tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-354040762024-03-06T21:48:44.736-06:00UAH History NewsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14591731032033021461noreply@blogger.comBlogger196125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35404076.post-43404444384471141852016-02-22T22:52:00.001-06:002016-02-22T22:52:44.482-06:00Holocaust Workshop Hosted by UAH<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In January, the History Department and the Division of Professional and Continuing Studies at UAH hosted a professional development workshop for 75 middle and high school teachers from across North Alabama. The workshop entitled "Teaching the Complexities of the Holocaust" provided teachers with resources and approaches to teach the complexities of the Holocaust. The regional educators from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum facilitated the workshop, and our own Dr. Johnson hosted the event. The workshop was one of four held across Alabama as part of a series organized by the Birmingham Holocaust Education Center, the Alabama Holocaust Commission, and the USHMM.<br />
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To read more about the strategies and goals of the workshop, visit <a href="https://www.uah.edu/news/campus/holocaust-workshop-hosted-by-uah-draws-teachers-from-across-northern-alabama" target="_blank">UAH Holocaust Workshop</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35404076.post-31597091429125988922016-02-22T22:39:00.000-06:002016-02-22T22:39:11.323-06:00Comprehensive Exams Congratulations!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Congratulations to the four graduate students who took their oral comprehensive exams in January and PASSED! -- Brittney Carnell, Lorraine Anderson, Bill Bryant, and Mary Evelyn McCutcheon. All four are student teachers and took their exams in one day - an unprecedented event for the History Department. Time to celebrate!<br />
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The Archaeological Institute of America - North Alabama Society is hosting a free public lecture on Monday, January 25th entitled "Reconstructing the Story of an Ancient Hindu Temple." The guest lecturer is Dr. Cathleen Cummings from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.<br />
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The first lecture will be at 11:10 a.m. in Wilson Hall room 168 at UAH, and the second lecture will be at 7:30 p.m. in the Wilson Hall Theatre.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35404076.post-80246701577238607012016-01-25T10:29:00.001-06:002016-01-25T10:29:47.836-06:00Phi Alpha Theta Call for Papers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Phi Alpha Theta regional conference will be held at Spring Hill College in Mobile on March 12, 2016. All undergraduate and graduate history students are welcome to attend and present papers. Papers may address any topic, region, or time period. Non-members of Phi Alpha Theta are also welcome to submit proposals.<br />
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Interested students should submit abstracts of no more than 250 words to Dr. Pacino, the UAH chapter advisor, by January 28th. Final paper submissions will be due February 20th. Prizes will be awarded to the best papers for undergraduate and graduate students!<br />
<br />Contact Dr. Pacino for additional information.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35404076.post-39633060681053938272015-10-13T20:36:00.000-05:002015-10-14T16:12:01.615-05:00Flashback! Phi Alpha Theta at UAH Hosts Alabama Regional MeetingThrowback Thursday is a time to post fondly about past events, perhaps with a nicely faded photo with no need of filter. Here at the Department of History, everyday is worthy of taking a throwback to the past. It's kind of our thing. So, let's go back to April and take a look at the 2015 Phi Alpha Theta Alabama Regional Meeting, hosted by UAH's Phi Alpha Theta chapter, Tau Omega.<br />
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After James Xiques and John O'Brien - alumni of the department - won awards for best papers at the 2013 and 2014 Alabama regional meetings, respectively, it seemed fitting for UAH to host the 2015 meeting. Under the leadership of former faculty adviser, Dr. Evan Ragland, the conference got under way. With several students and faculty in attendance from different colleges in Alabama, and even some from Georgia, the meeting was a success. Students mingled over coffee and breakfast in the morning, had a delightful lunch outside of Morton Hall, and also attended a lecture by the department's Dr. John Kvach, who spoke on the Civil War and promoted the Public History Program at UAH. And, most importantly, there were the presentation sessions, including some moderated by UAH history faculty, among them Dr. Andrei Gandila, Dr. Molly Johnson, Dr. Nicole Pacino, Dr. Thomas Reidy, and Dr. Ragland. <br />
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Students' presentations focused on several different subjects, areas, and times, ranging from the ancient world to the twentieth-century in the United States. Such variation was welcome, and this was not lost on presenters from UAH. Presentations from the department's undergraduate students included:<br />
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<li>Rachel Byrd, "Too Much Coffee, Too Little Bread: the Revolution of a Hangry People"</li>
<li>Ashley Coates, "Prudery and Prostitution: Sexual Conservatism in Roman Religion"</li>
<li>Matthew Johnson, "We Light a Fire: Credulity and Consequence"</li>
<li>Aaron McNully, "An Unintentional Institution: An Analysis of the Impact
of Gregory the Great's Ecclesiology on the Consolidation of Western
Papal Power in the Early Middle Ages"</li>
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<li>Nicole Westrope, "Did Philosophy Exist Outside of Europe?"</li>
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<li>Lorraine Anderson, "<i>The Midwife's Tale</i>: How Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Unveiled the Previously Unknown World of Post-Revolutionary War Women in Rural America"</li>
<li>Whitney Andrews, "Racism, Manhood, and Femininity in the Alabama Suffrage Debate: 1915-1920"</li>
<li>Kelly Fisk Hamlin, " 'This is Rocket City, U.S.A., Let Freedom Begin Here:' The Civil Rights Movement in Huntsville, Alabama"</li>
<li>Joshua Riddle, "The Criteria of William Gilbert's Experimental Method"</li>
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As well as presenting, UAH students won awards. Matthew Johnson and Daniel Munn won presentation awards among all students presenting, and Ashley Coates, Kelly Fisk Hamlin, and Joshua Riddle won internal paper prizes.<br />
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The conference was a success and a boon to all involved. We were so pleased to see so many history students attend, especially the department's own. We are especially proud of their hard work, dedication, and accomplishments.<br />
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Joshua Riddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755964338261174242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35404076.post-24971580916242603982015-10-13T12:37:00.000-05:002015-10-13T12:37:18.964-05:00Students Conduct Archaeology on Redstone Arsenal<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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History students enrolled in the Cultural Resource Management/History 320 course this semester have the unique opportunity to participate in archaeological work on Redstone Arsenal. Surprisingly, the Arsenal consists of 972 archaeological sites across its 38,000 acres. Students learn about a wide range of archaeological specialities, such as lithic technologies (stone tools), prehistoric ceramics, battlefield archaeology, geomorphology, and cave archaeology. The students are currently excavating an antebellum homestead close to Gate 9. <div>
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To read more about the course and the students' insights, visit <a href="http://www.theredstonerocket.com/eedition/page_f1ad5786-7814-5ecd-8d33-75eb233a548c.html" target="_blank">Redstone Rocket UAH Archaeology</a>.</div>
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Dr. Pacino's new article is featured in the Spring 2015 publication of the Journal of Women's History. Dr. Pacino's article is entitled "Creating Madres Campesinas: Revolutionary Motherhood and the Gendered Politics of Nation Building in 1950s Bolivia."<br />
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You can read the article at <a href="https://muse.jhu.edu/journals/journal_of_womens_history/v027/27.1.pacino.html" target="_blank">Creating Madres Campesinas</a>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35404076.post-2310399476972384392015-09-30T13:40:00.001-05:002015-09-30T13:40:32.037-05:00Dr. Kvach explains the history and symbolism of the Confederate flag<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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In an article featured on the Humboldt Journal, Dr. Kvach explains the different symbolisms of the Confederate flag to Canadians. Dr. Kvach stresses the importance of recognizing that two distinct histories of the Confederate flag exist.<br />
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Visit <a href="http://www.humboldtjournal.ca/news/confederate-flag-debate-spreads-to-canada-1.2021869" target="_blank">Confederate Flag Controversy</a> to read more about the history of the Confederate flag, its symbolism, and the Confederate flag's growing popularity in Canada.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35404076.post-84282970433352176872015-09-29T16:55:00.000-05:002015-09-29T16:55:28.664-05:00Unique double major earns recognition for unprecedented achievements<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Erin Looney, a UAH graduate and double major in history and mechanical engineering, earned the Highest Academic Achievement Award from both the College of Engineering and the College of Liberal Arts. Erin accepted her prestigious awards at the May commencement ceremony this year.<br />
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Congratulations, Erin! The History Department is proud to have you as a graduate!<br />
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To learn more about Erin and her achievements, visit <a href="http://www.uah.edu/news/people/unique-double-major-yields-twice-the-recognition-for-uah-student" target="_blank">UAH Unique Double Major</a>.<br />
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Congratulations to Dr. Gandila for earning the recognition of the American Numismatic Society for his work examining Byzantium coinage! Dr. Gandila spent his summer at the American Numismatic Society in New York working on a new book project about the circulation of early Byzantine coins, entitled <i>Money in a Pre-Modern Economy: Coin Circulation in the Eastern Mediterranean, c. 500-650. </i><div>
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More information on John's paper can be found here: <a href="http://www.uah.edu/news/people/7727-uah-history-student-sheds-new-light-on-divorce-in-antebellum-south#.U2u5rIFdXrx">UAH history student sheds new light on divorce in antebellum South</a>. As a former colleague of the Department would put it, John's clearly an "old pro" at this paper-writing business. Congratulations John! Here's hoping you get paid to tell people about Alabama.</div>
Joshua Riddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755964338261174242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35404076.post-78908077155331623912014-05-05T13:12:00.001-05:002014-05-05T13:12:22.872-05:00Alumni Watch: Katie GrahamDr. Johnson recently got in touch with one of the Department's alumna, Katie Graham, class of 2011. She told her some about her job with the Global Deployment Program Office of the Missile Defense Agency as a Document Specialist, Certified Correspondence Reviewer, and Records Liaison Officer. Among other things, she gets to "develop policies, plans, processes, procedures, and guidance for site activation, system deployment, and logistical and operational practices." She will also get to travel to sites where missiles and radars are set up.<br />
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For her time at the Department, Katie has much to say. "My history degree has helped me in numerous ways in my career so far. Writing and researching all of those term papers was excellent practice for my work as a Document Specialist and a Certified Correspondence Reviewer for MDA. In this way, I am able to write and review documents detailing the work of the Global Deployment Program Office. Some of these documents eventually make it all the way up to Congress! My favorite role, though, is as the Records Liaison Officer for my office. Starting in September of last year, I began archiving all of the GDPO's records, and I actually JUST finished this archival process last week......this totals over 7,000 records that I archived for our team. The classes that I took for my history degree helped to prepare me for this type of work, and in this way, I helped secure the history of my office for the Missile Defense Agency."<br />
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Great job on your success Katie. We wish you the best.Joshua Riddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755964338261174242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35404076.post-59374333211307977642014-05-05T12:06:00.000-05:002014-05-05T12:06:37.298-05:00Congratulations to the Spring 2014 History Graduates!Yesterday, Sunday, May 4th, the Department said farewell to some of its students as they walked across the stage and graduated from their studies at UAH. Congratulations to everyone!<br />
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The Department can be rigorous at times, but the hard work pays off. Not only do our students win awards, they also get into honor societies. On April 12, our annual induction ceremony was held for Phi Alpha Theta, the international history honor society. The standards are high. Students must have twelve hours of history classes under their belts, with a 3.5 GPA in these courses, and a 3.0 overall.</div>
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Dr. John and Ann Kvach hosted the event again at their lovely home, and it was a success. Friends and colleagues gathered to talk, snack, and even climb in trees. Most importantly, we were there to congratulate and recognize our inductees. This year's inductees included Megan Renee Anders, Charlotte Ashley Cain, Ashley L. Coates, Todd Fulda, Cole B. Kelley, Young Nicole Westrope, and Adrienne Woodland.</div>
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Joshua Riddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755964338261174242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35404076.post-89983105676423049382014-04-04T17:11:00.001-05:002014-04-04T17:11:36.933-05:00Congratulations to Honors Day Recipients!Thursday, April 1st marked Honors Day, which included the College of Liberal Arts Academic Honors Convocation. Students and faculty from the Department received several awards.<br />
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Speaking of professors, Dr. Kvach was awarded as one of the Outstanding Junior Faculty Members, and Dr. Andrew Dunar was recognized, along with other professors, on their upcoming retirement and service to the university.<br />
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We are so grateful and happy for our award winners and for the recognition of the Department of History at Honors Day. Who says a liberal arts degree can't get you anywhere?Joshua Riddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755964338261174242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35404076.post-26283472954248383632014-03-25T14:47:00.000-05:002014-03-25T14:47:26.854-05:00Jennifer Staton, UAH History Alumna, Headed to University of Leeds<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4b-CnU415XXuNxwn5V6bI8CmUoDp6WnlwcWtgcZEa97YamUwuClV9mD-MoeBRKzrasg5lqV3s60iMbqqis7euZ35RCM-3_7jxoxHZxIJYsyZK8O2z4uRIsoaUDzTZKqty86KP9g/s1600/Jennifer+Staton.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4b-CnU415XXuNxwn5V6bI8CmUoDp6WnlwcWtgcZEa97YamUwuClV9mD-MoeBRKzrasg5lqV3s60iMbqqis7euZ35RCM-3_7jxoxHZxIJYsyZK8O2z4uRIsoaUDzTZKqty86KP9g/s1600/Jennifer+Staton.jpg" /></a><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;">Those UAH history degrees keep sending people places, this time with Jennifer Staton, who graduated in 2009. This fall, she will be on her way to the University of Leeds to study for an MA in Linguistics and English Language Teaching. She had a tough decision to make between Leeds and the University of Arizona, but she thinks she has made the right choice. She currently works as a Communications Coordinator at a contracting company with the Department of Defense. Her duties involve working on marketing projects, as well as aiding with "proposal coordination and research" and serving as an administrator for the company's Internet server. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">We hope everything goes well for you in Leeds, Jennifer. All the best!</span>Joshua Riddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755964338261174242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35404076.post-3666194128072499192014-03-22T11:57:00.002-05:002014-03-22T11:57:45.308-05:00Dr. John Kvach promoted to Associate Professor<span style="font-family: inherit;">It just keeps coming in for the good professor. Last week, the Department's own Dr. John Kvach received tenure and was promoted to the position of Associate Professor. Furthermore, he was named Outstanding Junior Faculty Member for the College of Liberal Arts. As noted on this blog, his book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/De-Bows-Review-Antebellum-Directions/dp/0813144205/ref=sr_1_fkmr1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395507239&sr=8-1-fkmr1&keywords=debow%27s+review+kvach">De Bow's Review: The Antebellum Vision of a New South</a> was published last November by The University Press of Kentucky, and he recently won two awards from the Daughters of the American Revolution. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dr. Kvach's hard work both in and out of the classroom has certainly earned him these designations. This is all wonderful news, and we are happy for our colleague. Cheers, Dr. Kvach! </span>Joshua Riddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755964338261174242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35404076.post-66106523035095052242014-03-11T15:04:00.000-05:002014-03-11T15:04:04.905-05:00Dr. Frances Roberts in Alabama Women's Hall of Fame<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Dr. Frances Roberts was something of an institution at UAH. She was one of the first faculty members of the university, and she played a role in making the Department of History, as well as serving as the Department's first chairperson. Last March, she was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame at Judson College in Marion, Alabama.<br />
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<br />Joshua Riddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755964338261174242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35404076.post-49668133179099620792014-03-10T16:04:00.000-05:002014-03-10T16:04:14.664-05:00Todd Fulda on his Master's Work at UAH<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZNGo5EzgIxSu-Vsz9J2yC1xb78asQ6ji7R0etRtY-6Ti6YM0fHviQ_NRMQ9A7WtkQyFWA8D-WRMb3feqKNGnlyjJAY8MctUdJgyssMBrrxTYGieLFrWzf5zoBIexhhly75V66g/s1600/Todd+Fulda.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglZNGo5EzgIxSu-Vsz9J2yC1xb78asQ6ji7R0etRtY-6Ti6YM0fHviQ_NRMQ9A7WtkQyFWA8D-WRMb3feqKNGnlyjJAY8MctUdJgyssMBrrxTYGieLFrWzf5zoBIexhhly75V66g/s1600/Todd+Fulda.jpg" height="180" width="320" /></a><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Department likes to keep updated on its alumni, and last December Todd Fulda graduated with his Master's in History from UAH. This was a well-earned achievement that required a great deal of work, but Todd doesn't seem to mind. He writes, "<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.940000534057617px; white-space: pre-wrap;">I enjoyed every moment I was a grad student in UAH's history department. I went in with high expectations and each professor I had exceeded those expectations. </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 17.940000534057617px; white-space: pre-wrap;">Call me masochistic, but I enjoyed the late nights spent doing research in the library and writing papers on various topics. All together, I feel I grew significantly as a historian while working on my master's and it made moving back to Alabama worth it." It's good to see his time was well-spent (and from the looks of it, filled with caffeine).</span></span><br />
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movements both on the national scene and in the state of Wisconsin to discover
their similarities and differences. </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The
analysis relies upon extensive primary sources including newspapers and
archival documents as well as secondary sources including books and journal
articles to answer this question. </span><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;">Ultimately, the information provided by these sources shows that the
Progressive and Socialist Movements in Wisconsin both developed their own,
distinctive ideologies and methods that were often quite divergent from their
parent movements on the national level. </span><i style="text-indent: 0.5in;">The Badgers of Reform</i><span style="text-indent: 0.5in;"> argues that these
differences were key factors in helping Wisconsin Progressivism and Socialism
survive through the 1920s while the national movements died out in the wake of
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Last November, Dr. Kvach's book <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.3;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>De Bow's Review: The Antebellum Vision of a New South </i>was published by The University Press of Kentucky. The book, which is based on Dr. Kvach's dissertation, looks at the magazine of J.D.B De Bow<i>, </i>a nineteenth century southerner who was influential in helping form the idea of the "New South" even before the beginning of the Civil War. More information about his book can be found here: <a href="http://www.uah.edu/news/people/7091-uah-professor-s-book-gives-historic-precedent-for-importance-of-compromise#.UwyzB-NdXkt">http://www.uah.edu/news/people/7091-uah-professor-s-book-gives-historic-precedent-for-importance-of-compromise#.UwyzB-NdXkt</a></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.3;">Earlier this month, he was awarded the Historic Preservation Award and the Historic Preservation Medal by the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution. More information about his thoughts on the awards and his work in earning them can be found here: <a href="http://www.uah.edu/news/people/7233-uah-history-professor-earns-prestigious-dar-award-and-medal#.Uwyx0-NdXkt">http://www.uah.edu/news/people/7233-uah-history-professor-earns-prestigious-dar-award-and-medal#.Uwyx0-NdXkt</a> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 1.3;">We are very pleased for our colleague's success. Congratulations Dr. Kvach!</span>Joshua Riddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755964338261174242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35404076.post-46411439039074938732014-02-21T15:40:00.000-06:002014-02-21T15:40:45.515-06:00Jesse Thomas, History Alumnus, studying in Vladivostok, RussiaHistory degrees can take you places. That is the case with Jesse Thomas. A graduate of UAH with his degree in History, he is currently studying international relations at Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) in Vladivostok, Russia. Congratulations, Jesse!<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48D4bDXfgnXd2OZBoZucHK8pYOOCerC3pxbMrgWOZB3nj7EAGNanWYQ8rOssDm6Chf1dLeFpe42AzCqaEwaAIqj34yN3AlSZoXXPhyEzpxaaX4y2476Yo-P1fhSxabBImBlvVlw/s1600/Jesse+Thomas.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh48D4bDXfgnXd2OZBoZucHK8pYOOCerC3pxbMrgWOZB3nj7EAGNanWYQ8rOssDm6Chf1dLeFpe42AzCqaEwaAIqj34yN3AlSZoXXPhyEzpxaaX4y2476Yo-P1fhSxabBImBlvVlw/s1600/Jesse+Thomas.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a>Since Jesse has been there, he has been pretty busy. He writes, <span style="font-family: inherit;">"<span style="background-color: white;">I recently participated in a United Nations-sponsored round-table discussion about economic development in the Asia-Pacific region that included delegates from the US, Canada, Russia, Brazil, South Africa, Italy, Japan, South Korea, and Mexico. As one of 6 graduate students in International Relations, I was invited to participate, as it was organized by one of my professors." He thought it was a wonderful experience. He is also working with the Model United Nations of the Russian Far East (MUNRFE). Concerning this, he writes, <span style="font-family: inherit;">"</span></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I am one of the six members selected to represent our organization at the Model UN conference in New York at the end of March, and our delegation also has received an invitation to meet with World Bank representatives in Washington D.C. during our trip. I am excited for this opportunity."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Jesse has also spoken to young students, and even undergraduate students at FEFU. To the first group of students, who ranged from 10-12 years old and who are learning English, he explained how Halloween is celebrated in the United States, and also explained some about Alabama. For the college students, which numbered over 100, he lectured on "</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">social and humanitarian problems in Guatemala, and the causes of these problems."</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">It appears Jesse is having a wonderful time in Vladivostok. We hope you have a great time over there. Be well!</span></span>Joshua Riddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755964338261174242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35404076.post-56087971823213563452014-02-03T16:46:00.000-06:002014-02-03T16:46:52.971-06:00Interview with Professor Emeritus, Dr. Richard GerberdingDr. Richard Gerberding, a professor in the Department of History at UAH, retired last year after twenty-nine years of teaching. The good professor emeritus is still alive and kicking, and even teaching Latin up in Oregon. Some retirement! Dr. Gerberding answered the following questions later last year and provided some wonderful memories and advice. Thanks for everything, Dr. G.!<br />
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<em>Why did you decide to pursue a graduate and doctoral
degree in history, as opposed to continuing your studies in psychology?</em></div>
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The reason had more
to do with Psychology than history. The more I studied psychology, the
more I realized that it was, in its modern academic form, an empty science
- more or less jargonized common sense. I wanted to learn about human
nature, and it was pretty obvious, even to a 23 year-old punk, that
history was the far better teacher of that.</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPLDIWtVxEvvwe7J80sAiWhp_e3lwOxnVzP2fEufTY2ESHjsO0gkE-uOpvWd4tlUknaNmU-mqa9jxPHCnXCBbrtp2_o5T8Q3bbP3gLvQh9WVrU2_Lx-EkT8bla3ZKZjbvM__SqQ/s1600/Gerberding+with+Black+Hair+--+The+Society+for+Ancient+Languages.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinPLDIWtVxEvvwe7J80sAiWhp_e3lwOxnVzP2fEufTY2ESHjsO0gkE-uOpvWd4tlUknaNmU-mqa9jxPHCnXCBbrtp2_o5T8Q3bbP3gLvQh9WVrU2_Lx-EkT8bla3ZKZjbvM__SqQ/s1600/Gerberding+with+Black+Hair+--+The+Society+for+Ancient+Languages.jpg" height="237" width="320" /></a><em>One of your greatest legacies is your creation and sponsorship of The
Society for Ancient Languages. Why did you decide to begin the Society?</em><br />
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I didn't. It was the students at
the time who did, under the leadership of Ken Swaim. They came to me and
asked if I would lead an informal reading group in the evenings so that they
could move beyond the rather disjointed readings in Wheelock to real and coherent
Latin texts. The Society grew naturally out of that reading group.<br />
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<i>What do you think is the ultimate aim of an education in history, and in
education itself?</i><br />
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Those are huge questions, and
I cannot pretend to answer them. I have thought about them a lot and
continue to do so, but have only come up with guides, thoughts, and partial
answers. As you know, I differentiate strongly between education and
training. Education is the matter of the undergraduate, training that of
the graduate student or someone attending a tech/vocational school. The
undergraduate studies history, the graduate history student is in training to
become a historian. So education has to do with the student, perhaps even
more than the discipline he/she chooses. <i>Otium cum dignitate</i> is high on my list of education's most
important purposes. Politics is another - helping the young become
critically aware and developing their sense of social responsibility so that
they live larger than their own little patch. All of this has to do
with <i>humanitas</i> - refinement -, the
attempt to polish and hone the talents and breaks we are given and
raise them to a level beyond the selfish.<br />
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<i>While you taught history, you also taught Latin. Indeed, language is a
passion for you. What is the significance of studying language, especially in
tandem with history?</i><br />
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There are two reasons for studying
languages as an academic exercise; I leave the practical ones to the
business school. 1) It is fun. 2) Nothing more quickly and more fundamentally
teaches you a different way of thinking than to try it in a language not your
own. Both these reasons are important to people studying history.<br />
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<i>While it is cliché to ask, what are some of your best memories from your
time at UAH?</i><br />
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It is not a cliché: one of the great things
about being old is that you have a lot of memories. My professional life
was largely that of a teacher, and so my best memories are not of UAH [...] but of its students. One vignette that
continues to give me pleasure happened years ago at a Convivium. Our
distinguished speaker that year was Julia Gaisser, professor of classics at
Bryn Mawr, most years rated as <st1:country-region w:st="on">America</st1:country-region>'s
best undergraduate institution. After dinner, she said to me privately, “You know,
Dick, I am jealous of you.” </div>
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responded, “How could you, coming from Bryn Mawr and being such a famous
scholar possibly be jealous of me?”</div>
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“It's
your students,” she said. “They are hungry for learning. My students are much
less passionate about it. By the time I get them they have seen it all,
have been to <st1:place w:st="on">Europe</st1:place> twice, and never really
develop academic passions. Your students do.” Whatta memory. She said it far
better than I ever could. </div>
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<i>You
are currently teaching Latin in <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:state>
now that you have retired, if only from UAH. What other plans do you have for
your post-teaching life?</i> </div>
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I have no plans. I am enjoying my current
adventure in the <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Northwest</st1:place>, but it is
not part of a plan. A wise friend of mine, retired now about six years, said, “Make
no important decisions about your retired life until you have been retired
at least two years.” I think that is good advice.</div>
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university students?</i></div>
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Advice to the young?</div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADdbZM-QFZK3vAuvd27tYdQ0mQvNc412vf7WlFV5Ao9wpIiqbwl9w_MaDgRrd16zpfeG1ZxIIbm9z95uwQTvn2Vz2EX33cd7eiXJX2uYfcWnvnZ1C9yL2kG-e6IskQaa2Js6lSw/s1600/Clearing+out+office+--+UAHuntsville+History+Department.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADdbZM-QFZK3vAuvd27tYdQ0mQvNc412vf7WlFV5Ao9wpIiqbwl9w_MaDgRrd16zpfeG1ZxIIbm9z95uwQTvn2Vz2EX33cd7eiXJX2uYfcWnvnZ1C9yL2kG-e6IskQaa2Js6lSw/s1600/Clearing+out+office+--+UAHuntsville+History+Department.jpg" height="240" width="320" /></a> You have heard this sermon many times. The advice I
would give to young undergraduates, and did give to them for decades, is the
same that my father gave to me as I walked down the front steps of our house
setting off for college on a Greyhound bus. “Look around and then follow
your academic passions.” And I, like most all-knowing youth with sensible
and wise parents, didn't. At least not at first. Practical considerations, such
as future employment prospects or even a sense of social
responsibility, should take a decided backseat to what cranks your tractor when
deciding what to study. This includes the obvious caveat that the subjects
you choose should be ones of intellectual and academic value. Basketball-arena
concession-stand management should not enter the field no matter what your
passion for basketball. Take good professors for your General
Education Requirements and treat these courses as exploratory - find out what
which ones make the heart beat faster. Then go. Worry about jobs and the
world later; if you get yourself educated first, you will be in a far
better position to tackle the practical things later. <i>Ipse dixi</i>.</div>
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Photo Courtesies:</div>
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1: Gerberding in Office: The Society for Ancient Languages</div>
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2: Gerberding, Students, and Hotel Staff in Rome: Cameron Umphrey</div>
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3: Gerberding clearing out Office: UAH Department of History</div>
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Joshua Riddlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02755964338261174242noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35404076.post-71573807861591224612013-10-21T14:42:00.000-05:002013-10-21T14:42:39.893-05:00Kudos to New Phi Alpha Theta InducteesIn April 2013, the Tau Omega chapter of the international history honorary Phi Alpha Theta welcomed three new members, Wendy Hazle, Regina Head, and Daniel Munn. These students all attained a 3.0 overall GPA and a 3.5 GPA in their history coursework at UAH.<br />
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Pictured here are Wendy Hazle and Daniel Munn receiving their certificates from Phi Alpha Theta faculty advisor Dr. Evan Ragland at the induction ceremony. (Regina Head was unable to attend.)<br />
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Congrats to you all!<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35404076.post-57718375923123867822013-10-21T14:39:00.000-05:002013-10-21T14:45:55.234-05:00Congratulations to James Xiques for winning Best Paper award at the Regional Phi Alpha Theta conference<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR7JbPKmO7SNHDxdKr5I5q2jzgq-P6LY5NyNzS2XmkvhiHltw1kn2oTtbRFUP7mDpH9WzmebQ8clZEfLq2sE9NNds3DYsG9_9szZMDQwbOWrq0faecZNs84gMzTpZVJY_x6iVoLA/s1600/photo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR7JbPKmO7SNHDxdKr5I5q2jzgq-P6LY5NyNzS2XmkvhiHltw1kn2oTtbRFUP7mDpH9WzmebQ8clZEfLq2sE9NNds3DYsG9_9szZMDQwbOWrq0faecZNs84gMzTpZVJY_x6iVoLA/s320/photo.JPG" /></a></div><br />
The history department offers belated congratulations to undergraduate history major James Xiques, who won "Best Paper" award at the regional meeting of the international Phi Alpha Theta history honorary last March, held at Judson College in Marion, Alabama. <br />
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James' paper was entitled "One Long Leap into The Big Spring: Memory, Legend, and the True Story of the James Brothers in North Alabama, 1880-1884."<br />
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We are very proud of you, James!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35404076.post-84001672047898189872013-10-21T14:31:00.000-05:002013-10-21T14:33:46.199-05:00Congrats to History MA Student Janis Dye for winning campus-wide "Three Minute Thesis" Award!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZtCStnTMOhMlZrHVOjUGzQGdiJh2NmWeaN-_skMixqCAAnDDfpKLxvMK_I9if73-L8u0nRlwuRdLwD_9KoNel3x5RGvasj0xwP1X7y4tQEEBZbwdhT_4P7BUTjZVUVw59Q82ew/s1600/3MT+Awards+2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidZtCStnTMOhMlZrHVOjUGzQGdiJh2NmWeaN-_skMixqCAAnDDfpKLxvMK_I9if73-L8u0nRlwuRdLwD_9KoNel3x5RGvasj0xwP1X7y4tQEEBZbwdhT_4P7BUTjZVUVw59Q82ew/s320/3MT+Awards+2.jpg" /></a></div><br />
Belated congratulations to MA student Janis Dye for winning both the judge's award ($300) and the people's choice / audience award ($100) in the MA thesis category at the UAH Graduate Studies Program's Three Minute Thesis competition in April 2013. <br />
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The three-minute public speaking exercise assists masters and Ph.D., students in developing academic presentation, and research communication skills, and supports students' efforts to concisely explain their research projects in layman's terms for a non-specialist audience. The Three Minute Thesis (3MT®) competition was developed by The University of Queensland (Australia).<br />
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The title of Jan's thesis presentation was "The Japanese Americans of World War II: Memory and Myth." She presented the four dominant myths in the history of the 442d Regimental Combat Team, explaining which were false and which were true. She then explained that she had two goals in addressing this issue of historical myth and historical truth. First, she wanted to dispel the myths, thus shedding light on the many Hawaiian-born Nissei who volunteered, fought, and in many cases died fighting in WWII. Second, she wanted to try to understand how and why those men were excluded from the history of the 442d.<br />
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Pictured here see Jan holding her certificate and also receiving her award from Associate Provost Dr. Brent Wren and acting Dean of Graduate Studies Dr. Rhonda Gaede.<br />
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You can also check out Jan's presentation on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta8gVK_9tSU <br />
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Congratulations Jan -- we are very proud of you!<br />
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