On Friday of this week, the history department will celebrate the many books recently published by members of our department, and their authors. Members of the UVM community and the general public are cordially invited to join us at 4 PM on January 29 at Billings Library Apse for free food and brief remarks by […]
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History department authors, Part 2
Posted in Events, Faculty Research on January 26, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
History Department Book Celebration, Jan 29
Posted in Events, Faculty Research on January 22, 2016 | Leave a Comment »
From Professor Sean Field, chair of the Faculty Research Committee of the History Department: Historians are generally measured by the books they publish. In this regard the UVM Department of History is measuring up very well indeed. In addition to a steady stream of articles and chapters, department members have published at least nine major […]
More Digital History from Professor Melanie Gustafson
Posted in Faculty Research, Links on November 20, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
The History Department at UVM is proud of the fact that many of our faculty present historical knowledge and sources in a variety of different ways. Professor Melanie Gustafson has been highly active in a new website on women’s history which was recently launched. Its title is “Click: The Ongoing Feminist Revolution!” The project is […]
One Historian’s Blog and Online Exhibit
Posted in Faculty Research on November 18, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Dear History Readers, As always, our faculty remain highly active in the realm of research. While most publish books and articles, others are also highly active in the Digital Humanities and promoting online modes of scholarship. Professor Nicole Phelps currently authors a blog about her research on the U.S Consular Service. The blog is full […]
Professor Alan Steinweis Publishes Op-Ed in the New York Times
Posted in Faculty Research, from the chair on October 14, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Our own Professor Alan Steinweis just published an op-ed piece about Dr. Ben Carson’s comments on guns and the Holocaust, reminding us not only of the value of historical knowledge and historical perspective but also about how history can occasionally be distorted to serve political ends. Take a look at this piece to see the […]
Faculty News from the Summer
Posted in Faculty Research, from the chair on September 21, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Dear History Department Followers, Welcome back to the 2015-2016 academic year. Things are off to a good start this fall and as we get back into the swing of things with our department blog, we wanted to give you an update on what some of our faculty were up to during the summer: Professor Charlie […]
Happy Summer and Faculty Research
Posted in Faculty Research on July 7, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Hi History Blog Followers, Of course, in the summer many things slow down as faculty and students retreat into private study, research, and rest. Despite this, there is lots of work going on. Just to ensure that our followers are conscious of some recent developments in the history department, we’re posting the following interesting tidbits. […]
Checking in with some of our graduates
Posted in Alumni News, Faculty Research, Student Research on March 30, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Professor Sean Field recently presented some of his work at the annual meeting of the Medieval Academy of America, held at the University of Notre Dame 12-14 March 2015. But for Professor Field the highlight of the meeting was the fact that three of his former honors students, now all completing or having completed doctorates […]
Video post from Professor Felicia Kornbluh
Posted in Faculty Research on March 9, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
“Forgotten Conflict: Remembering the 1964 World’s Fair“ From Professor Kornbluh: “This is a short video I made with Jeff Wakefield of the UVM Press Office. It centers on research I did at the New York Public Library about a major protest that occurred in the spring of 1964 — a little more than fifty years […]
Special guest post from Professor David Massell
Posted in Faculty Research, Student Research on February 23, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
When does a memorial become an important piece of history itself? In the case of Canada’s National War Memorial in Ottawa, the transformation occurred this past October when a masked gunman obsessed with radical Islam shot and killed in cold blood one of the memorial’s honor guards, Corporal Nathan Cirillo, before storming into Parliament up the […]