Curriculum Vitae
Department of Humanistic Studies
University of Wisconsin – Green Bay
2420 Nicolet Drive
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
(920) 465-5047
ganyardc@uwgb.edu
Education
STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK at BUFFALO
Department of History: B.A. 1991, M.A. 1994, Ph.D. 2000
Dissertation: Rebels and Revolutionaries: Artur Mahraun and the Young German Order; A Study in Germanic Ideology
Dissertation Committee: William Sheridan Allen (advisor), Georg G. Iggers, Larry Eugene Jones (outside reader), Tamara Thornton
Fields of Study: Modern Germany, 1789-1945; Early Modern Europe, 1600-1789 (minor); American History, 1776-1945 (minor)
Language Competencies: German (Exam of German Language Competency, Free University of Berlin, 1995), French
Professional Experience
2004 – Present UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – GREEN BAY
Department of Humanistic Studies (History)
Assistant Professor
Spring 2004 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – MARINETTE
Department of History
Lecturer
2003 - 2004 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – GREEN BAY
Department of Humanistic Studies (History)
Adjunct Assistant Professor (Lecturer)
2000 – 2002 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – GREEN BAY
Department of Humanistic Studies (History)
Adjunct Assistant Professor (Instructor)
1998 - 2000 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – GREEN BAY
Department of Humanistic Studies (History)
Adjunct Instructor
1997-1998 UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN – GREEN BAY
Department of English Composition
Adjunct Instructor
Courses Taught:
Foundations of Western Culture 1
Foundations of Western Culture 2
Introduction to the Humanities 1
Introduction to the Humanities 2
Modern World History
History of Modern Science
European Social History
Europe in the 19th Century
Europe in the 20th Century
Nazi Germany
Seminar in History (History and Memory)
Teaching Interests:
Western Civilization and Culture
European Intellectual and Cultural History
German History
World Civilization
Japanese History
Publications
“Against Invisible Powers: Myth, Struggle, and Sacrifice in the Young German Order” Article In Preparation
“‘The Revolution of the 20th Century’: The Young German Order’s Conception of Volksgemeinschaft” Article In Preparation
Rebels and Revolutionaries: Artur Mahraun and the Young German Order
Manuscript In Preparation
Self-Assessment Units for Core Concepts CD-ROM Companion to Gloria K. Fiero, Landmarks in the Humanities (Boston: McGraw-Hill) Forthcoming 2005
Review of George Williamson, The Longing for Myth in Germany: Religion and Aesthetic Culture from Romanticism to Nietzsche (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2004) Forthcoming in German Studies Review, October 2005
Review of Alexa Geisthovel, Eigentümlichkeit und Macht: Deutscher Nationalismus 1830-1851, Der Fall Schleswig-Holstein (Stuttgart: Franz Steiner Verlag, 2003) Forthcoming in German Studies Review, February 2005
Review of Robert Wiebe, Who We Are: A History of Popular Nationalism (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2001) in Canadian Journal of History, December 2004
Review of Greg Eghigian and Matthew Berg, eds., Sacrifice and National Belonging in Twentieth-Century Germany (College Station, TX: Texas A&M UP, 2002) in German Studies Review, October 2004
Introduction to H. Rider Haggard, She (New York: Tekno Books and Barnes & Noble Books, January 2004)
The Alpha Bravo Delta Guide to the United States Marine Corps (New York: Alpha Books, a Division of Penguin Putnam, 2003)
Introduction to John Reed, Ten Days That Shook the World (New York: Tekno Books and Barnes & Noble World Digital Library, 2002)
Introduction to Samuel Smiles, Self-Help (New York: Tekno Books and Barnes & Noble World Digital Library, 2002)
Review of Henry Friedlander, The Origins of the Nazi Genocide: From Euthanasia to the Final Solution (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1995) in History Reviews On-line, volume 5, number 1 (Summer/Fall 1998)
Presentations
“Against Invisible Powers: Myth, Struggle, and Sacrifice in the Young German Order” presented at the German Studies Association Conference, Washington, DC, 8 October, 2004
“The Rhetorical Rebel: Artur Mahraun’s ‘National Opposition’ to the Third Reich” presented at the German Studies Association Conference, Salt Lake City, Utah. 10 October 1998.
Moderator and Commentator for panel on “Late 19th-century Germany: Government and Nationalism” at the 6th Annual Milton Plesur Memorial History Conference, SUNY at Buffalo. 4 April 1997
“The Young German Order, National Socialism, and Anti-Semitic Propaganda during the Weimar Republic” presented at the Duquesne University History Forum, Pittsburgh, PA. 25 October, 1996.
“When Worlds Collide: The Experience of the First World War and the Origins of Paramilitary Politics in the Weimar Republic” presented at the 5th Annual Milton Plesur Memorial History Conference, SUNY at Buffalo. 26 April 1996.
“National Socialism and the Young German Order: The Problem of Anti-Semitism in Young German Ideology” presented at the SUNY at Buffalo’s History Speakers Program. 12 April 1996.
“Idealism, the Young German Order, and the Political Culture of the Weimar Republic” presented at the 45th Annual Meeting of the New York State Association of European Historians, St. John Fischer College, Rochester, N.Y. 29 September 1995.
“In Pursuit of the Volksstaat: Artur Mahraun and the path of the Jungdeutscher Orden in Weimar Politics” presented at the 3rd Annual Milton Plesur Memorial History Conference, SUNY at Buffalo. April 1994.
Awards and Fellowships
American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) Sasakawa Fellowship ($5500) to attend the National Faculty Development Institute on "Incorporating Japanese Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum," San Diego State University, 1-24 June, 2005
DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Fellowship, 1994-1995 for dissertation research in German archives (primarily at the Institute for the study of the German Resistance and other archives in Berlin).
Milton Plesur Fellowship, 1994-1995 for dissertation research in German archives (German Federal Archive at Koblenz and the Central State Archive of Nordrhein-Westfalen at Düsseldorf).
University Service
UWGB Faculty Senate 2005-2007
Medieval European History Search and Screen Committee, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, 2005-2006
Web Page Manager, Department of History, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, 2004-2005
TurnItIn.com Account Administrator, Department of Humanistic Studies, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, 2003- 2005
Preventing Plagiarism Forum, Department of English Composition, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, 30 August 2005
Humanistic Studies Program Assessment Committee, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, Spring 2005
Early Modern European History Search and Screen Committee, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, 2004-2005
Crandall-Daniels Scholarship Committee, Department of Humanistic Studies, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, Fall 2004
Organized “Plagiarism and You: A Faculty Forum on Dealing with Plagiarism” featuring Renee Ettinger and Mark Olkowski, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, 24 September 2004
Ancient History Lecturer Search and Screen Committee, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, Summer 2004
Humanistic Studies Representative, Campus Preview Day, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, 2 April 2004
History Curriculum Review Committee, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, Spring 2004
Humanistic Studies General Education Review Committee, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, Fall 2003
Community Service
“From Longsword to Rapier: A Consideration of Joachim Meyer’s Fundamental Description of the Art of Combat (1570)” presented at The Middle Kingdom Academy of Defense (Society for Creative Anachronism), The Rocks, Lakemoor, Il, 3 September 2005
The Rapier and Renaissance Culture Demonstartion, Brown County Library (Society for Creative Anachronism), 13 August 2005
“Nazi Germany and the Holocaust” Discussion with Lisa Cavill’s Sophmore-Junior English Class, Denmark High School, 3 May 2005
Judge, National History Day, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, 9 April 2005
Green Bay Public School Academic Competition 2005 (contributed 45 questions on world history and current events), Spring 2005
“Nazi Germany and the Holocaust” Discussion with Lisa Cavill’s Freshman English Class, Denmark High School, 13 October 2004
“The Evolution of Human Rights” presented as part of the Justice, War, and Peace Discussion Series: Justice, Torture, and Human Rights, Sponsored by The Wisconsin Humanities Council and The National Endowment for the Humanities, Brown County Public Library, Green Bay, WI, 22 September 2004
The Rapier and Renaissance Culture Demonstration, Green Bay Botanical Gardens’ Renaissance Herb Faire (Society for Creative Anachronism), 18-19 September 2004
“An Introduction to Joachim Meyer’s Rappier as described in Fundamental Description of the Art of Combat (1570)” presented at The Middle Kingdom Academy of Defense (Society for Creative Anachronism), The Rocks, Lakemoor, Il, 4 September 2004
Judge, National History Day, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, 3 April 2004
The Rapier and Renaissance Culture Demonstration, Green Bay Botanical Gardens’ Renaissance Herb Faire (Society for Creative Aanachronism), 20-21 September 2003
Judge, National History Day, University of Wisconsin – Green Bay, 29 March 2003
Memberships
American Historical Association
World History Association
German Studies Association
Science Fiction Research Association
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