Please join us for a special meeting of the History Department Faculty Research Seminar next month. Prof. Andrew Buchanan & Prof. Frank Nicosia “The Mediterranean in World War II: Contention and Collaboration in Two Opposing Alliances” Wednesday, February 18 from 4 to 5:30 pm, Angell Lecture Center B11 Prof. Buchanan and Prof. Nicosia will each […]
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Upcoming department event
Posted in Faculty Research, Upcoming Lectures on January 16, 2015 | Leave a Comment »
Dr. Andy Buchanan Speaks at the New York Military Affairs Symposium
Posted in Faculty Research, from the chair on December 20, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
As things wind down from the first semester of the 2014-2015 academic year, UVM history faculty continue to pursue research in a variety of areas and publish in multiple venues. Senior Lecturer Andy Buchanan, who has published the book American Grand Strategy in the Mediterranean During World War II, recently spoke on the topic at […]
Professor Frank Nicosia Publishes New Book and Receives Major Award.
Posted in Faculty Research on December 5, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
Dear History Readers, November was a very good month for Professor Frank Nicosia. Firstly, he published his most recent book, Nazi Germany and the Arab World, with Cambridge University Press. Secondly, he received the “Distinguished Achievement Award” from the Holocaust Educational Foundation (headquartered at Northwestern University). It was given to him and to three colleagues […]
Happy Halloween from the History Department!
Posted in Faculty Research on October 30, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
A Halloween Special: Mount Hope Cemetery Prof. Nicole Phelps Click to enlarge all images Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester, New York, can be a spooky place. Many of the stones are weathered and discolored, and some of the trees have become so massive that their root systems are infiltrating the burial plots. The cemetery has […]
Featured Archival Find: Professor Erik Esselstrom
Posted in Faculty Research, Featured Archival Find on October 23, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
One of our regular features on this blog will be documents, photos and artifacts that our faculty have found and/or are using in their research. This week’s entry comes from Associate Professor Erik Esselstrom, who is a specialist in modern East Asian history. Professor Esselstrom is currently at work on a cultural history of popular […]
Faculty Research in Review
Posted in Faculty Research on October 20, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
The research of many history faculty has broad-reaching impact both in the United States and abroad. Professor Nicole Phelps’s recent book U.S.-Habsburg Relations from 1815 to the Paris Peace Conference is the subject of a featured roundtable on the listserve H-Diplo while Frank Zelko’s recent book, Make it a Green Peace: The Rise of Countercultural […]
Tues @ Noon: Talk on the Civil War
Posted in Faculty Research, Upcoming Lectures on October 17, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
“Witness and Response: Art, Artifacts, and the Meaning of the Civil War” TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21 12:00PM Fleming Museum With Andrew Buchanan, Senior Lecturer, UVM Department of History, and Kassandra LaPrade Seuthe, Graduate Student, UVM Department of History. The Civil War is often called the most transformative period in U.S. history, with many aspects of American […]
Featured Archival Find: Professor Abby McGowan
Posted in Faculty Research, Featured Archival Find on October 15, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
One of our regular features on this blog will be documents, photos and artifacts that our faculty have found and/or are using in their research. This entry comes from Associate Professor Abby McGowan. Professor McGowan specializes in modern South Asian history. Her current research project examines changing ideas of home in mid-twentieth century India, as […]
Faculty Research Spotlight: Professor Nicole Phelps
Posted in Faculty Research on October 1, 2014 | Leave a Comment »
One of our regular features on this blog will be posts on research projects by faculty in our department who agree to share a bit about their current or ongoing work. Our first entry in this series comes from Associate Professor Nicole Phelps. Professor Phelps received her MA and PhD in History from the University of Minnesota, […]