
David and Winifred Vigness Memorial Scholarship: Kenna (Lang) Archer
Paul J. Woods Scholarship: Andrew Murguia
Ernest Wallace Phi Alpha Theta Scholarship: Jon Crider
Clint and Siva Chambers Scholarship: Jim Cloninger
Rachel E. Hudson European Studies Scholarship: Johnathan Edgeller
Distinguished Alumni Award: Rachel Hudson
Phi Alpha Theta Scholarship: Brian Robertson
Outstanding Undergraduate Research Paper: Kathryn Snyder
Outstanding Undergraduate Student: Mehr Singh
Outstanding Teaching Assistant: Sarah Barwinkel
Outstanding Graduate Part-Time Instructor: David McDaniel
Outstanding Graduate Student: Kenna (Lang) Archer
Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award: Dr. Ron Milam
Dr. Miguel Levario Featured in Texas Tech Today
Dr. Miguel Levario, Assistant Professor in the Department of History was recently featured in Texas Tech Today .The article, available at http://today.ttu.edu/2009/04/debunking-drug-violence/ chronicles Dr. Levario's many efforts to correct public misconceptions about the recent violence in Mexico. Dr. Levario focuses on the history of US/Mexico border and has appeared on both television and in radio locally to discuss the issue.
Graduate Students Present Papers at Western Social Science Conference
History PhD students Kenna Archer and Jon Crider presented papers at the annual Western Social Sciences Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico April 15-18. Kenna Archer will present two papers, one titled, "Building off the Great Tohomoho: An Urban-Environmental History of Waco, Texas, and the Brazos River" and another titled,"Where Rivers Flow, Cities Grow: A Conversation between Environmental and Urban Historians." Jon Crider will be presenting his paper, "The Memory of the American Revolution in the Politics of the Sectional Crisis" at the conference as well.
History Graduate Student Kenna Archer wins Cash Fellowship
History PhD Student Kenna Archer was recently notified that she is the recipient of a $3000 Cash Family Fellowship from the Graduate School. Ms. Archer is currently finishing the second year of her PhD at Texas Tech where she is a Teaching Assistant for the History Department. Her dissertation focuses on Anglo, Hispanic and Native American views of the environment in early Texas.
Dr. Miguel Levario wins Meyerson Fellowship.
Dr. Miguel Levario, Assistant Professor in the Department of History recently received the Marlene Nathan Meyerson Fellowship from the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin. He will be a fellow there this coming academic year doing research on several collections regarding the National Guard and Texas Rangers along the Texas-Mexico border during the Mexican Revolution.
Dr. Miguel Levario is Guest on Morning Radio
Dr. Miguel Levario, Assistant Professor in the Department of History has been featured twice recently on Palms Springs KPSI AM Newstalk radio Morning Show with Stan Layne to discuss the drug violence along the northern Mexican border. Dr Levario, an expert on the U.S.-Mexico Border was interviewed on the show for the second time on March 25 and it appears that he will more than likely make regular appearances on the show for as long as the drug violence remains a top news story across the United States and Mexico.
Dr. Ron Milam contributes column to US News and World Report
Ron Milam, Assistant Professor of History and Interim Director of the Center for War and Diplomacy in the Post-Vietnam War Era, recently authored a column for the magazine US News and World Report. The column, which appeared in the February 27th edition of the magazine, was included as part of US News and World Report's Two Takes feature, which invites authors who hold differing views on a particular topic to engage in debate. Dr. Milam wrote a column supporting the Pentagon's decision to lift the ban on photos of military coffins at Dover Air Force Base.
Dr. Ethan Schmidt wins Teaching Award
Ethan Schmidt, Assistant Professor in the Department of History is one of two recipients of the IS 1100-Freshman Seminar Innovative Teaching Award. He won the award for a lesson and activity he taught on Diversity last Fall.
Dr. Julie Willett Publishes Article
Julie Willett, an Associate Professor in the Department of History, has published an article in the most recent edition of the journal Sexuality and Culture. Her article, " 'A Father's Touch:' Negotiating Masculinity and Sexual Subjectivity in Child Care," can be found in Volume 12, No 4 of the journal.
Graduate Student Kenna Archer Receives Research Travel Award
Kenna Archer, a doctoral student in the Department of History recently received the William and Madeline Smith Research Travel Award from the from the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at the University of Texas-Austin. Kenna will use the award to conduct research for her dissertation project on Texas environmental history.
History Department Says Goodbye to Two Longtime Professors
With the end of the Fall Semester, the History Department bid farewell to two Professors who collectively have devoted over 40 years of their lives to teaching History at Texas Tech University. Dr. Paul Carlson and Dr. James Reckner both retired, effective at the end of the Fall term. The department and the University remain extremely appreciative of their many contributions and wish them the best of success in retirement! A news story covering Dr. Reckner's retirement and his founding of the Vietnam Center and Archive can be accessed here.
Graduate Student Philip Pope Presents Paper at Conference
Philip Pope, a graduate student in the Department of History recently presented his paper "A Landmark Decision: How Texas Stadium Provided Irving with an Identity," at the American Studies Association of Texas annual conference at Texas State University in San Marcos, Texas. The paper discusses Irving's evolution in the 1960s from a bedroom community dependent on Dallas, into an emerging metropolitan center with its own identity, and the political maneuvering required to achieve that goal. The construction of Texas Stadium was part of a larger growth movement in Irving, and the stadium provided the city with a landmark that was readily identifiable at both the local and national levels.
Dr. Ron Milam Receives National Appointment
Ron Milam, Associate Professor of History has been appointed to serve as a member of the board of directors of the David Westphall Veterans Foundation.Milam, a Vietnam veteran who is involved with the Vietnam Center and Archive at Texas Tech, was appointed to the board in October.The David Westphall Veterans Foundation is the founding organization responsible for the creation of the Vietnam Veterans National Memorial located near Angel Fire, N.M. Milam was asked to serve on the board of directors for the memorial after serving as the keynote speaker at the Memorial Day services held at the memorial.
Dr. Ethan Schmidt Serves on Two Panels for American Indian Month
As part of Texas Tech's American Indian Month Celebration, Ethan Schmidt, Assistant Professor in the Department of History served on two different panels regarding Native American culture and issues. The first panel, sponsored by the Department of Housing, discussed issues surrounding the Thanksgiving Holiday. The second, sponsored by the Museum of Texas Tech in conjunction with Native American Film Festival, discussed the issues depicted in the documentary Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story
Paul Kelton delivers guest lecture.
On November 6, Dr. Paul Kelton, Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of History at the University of Kansas, delivered an invited lecture titled "Epidemics and Enslavement: Biological Catastrophe in the Native Southeast." The lecture was based upon his current book of the same name.
Dr. Allan Kuethe publishes two articles and one book chapter.
Dr. Allan Kuethe, Horn Professor of History is currently engaged in a flurry of publication activity including two articles co-authored with José Manuel Serrano Alvarez:
“El astillero de La Habana y Trafalgar,” Revista de Indias (Madrid), LXVII (no. 241, 2007), 763-776. Appeared in Spring 2008.
“La Texas colonial entre Pedro de Rivera y el marqués de Rubí: Aportaciones económicas al sistema presidial,” Colonial Latin American Historical Review, XIV ): 281-311.
And one forthcoming book chapter authored individually:
“Decisiones estratégicas y las finanzas militares del siglo XVIII,” in Por la fuerza de armas: Ejército e independencias en Iberoamérica, ed. By Juan Marchena and Manuel Chust (Castellón, Spain, 2008), pp. 83-100.
Dr. Miguel Levario to deliver Fall Phi Alpha Theta Lecture on Friday, October 17.
Miguel Levario, an Assistant Professor in the Department of History will deliver the Fall Phi Alpha Theta Lecture this Friday, October 17th in the Escondido Theater of the Student Union Building. There will be a reception at 6:30 pm followed by the lecture "When they Came: Militarization, Conflict, and Race Along the Texas-Mexico Border, 1895-1924," at 7 pm. Phi Alpha Theta is the International History Honor Society. The Texas Tech Chapter is the Sponsor for this event.
Dr. Allan Kuethe presents at Conferences in Europe
Horn Professor of History Allan Kuethe recently papers at the International Congress of the European Association of Historians of Latin America in the Netherlands and the Coloquio: El primer siglo XVIII americano, problemas y perspectivas (1700-1750) in Madrid, Spain.
Texas Tech to Host the Eighteenth Annual Texas Medieval Association Conference October 2-4
The Eighteenth Annual Conference of the Texas Medieval Association (TEMA) will have its first ever meeting in Lubbock on October 3-4, 2008. Conference themes will be "Medieval Imagination" and "The Medieval Southwest." Participants will convene on Friday, October 3, in the museum quadrant in the northwestern part of the campus, for a variety of sessions and Texas barbeque; on Saturday, October 4, the meeting shifts to the central campus, where sessions will center on the Southwest Collection Library and its exhibit on "The Medieval Southwest." Plenary speeches will include Thomas F.X. Noble (Chair, Department of History, University of Notre Dame), "Charlemania: Writing Charlemagne 828-2008"; Jane Chance (Andrew W. Mellon Professor of English, Rice University), "Tough Love: Teaching the New Medievalisms"; and W. Michael Mathes (Professor Emeritus of History, University of San Francisco; Library Director, El Colegio de Jalisco), "Medieval Castile on the Llano Estacado: The Vázquez de Coronado Expedition, 1540-1541". Associated events include on Saturday night a medieval banquet and a concert of “Songs of Devotion,” presented by the internationally acclaimed medieval musical group Altramar, featuring both sacred and secular songs.
Participants can register in advance or on Friday morning, from 8:00am on, at the International Cultural Center. For detailed information, see the TEMA Website at http://pages.towson.edu/duncan/tmahome.html or contact the local program organizer, John Howe, at John.Howe@ttu.edu.History Graduate Students Present Papers at Mid-America Conference on History
Five graduate students in the Department of History recently presented their work at the 2008 Mid-America Conference on History in Springfield, Missouri. The names of the students and the titles of their papers are as follows:
James Jones, "Beware the Monsters: 'The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street' and a Critique of McCarthyism"
John Huntington, "Everyday Explosions: Cinema, American Foreign Policy, and the Nuclear Device"
Bryan Treadway, "West German Conceptions of Communism through Cover Images"
John Sager, "A Good Militia: The Pennsylvania Militia and the Early Republic"
Kenna Lang, "Building off the 'Great Tohomoho'-An Urban-Environmental History Waco, Texas, and the Middle Brazos River"
Congratulations to these students on their hard work and for representing the History Department so well!
Dr. Miguel Levario to Deliver Talk for Fiestas del Llano
Dr. Levario's talk, titled La Jaula de Acero (the steel cage): A historical, personal, and candid look at the U.S-Mexico Border Wall will be held in room 104/105 of the Lubbock Civic center as part of the Fiestas del Llano celebration this Friday, September 12 at 3pm. This three-day event includes concerts, parades, exhibits, car shows, lectures, ballet folklorico and the 2008 Miss Hispanic Lubbock Scholarship Pageant.
Dr. Aliza Wong delivers invited lecture in Houston
Aliza Wong, Associate Professor of History and Director of European Studies, was invited to give a lecture in the 2008 Italy Through the Ages Lecture Series under the auspices of the Consulate General of Italy in Houston at the Italian Cultural and Community Center on September 3, 2008.
Dr. Dolly Smith Wilson publishes chapter on Migration
Dolly Smith Wilson, Assistant Professor of History, has published a chapter in an interdisciplinary collection on migration. “Gender, Race and the Ideal Labour Force” appears on pages 89-104 in "Gendering Migration: Masculinity, Femininity and Ethnicity in Post-War Britain," edited by Louise Ryan and Wendy Webster, just published by Ashgate in time for the fall catalogs. The book, part of the Studies in Migration and Diaspora series, focuses on ethnic groups and issues left out of most histories of immigration to Britain after 1945. Dr. Wilson's chapter explores similarities in the treatment of immigrant men and UK-born women in the labor market.
Dr. Barbara Hahn receives Filson Fellowship
Barbara Hahn, Assistant Professor of History, has been named a Fellow of the Filson Historical Society in Louisville, Kentucky. As part of that honor, she has received grants to perform research in the Filson Archives in summers 2008 and 2009, when she will trace the movement of tobacco cultivation into the western part of Kentucky in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.
Dr. Ethan Schmidt Featured in Chronicle of Higher Education Story
Ethan Schmidt, Assistant Professor, was featured in the July 11 issue of the Chronicle of Higher Education. Dr. Schmidt, who earned his Ph.D. at the University of Kansas in 2007, was interviewed for a story about KU's transition from comprehensive written exams to a portfolio exam system for Doctoral students. Dr. Schmidt was the first graduate student at KU to take the portfolio exam. Subscribers to the chronicle can access the article at http://chronicle.com.
2007 - 2008
Dr. Allan Kuethe receives Mrs. Percy Jones Award
Horn Professor of History Allan J. Kuethe and Jose Manuel Serrano
Alvarez of Sevilla, Spain, recently received the Mrs. Percy Jones Award
from the West Texas Historical Association for their article "The San
Saba Presidio and Spain's Frontier Policy in North America." The
article, which challenges long-held assumptions about the presidio's
role in frontier defense, appeared in the October 2007 issue (Vol. 83)
of The West Texas Historical Association Year Book.
Dr. Jorge Iber Named to Receive National Publication Award
Dr. Jorge Iber, Professor of History and Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, was recently notified that he is a recipient of the 2007 NASSH Book Award for Best Anthology. The award, given by the North American Society of Sport History, recognizes Dr. Iber's reputable book, Mexican Americans and Sports: A Reader on Athletics and Barrio Life (TAMU Press, 2007), co-edited with Dr. Samuel Regalado of Cal State Stanislaus. The NASSH is the largest and most important association focusing on sport history in North America.
Dr. Mark Stoll, Associate Professor of History, published an article, "Milton in Yosemite: Paradise Lost and the National Parks Idea," Environmental History 13 (April 2008): 237-74.
"Milton in Yosemite" investigates why English and certain American visitors to Yosemite so often described the valley in religious terms, particularly in terms of an Eden. Reformed Protestantism formed a peculiarly strong nostalgia for Eden that John Milton gave a powerful form in Paradise Lost. The poem's influence on Reformed culture in England and America reached Yosemite via three important paths: landscape architecture, landscape art, and literature. Paradise Lost had an especially large impact on the thought and works of John Muir. The conventions of the Miltonic Eden established in the nineteenth century continue to inform the dominant ways Americans envision Yosemite and the National Parks today, for example in the continued popularity of the work of Ansel Adams.
Dr. Lynne Fallwell Receives Grant to Conduct Research at Holocaust Museum
Lynne Fallwell, assistant professor in the History Department, has
been awarded a follow-up grant to her two previous Curt C. and Else
Silberman Summer Seminar Grants for University Faculty for study at the
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum. She will be working at the
Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies.
Dr. Fallwell received the Curt C. and Else Silberman Summer Seminar
Grant for University Faculty in 2004 and 2005. That month-long
research/teaching seminar brought selected faculty from across North
America together to meet with each other and work with leading experts
in the field. This summer the Holocaust Museum awarded two follow-up
grants to previous participants, one of which went to Dr. Fallwell.
Dr. Barbara Hahn gives Invited Lecture in Berlin
Barbara Hahn, Assistant Professor, gave an invited lecture on March 28 at a conference at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. Her paper was entitled "Making Tobacco Bright: The Social Construction of an Agricultural Commodity, 1617-1937."
Dr. Barbara Hahn publishes article in Agricultural History
Barbara Hahn, Assistant Professor, published “Paradox of Precision: Bright Tobacco as Technology Transfer, 1880-1937,” in the Spring 2008 issue of Agricultural History.
Award Winners Announced at annual Phi Alpha Theta Banquet
The following awards were presented at the Annual Phi Alpha Theta Banquet held on April 10th:
Graves Scholarship:
Mary Ann Suhl and Jon Crider
Hayes Latin American History Scholarship:
Valerie Martinez
Kinchen Scholarship:
Jonathan Strickland and Shawna Prather
Mozelle Rushing Scholarship:
John Huntington
Vigness Memorial Scholarship:
Kenna Lang
Phi Alpha Theta Scholarship:
Christopher Trobridge
Woods Scholarship:
Patrick Harned
Wallace Phi Alpha Theta Scholarship:
Brittany Rosales
Chamber Scholarship:
John Southard
Barr Dissertation Fellowship:
Cory Beene
Best Senior Seminar Paper:
Clinton Ball and Brian Kuebler
Harper Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award
Krystal Humphreys
Balch Outstanding Graduate Part-Time Instructor Award:
Travis Childs
Outstanding Undergraduate Student Award:
Elizabeth Barnes and Sebastian Arandia
Outstanding Graduate Student Award:
David McDaniel
Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award:
Dr. Sean Cunningham
Congratulations to all those who won awards this year! You represent the best of a very active and intellectually rigorous History Department!
Dr. Patrick McDevitt to present Lecture at the International Cultural Center
Dr. Patrick McDevitt, Associate Professor of History at SUNY Buffalo will present a lecture titled "Not Cricket: Sport, Scandal & Imperial Masculinity" on Tuesday, April 8 at 6pm. The Lecture will be held at the International Cultural Center with a reception to follow. McDevitt is the author of several works including, "May the Best Man Win": Sport, Masculinity and Nationalism in Great Britain and the Empire, 1880-1935, as well as numerous articles on the history of nationalism and sport in the British empire. He is currently working on two projects that explore Ireland's interaction with the wider Atlantic world.
Dr. William A. Link to Deliver Annual Phi Alpha Theta Lecture
Dr. William A. Link, the Richard Milbauer Chair in History at the University of Florida will present this year's Phi Alpha Theta Lecture on Friday, April 4, at 7pm in the Escondido Theater in the Student Union Building. Dr. Link will be speaking on his new book Righteous Warrior: Jesse Helms and the Rise of Modern Conservatism. A reception will be held prior to the talk at 6:30 pm. Link is also the author of four other books including The Paradox of Southern Progressivism and Roots of Secession: Slavery and Politics in Antebellum Virginia.
Dr. Gretchen Adams Wins Gloria Lyerla Grant
Dr. Gretchen A. Adams, Assistant Professor in the Department of History, is a 2008-09 recipient of the Gloria Lyerla Library Memorial Fund Research Grant. Prof. Adams will travel to the library of the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, for the purpose of completing the research on her second book.
Dr. Schmidt publishes Book Review in Itinerario
Dr. Ethan Schmidt, Assistant Professor in the Department of History
recently reviewed Transatlantic Encounters: American Indians in
Britain, 1500-1776 by Alden Vaughan. The review appears in the
current issue of Itinerario, the International Journal of the
Forum for European Expansion and Global Interaction.
Dr. Barbara Hahn publishes in Enterprise and Society
At the invitation of the Business History Conference, and as part of the Herman E. Krooss plenary in business history, Dr. Barbara Hahn, Assistant Professor of History, published a summary of her dissertation in the December 2007 issue of Enterprise and Society.
Dr. Elena Shulman publishes book chapter
Dr. Elena Shulman, an Assistant Professor in the Department of History, published "'Those Who Hurry to the Far East': Readers, Dreamers, and Volunteers," in Peopling the Russian Periphery: Borderland Colonization in Eurasian History, edited by Nicholas Breyfogle, Abby Schrader, and Willard Sunderland (Routledge, 2007).
Peter Coclanis to Deliver Wood Lecture on Friday, February 22nd
Dr. Peter Coclanis, Albert R. Newsome Professor of History and Associate Provost for International Affairs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will give the 24th Annual Wood Agricultural History Lecture this Friday, February 22, at 7:30 p.m. at the International Cultural Center. His topic will be "Two Cheers for Revolution: The Virtues of Regime Change in World Agriculture." A reception will be held at 7:00 p.m. before the lecture.
History Department Ph.D. Graduate Cecilia Gowdy-Wygant Featured on Graduate School Website
Dr. Cecilia Gowdy-Wygant, an August 2007 Graduate of the History Department's Ph. D. program was recently featured on the Website for Texas Tech Graduate School. You can check out the feature at http://www.depts.ttu.edu/gradschool/profiles/Highlighttext2_08.php . Congratulations Cecilia!
Dr. Milam Interviewed by the Australian Broadcasting Company about the Tet Offensive
Dr. Ron Milam, Assistant Professor in the Department of History and Interim Director of the Center for War and Diplomacy in the Post-Vietnam Era was recently interviewed by the Australian Broadcasting Company for a story on the 40th Anniversary of the Tet Offensive. Text and audio of the interview are available at http://www.abc.net.au/ra/connectasia/stories/s2151018.htm (2/1/08)
Dr. Reckner becomes first American awarded medal by Vietnamese.
Officials from the Socialist Republic of Vietnam recently awarded Dr. Jim Reckner a medal of honor for his work with the Vietnam Archives. Dr. Reckner is the first American to receive such an award from Vietnam.
Dr. Schmidt quoted in Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Article on Coronado
Dr. Schmidt was recently quote in an article appearing in the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal about recent reinterpretations of the route of Spanish Conquistador Francisco Vasquez de Coronado.
Several Graduate Students Present Papers at Phi Alpha Theta Conference
History graduate students Jon Crider, James Jones, Valerie Martinez, Richard Driver, and Chad DeMars all presented papers at the Phi Alpha Theta - History Honors Society - 2008 Biennial Convention, held from January 3-5 at The Hyatt Regency Tamaya Resort and Spa in Santa Ana Pueblo, New Mexico, sponsored by the University of New Mexico's Sigma Chapter of PAT.
Dr. Schmidt gives paper at Hall Center for the Humanities
Dr. Ethan Schmidt recently attended the Hall Center for the Humanities' British Seminar at the University of Kansas to discuss his paper "The Well-Ordered Commonwealth: Sir Thomas More's Utopia and the Colonization of the Americas." (12/5/07)
Dr. Adams Appointed to Department of Education Grant Review Panel
Dr. Gretchen Adams, Assistant Professor in the Department of History, has been appointed by the U.S. Department of Education to the grant review panel for the 2008-09 "Teaching American History" grant competition. (12/5/07)
Graduate Students Present Papers at Texas Medieval Association
Graduate Students Judd Burton and David McDaniel each presented papers at the at the annual Texas Medieval Association conference held at Texas A&M in October. Both Judd's paper, "The Religious Periphery of Medieval Banias: Cult Figures, Saints, and Sects." and David's "The Royal Victory of Las Navas de Tolosa, 1212," were well-received. (12/5/07)
Dr. Howe Serving as Project Director for Upcoming Exhibit
Professor John Howe of the History Department is serving as the project director for “The Medieval Southwest: Manifestations of the Old World in the New,” an exhibit which will run from August 14, 2008, to April 5, 2009, occupying much of the public space in the Southwest Collection Building. Sections will highlight discovery, the development of southwestern institutions, and contemporary echoes. Among the topics to be covered are the origins of local cattle culture, of local musical traditions, and of the campus’s Spanish Renaissance architectural theme. Unique features will include unprecedented Lubbock public displays of recently discovered Coronado artifacts from Blanco Canyon and of artifacts unearthed during Texas Tech’s excavations of the San Sabá mission. Howe, aided by faculty members and staff members from across the campus and by volunteers from the Lubbock community, has been the lead writer on successful grant applications from Humanities Texas, the government of Spain, and the Helen Jones Foundation. (11/15/07)
Dr. Schmidt Presents Paper at American Society for Ethnohistory's Annual Meeting
Dr. Ethan Schmidt, Assistant Professor of History, recently presented a paper entitled "Realignment, Relocation, Refuge and Indian Resistance on the Mid-Atlantic Frontier, 1646-1774" at the annual meeting of the American Society for Ethnohistory in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (11/15/07)
Dr. Howe Begins Term as President of the Texas Medieval Association
Dr. John Howe, a Professor in the Department of History, began his term as President of the Texas Medieval Association on October 13 at TEMA's 17th annual meeting, held at Texas A&M.
Dr. Stoll Appointed to Program Commitee of the First International Conference in Environmental History
Dr. Mark Stoll, an Associate Professor in the Department of History, has been appointed to the Program Committee for the First World Congress of Environmental History. The international conference will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark, on August 4-8, 2009. The conference will be hosted by the International Consortium of Environmental History Organizations (ICEHO) and Roskilde University. (11/13/07)
Dr. Schmidt Delivers Lecture as part of Texas Tech's American Indian Week
Dr. Ethan Schmidt, Assistant Professor of History, delivered a lecture entitled "Beyond Myth, Manifest Destiny and the 'Cameo Theory:' Native Americans and the American Revolution" as part of Texas Tech's 3rd Annual American Indian Week.
Dr. Iber Delivers Presentation on Mexicans and Mexican Americans
Dr. Jorge Iber, Professor of History and Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences, delivered a presentation on October 12 on the contributions of Mexicans and Mexican-Americans to the American West. Given at the Ranching Heritage Center, the talk was reported on the front page of the Avalanche Journal. The presentation was given in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Dr. Howe Delivers Paper in Italy and Launches the Italian Translation of his Book
Dr. John Howe, a Professor in the Department of History, spoke on "Baronio e S. Domenico di Sora" in Sora, Italy for a Convegno internazionale di studi, October 10-13. Dr. Howe later launched the Italian translation of his prize-winning book, Church Reform and Social Change in Eleventh-Century Central Italy: Dominic of Sora and His Patrons. This ceremony was held at Dominic's tomb in the crypt of the church of San Domenico, and was attended by a large crowd of Dominic's devotees, scholars, and local civic and ecclesiastical officials.
Dr. Forsythe Featured in Presidential Lecture and Performance Series
On October 30 at 3:30 in the Merket Center, the President's Lecture & Performance Series will feature a panel discussion by the most recent winners of the President's Book Award: Dr. Gary Forsythe of History, Dr. Hafid Gafaiti of Classical and Modern Languages and Literatures, and Dr. Stephen Graham Jones of English. The event and reception to follow are free and open to the public.
Dr. Carlson Publishes Book Chapter
Dr. Paul H. Carlson, a Professor of History, published a chapter, "William R. Shafter: Commanding Black Troops in West Texas," in Bruce A. Glasrud and James M. Smallwood, editors, The African American Experience in Texas (Texas Tech University Press, 2007).
Dr. Reckner Recognized in Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Editorial
In an editorial appearing in the Saturday, September 29 edition of the Lubbock Avalanche Journal, Dr. Jim Reckner, Director of Texas Tech's new Institute for Modern Conflict, Diplomacy, and Reconciliation, was recognized for his almost 20 years of leading and growing the Texas Tech Vietnam Center.
Vietnam Center and Archive Included in New Lucasfilm DVD Set for Young Indiana Jones
Lucasfilm is about to release a new DVD set for the series, The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones. To increase the educational value of the series for educators and students, Lucasfilm created a number of documentaries on key historical figures featured in the series which include historical materials from Texas Tech's Vietnam Archive and features a website link for additional materials and information for interested viewers.
Dr. Carlson Publishes Chapter on Buffalo Soldiers
Dr. Paul Carlson, a Professor of History, published "William R. Shafter, Black Troops, and the Opening of the Llano Estacado, 1870-1875" in Bruce A. Glasrud and Michael N. Searles, eds., Buffalo Soldiers in the West: A Black Soldiers Anthology (College Station: Texas A & M University Press, 2007).
Dr. Howe Publishes Study in Journal of Ecclesiastical History
Dr. John Howe, a Professor of History, has his article entitled "St. Berardus of Marsica (d. 1130): 'Model Gregorian Bishop'" appearing in the July issue of the Journal of Ecclesiastical History, England's premier journal of Church history (Cambridge University Press).
Dr. Schmidt Named Contributing Editor-at-Large for Encyclopedia of Colonial North America
Dr. Ethan Schmidt, an Assistant Professor of History, has accepted an invitation to be Contributing Editor-at-Large for the Encyclopedia of Colonial North America, to be published by ABC-Clio.
Dr. Stoll Elected to the Executive Committee of the American Society for Environmental History
Dr. Mark Stoll, an Associate Professor in the Department of History, has been elected as a member of the Executive Committee of the American Society for Environmental History for a four-year term. ASEH is an international society of 1500 members (1100 individual members) and holds annual meetings.
Dr. Rainger Elected to the Executive Council of the History of Science Society
Dr. Ronald Rainger, a Professor in the Department of History, has been elected as a member of the Executive Council of the History of Science Society for a three-year term.
Dr. Carlson Interviewed for Irish Radio
Dr. Paul Carlson, Director of the Texas Tech Center for the Southwest and a full professor in the History Department, was recently interviewed via telephone on Irish radio by Patrick Geoghan, a lecturer in history at Trinity College in Dublin. Geoghan and his program partner, Susie Barnett, interviewed Carlson about his book, The Cowboy Way.