News & Highlights
Historical Perspectives Lecture Series
John Summers: "C. Wright Mills and the Politics of
Truth"
Monday, Sept, 21 at 10:35 a.m., University Union’s
Christie Theatre
Summers is a visiting scholar at the Boisi Center for Religion
and American Public Life at Boston College. He has taught at
Harvard University, Columbia University, and The Cooper Union.
The author of Every Fury on Earth (2008) and the editor of The
Politics of Truth: Selected Writings of C. Wright Mills (2008),
he is currently completing a biography of Mills, a prominent
sociologist.
Jonathan Holloway: "'It Never Happened': Race, Class and the
Unbearable Burden of Memory"
Monday, Oct. 26 at 12:45 p.m., Christie Theater
Holloway is professor of History and African American Studies,
and master of Calhoun College at Yale University. He has written
Confronting the Veil: Abram Harris Jr., E. Franklin Frazier, and
Ralph Bunche, 1919-1941 (2002), edited Ralph Bunche's A Brief
and Tentative Analysis of Negro Leadership (2005), and the
co-edited the anthology, Black Scholars on the Line: Race,
Social Science, and American Thought in the 20th Century (2007).
He is presently working on his next monograph, Jim Crow Wisdom:
Memory, Identity, and Politics in Black America, 1941-2000.
Jeremi Suri: "Henry Kissinger and the American Century"
Thursday, Nov. 12 at 2 p.m., University Union's
Christie Theater
Suri is the E. Gordon Fox Professor of History at UW-Madison. In
2007, Smithsonian Magazine named him one of America's "Top Young
Innovators" in the humanities and sciences. He is also the
author of Henry Kissinger and the American Century (2007), The
Global Revolutions of 1968 (2007), and Power and Protest: Global
Revolution and the Rise of Detente (2003).
Kersten Wins Award for Community Outreach
Professor Andrew Kersten was selected as this year's recipient of the Founders Award for Excellence in Community Outreach. The citation emphasized the participation of Kersten and his students in developing exhibits and educational programs for both the National Railroad Museum and the Neville Museum as well as the the Northeastern Wisconsin Teaching American History Program. This award is Kersten's fourth Founders Award! He received the Founders Award for Excellence in Community Outreach in 2006 for his work with Voyageur magazine and was selected as the recipient of the Founders Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2007 and Scholarship in 2008!
Nielsen Wins Scholarship Award
Professor Kim Nielsen was selected as this year's recipient of the Founders Award for Excellence in Scholarship. The citation noted her prolific and award-winning scholarship. Her work on Helen Keller and her teacher Anne Sullivan Macy has been described as “stunning,” “fascinating and beautifully crafted” and filled with “extensive research and sophisticated analysis,” and she has earned recognition for her work on women, feminism, and disability. This second Founders Award for Nielsen, who won the Founders Award for Excellence in Teaching in 2005.
New History Chair
Professor David Voelker is the new Chair of the History Department, taking over after Professor Craig Lockard's long term of service in that position. Professor Voelker also will advise history majors and minors.
New Faculty: J. Vincent Lowery
Professor Lowery is a new faculty member in History and Humanistic Studies. He earned degrees in history at James Madison University (B.A.), the University of North Carolina-Wilmington (M.A.), and the University of Mississippi (Ph.D.). His research interests include post-Civil war Southern Cultural History, history and memory, and African-American history. he will be offering courses in U.S. history, African-American history, and ethnic diversity and human values.
Aldrete and Kersten on Sabbatical
Professors Aldrete and Kersten will be on sabbatical for the academic year 2009-2010. Although the history department will miss their contributions in ancient and American history, both of them will be actively engaged in research. Professor Kersten is writing a biography of the famous American lawyer, Clarence S. Darrow, while Professor Aldrete is conducting research on ancient Greek arms and armor.
ガンヤード先生は日本語を勉強しています
Professor Ganyard spent two months (June 13-August 7) at the Beloit Center for Language Studies Grant participating in an Intensive Japanese Language Program. Professor Ganyard has been studying the Japanese language, history and culture since he participated in the National Faculty Development Institute on "Incorporating Japanese Studies into the Undergraduate Curriculum" at San Diego State University in 2005 and has brought his interest to UWGB and the Green bay community in the form of courses and public lectures. He plans to continue studying Japanese at Lawrence University.