Department of History Newsletter
November 19, 2009
The Department of History Newsletter is published weekly during the academic year. Copy for the next edition of the History Department Newsletter should be submitted by Thursday noon to Becky Bryant in Ballantine 742; or via e-mail (bryant@indiana.edu), or fax (812-855-3378). This newsletter is also available on the History Department’s web page, athttp://www.indiana.edu/~histweb/
NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Oxford University Press has published a new edition of the U.S. history survey, Of the People, co-authored by Nick Cullather and Michael McGerr, along with Jeanne Boydston, Jan Lewis, and James Oakes.
Donna Drucker (PhD '08) presented "Insular Species and Hopeful Monsters: The Work of Alfred Kinsey and Richard Goldschmidt on the Margins of the Evolutionary Synthesis" at the Darwin's Living Legacy Conference, Bibliotheca Alexandrina, Alexandria, Egypt, on November 15, 2009. She also presented "The Origin of Higher Categories in Cynips: Alfred Kinsey’s Contributions to the Study of Evolution," at the Evolution and the Public Conference, University of Siegen, Germany, September 4, 2009.
Graduate student Brendan Fay received the 2009 Walter Salz Family Award through the IU Department of Germanic Studies for the essay "Judging Performance, Performing Judgments: Race, Ethnicity and Authenticity in Weimar Musical Discourse, 1920-1932".
Graduate student Tanisha Ford gave a talk titled "The Natural Soul: Black Women's Hair Politics and the Global Black Liberation Movement" as part of the University of London's Institute for the Study of the Americas lecture series. She is a Visiting Dissertation Fellow at the Institute this semester.
Graduate students Ramajana Hidic Demirovic and Susan Williams participated on a panel at the AAASS in Boston on November 13. The title of the panel was Writing and Performing Identity in East Europe and Russia. Ramajana also presented a paper on “Performing Tradition in the Public Arena: Laura Papo Bohoreta and the Sephardi Identity in the Inter-War Bosnia.”
Carl Ipsen presented a paper, “Women and cigarettes in Italy from the Belle Epoque to the 1960s,” at Middlebury College on Friday, November 17.
Over the last few weeks, Padraic Kenney has presented various talks on 1989 and postcommunism at DePaul University, the University of Chicago, Purdue University, Miami University of Ohio; at a conference in Kaunas (Lithuania); and at the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies annual convention. He also participated in a symposium hosted by IU's Department of Germanic Studies, and in a seminar convened by the new US Ambassador to Poland. Finally, he was interviewed about his work by New Books in History: http://newbooksinhistory.com/?p=1421
Ed Linenthal delivered the 2nd Annual Hampton Lecture at the University of Montana on November 11, 2009.
David Pace led the 30 teachers participating in the IU Teaching American History Project in their first book discussion this week, focused on the work of Sam Wineburg and Keith Barton.
Alex Rabinowitch presented a paper, "Alexander Kerensky and V. I. Lenin as Political Leaders in Times of Crisis,"in a session on "The Role of the Individual in History: Revolutionary Russia," at the annual national convention of the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies in Boston.Emeritus Professor John M. Thompson, a long-time mainstay of the IU history department and of theRussian and East European Institute, served as Discussant for the panel. At the convention, Alex also chaired a session on "Soviet Power and the Bolshevik State, 1917-1921."
Jeff Veidlinger gave a presentation on “Jewish Public Culture in the Late Russian Empire” at Northwestern University and participated in a panel on “Zionism in the Russian Contexts” at the American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies National Convention in Boston.
The History Learning Project has been featured in an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education; it is available electronically at <http://chronicle.com/article/Teaching-Experiment-Decodes-a/49140/>
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday, November 20, 2:00-4:00 pm, CAHI Conference Room, 1211 E. Atwater
The 2009-2010 Workshop Series, "Cultural Conflict in Early America and the Atlantic World" sponsored by College Arts & Humanities Institute (CAHI) welcomes Dr. David Waldstreicher (History, Temple) on Friday, November 20, 2009 to give a presentation entitled: “The Wheatleyan Moment: A Reconsideration of Slavery, Political Culture, and the American Revolution.” Location: College Arts and Humanities Institute Conference Room, 2-4pm - For the pre-circulated paper, check your Oncourse site or contact Lauren Miller at lm27@indiana.edu. David Waldstreicher is a prize-winning historian of early American political culture and a commentator on and practitioner of interdisciplinary approaches. He has published Slavery’s Constitution: From Revolution to Ratification (2009), Runaway America: Benjamin Franklin, Slavery, and American Revolution (2004) and In the Midst of Perpetual Fetes: The Making of American Nationalism, 1776-1820 (1997) as well as numerous articles in Early American Literature, Journal of American History, William and Mary Quarterly and elsewhere. Trained in American Studies at Yale University, he is currently professor of History at Temple University.
Monday, November 23, 1:00-2:10, Ballantine 011
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies presents “Gender Ideologies & Military Discipline.” Lessie Jo Frazier will discuss these themes in a Chilean Cold War Prison Camp, 1948 & 1973.
Tuesday, December 1, 7:30 pm, Georgian Room, IMU
Horizons of Knowledge Lecture, Jonathan Fein, Documentary Filmmaker and Independent Scholar, “Objects and Memory: Identity and Material Culture after 9/11, an illustrated lecture.” Also sponsored by the Department of History, Journal of American History, American Studies Program, Department of Religious Studies, and the Department of Communication and Culture. Jonathan Fein has long been interested in the interrelationships of the tangible and the intangible. As a sculptor (University of Pennsylvania MFA '78), his work has evolved from the manipulation of physical material to sculpting in time: filmmaking.Shortly after 9/11/01 he saw that historians and curators were working as history was unfolding, and started filming their thoughts and actions. Never before had so many historically significant items been produced so suddenly, and curators were faced with the struggle of anticipating what future generations would consider valuable. At the same time, people from all walks of life felt compelled to preserve resonant objects or bring offerings to sites of remembrance.This investigation led to the eight-year journey of Objects and Memory and the book he is currently writing about how we imbue physical things with meaning
EMPLOYMENT AVAILABLE
Indiana Magazine of History
Graduate Assistantship
Application deadline November 30, 2009
The Indiana Magazine of History (IMH) is accepting applications for the position of Assistant Editor. The IMH is a quarterly scholarly journal of state and midwestern history. Our offices are located on the 8th floor of Ballantine Hall.
The position requires an average commitment of twenty hours per week, commencing February 1, 2010. This is a 12-month position, renewable for a second year, and currently pays $1690 per month plus fee remissions. Applications will be taken through November 30, 2009, with interviews to begin the second week of December.
The assistant editor takes part in virtually every aspect of journal publication, including:
- Editing: edit manuscripts for style and content; check facts and citations; correspond with authors. Once trained, the assistant editor serves as issue editor for alternating issues of the journal.
- Illustrations: assist authors in researching and obtaining illustrations
- Production: work on layout and design of issues; work with printer
- Reviews: identify books and sites for review; assist editor with choice of reviewers; prepare review notices
Graduate students in the Department of History are invited to apply. Students with a major or demonstrated strength in American history are preferred.
Submit cover letter, cv, and two letters of recommendation to the Editor, IMH, Ballantine Hall 742, Indiana University. If you have any questions, please call Acting Editor Dawn Bakken at 855-4139.
