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news jonathan brunstedt publishes the soviet myth of world war ii september 21 2021 jonathan brunstedt publishes the soviet myth of world war ii dr jonathan brunstedt shares with the department his just released monograph the soviet myth of world war ii: patriotic memory and the russian question in the ussr published by cambridge university press! the website is here… https://wwwcambridgeorg/us/academic/subjects/history/russian-and-east-european-history/soviet-myth-world-war-ii-patriotic-memory-and-russian-question-ussrformat=hb in this book jonathan begins with a simple question: how did a socialist society ostensibly committed to marxist ideals of internationalism and global class struggle reconcile itself to notions of patriotism homeland russian ethnocentrism and the gloriﬁcation of war his answer is that this is a defining event for the soviet epoch this learned and stimulating monograph dives into the myth and remembrance of the ussrs world war ii victory by soviet intellectuals and governing officials the soviet myth demonstrates that while the experience and legacy of the conﬂict reinforced a sense of russian primacy and russian-dominated ethnic hierarchy it simultaneously enabled an alternative supra-ethnic source of belonging that would eventually subsume russian and non-russian loyalties alike to the soviet whole dr brunstedt argues that the tension and competition between russocentric and internationalist conceptions of victory burst open during the late 1980s this schism reﬂected a wider struggle over the nature of patriotic identity in a multiethnic society that continues to reverberate in the post-soviet space vladimir putins recent calls for a russian past that is ever more imperial and patriotic are a testament to this books timely contribution books faculty news
news history peeps: dr lorien foote professor of history september 21 2021 history peeps: dr lorien foote professor of history dr foote with buzz a small puppy changed dr lorien footes life forever in 2015 she admits i am somebody that did not grow up with pets and had no interest in animals at all but a spring break trip to washington dc converted her while mining the national archives for research material dr foote stayed with a dog-owning friend after a full day in the archives she would find the dog waiting for her at the door dr foote recalls i would pat this dog and i found it really relaxing two weeks later dr foote shocked her family by adopting a black and white shih tzu named buzz because she had never expressed the slightest interest in pets dr foote recalls my family was like ‘what is lorien doing were going have to go down there and do an intervention! but dr footes life shifted for the better on neighborhood walks with buzz she found herself taking time to appreciate the simple beauty of her surroundings buzz influenced dr loriens professional life as well she began to notice the frequency of animals in source material on the civil war her scholarly specialty she says with a smile dogs are everywhere in nineteenth-century sources because dogs are everywhere she sees animal studies as a window onto nineteenth-century warrior culture while her current research project examines the real contributions that dogs make to warfare it also dives deeply into the culture of both the us army and american indian tribes dr foote muses buzz took me in a new direction to study something i have never thought about before dr foote writes story-driven books to reach a wide readership she believes historians shape society by showing people the past and getting them to open up their vision of the world to what historical figure would dr foote like to say howdy if given a chance dr foote would love to meet abraham lincoln shed ask if his views on race shifted during the civil war and about the theological views he expressed in his second inaugural when he claimed that although god directs history the pattern is often beyond human comprehension as a historian searching for patterns dr foote would want to discuss what lincoln meant (jennifer wells 24) faculty history peeps
news dr elizabeth cobbs publishes in the los angeles times september 14 2021 dr elizabeth cobbs publishes in the los angeles times op-ed: lessons from afghanistan for a high school history class a us military plane departs the kabul airport on aug 30 (wali sabawoon / associated press) by elizabeth cobbs sept 12 2021 3:10 am pt americas schoolchildren dont resist learning from history policymakers do president biden ended a war in afghanistan that his three predecessors pursued (and rued) for 20 years as a young man he criticized a war in vietnam supported by five presidents high school students want to love their country they want to understand why america intervenes militarily in other nations when americans would not like anyone else doing that to them if teachers explain this carefully they can help students become hopeful citizens and give them tools to both advocate american values and avoid war in the future it is hard to think of a nobler goal as this school year begins the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan last month provides just the latest opportunity to discuss us ambitions and shortcomings as someone who has taught history for several decades i would offer the following three-week lesson plan to guide that conversation once 14-year-olds master the subject they can share the lessons with politicians to read the entire article click the pdf version: la times article or the link below: https://wwwlatimescom/opinion/story/2021-09-12/lessons-from-afghanistan-withdrawal-for-a-high-school-history-class faculty news
news history peeps: dr tristan osteria phd 2016 august 17 2021 history peeps: dr tristan osteria phd 2016 growing up in the philippines in the 1990s dr tristan osteria looked forward to unwrapping books on his birthday and at christmas whether reading hardy boys mysteries or histories of world war ii dr osteria saw himself as a detective piecing together the past bit by bit america loomed large in dr osterias imagination as the colonial power in the philippines from 1898 to 1946 after completing his undergraduate degree and masters degree at ateneo de manila university in quezon city dr osteria packed his belongings and trekked across the globe to college station drawn by a&ms renown in diplomatic history (a&m has more historians of us foreign relations than any other us university) although he found it challenging to live alone in a foreign country and learn american english language in the land of native speakers he loved the unique opportunities that came his way dr osteria had the chance to conduct research in archives across the country including independence missouri as a truman library research grant recipient dr osteria states that completing his doctoral dissertation and graduating with a phd in history from texas a&m is his proudest accomplishment to date now a professor of history at the university of santo tomas in the philippines dr osteria values mentorship he encourages students to feed their curiosity by asking questions about the wider world dr osterias scholarly goal is to place filipino history in the context of broader narratives under the guidance of advisor jason parker dr osterias dissertation building from within: indigenous nation-building and state-making during the filipino third republic 1946-1957 examined how filipinos set about building an autonomous nation after independence in 1946 rather than viewing the history of the philippines as one primarily of conquest and subjugation dr osteria underscores how filipinos pursued filipino visions and shaped filipino destinies during the cold war his research finds filipinos acted as free agents who strategically aligned themselves with america to stave off soviet communism highlighting the agency of local peoples dr osteria believes sheds light on post-colonialism in both asia and africa during the modern period to what historical figure would dr osteria like to say howdy if given a chance dr osteria would want to meet some of the early spanish missionaries who brought christianity to the islandsor the precolonial filipino warriors who greeted them most names have been lost but dr osteria thinks the perspectives of unnamed filipinos from various walks of life would offer fascinating insights into the archipelagos ancient cultures and their transformation over time (jennifer wells 24) history peeps
news history peeps: angela hudson professor and associate department head august 2 2021 history peeps: angela hudson professor and associate department head dr hudson addressing the southern american studies association in 2017 when dr angela hudson was about nine years old her family took her to a used book sale at the spartanburg sc community library as she rummaged through the messy piles she became enthralled by the glamorous images sprawled across the glossy pages of life magazines from the 1940s her parents hoping to nurture her curiosity loaded the magazines into paper sacks and drove home dr hudson spent hours combing through her midcentury treasures of a glamorous and bygone era i would just sit and look at them she recalls i just thought they were really really neat she delighted in surprising her family with trivia after seeing an advertisement that featured a doctor smoking a cigarette alongside the caption i always recommend marlboro to my patients dr hudson reminisces id come in and say ‘did you know that doctors used to smoke in the examining room these primary source documents lured dr hudson down the path of history dr hudson encourages students to think about whats at stake when they study history she urges them to peel back the layers of simplistic myths to reveal the interconnected messiness of the past a scholar of american indian history dr hudson highlights marginalized voices in her research in the hope that readers will learn to sit with the discomfort that comes with american history she states i think thats really part of living in a more equitable and ethical society is embracing complexityembracing contradictionand seeing it as part of the human condition dr hudsons favorite aspect of teaching is learning when her classes have had a lasting impact it makes it all worthwhile whenever she receives unexpected notes from former students who tell her they view history in a new light to what historical figure would dr hudson like to say howdy if given a chance dr hudson would love to meet web dubois although historians often divide duboiss scholarship and ideas into fragments based on their own disciplinary interests she suspects that the pathbreaking american writer and reformer was a big-picture thinker she muses i think he was probably one of those people who saw things as all connected she would want to ask do you think were headed toward a more equitable society (jennifer wells 24) faculty history peeps
news history peeps: april hatfield associate professor july 15 2021 history peeps: april hatfield associate professor dr hatfield in michigan while dr hatfield calls texas home and studies the caribbean she says snow is my favored habitat! dr april hatfields interest in history began in her fifth-grade social studies classroom in toledo ohio dr hatfields fifth-grade teacher was a former civil rights activist who imparted a passion for justice to her students dr hatfield states that when mrs fields discussed her participation in marches i got the depth and strength of the african american community she had grown up in and it awakened dr hatfields interest in the oppression people had experienced in other times and places although dr hatfield initially majored in biology at duke university a freshman western civilization course rekindled her interest dr hatfield admits she became hooked after taking two classes in african american history her interest grew into a fascination with the ways that ideas about race developed during the colonial period and shaped the subsequent evolution of the united states today dr hatfield encourages students to ask questions that matter she views history as a collaborative project in which teachers and learners alike seek to answer fundamental questions about the past she particularly loves to teach the undergraduate research seminars hy 280 and hy 481 from fledgling ideas to polished essays the process of helping students navigate their way is a joy their end-of-term presentations are especially delightful watching them present their papers with a sense of wonder and pride at the end of the semester is dr hatfields favorite part of teaching she muses they do some really great research and analysis to what historical figure would dr hatfield like to say howdy given a chance she would love to meet brixida maria de la concepción a free woman of multiracial heritage whom henry morgan captured and sold into slavery when he and his crew ransacked spanish panama in 1671 trained as a midwife and enslaved on a jamaican sugar plantation she risked a daring escape to cartagena de indias (in present-day colombia) at the age of twenty spanish officials there recognized her spanish citizenship and granted her freedom dr hatfield asserts its people like that i want to talk to we only know a little about hershe never wrote anything downbut she saw the world! she beams and adds i want to understand the caribbean from her perspective (jennifer wells 24) faculty history peeps
news dr elizabeth cobbs and colleagues encourage americans to invent goals for the next 100 years july 7 2021 dr elizabeth cobbs and colleagues encourage americans to invent goals for the next 100 years cobbs douglas brinkley and ambassador david robinson publish article in the hill citing woodrow wilsons fourteen points click link to read article: https://thehillcom/opinion/international/561488-shift-away-from-outdated-security-paradigms-a-new-fourteen-points-for faculty news
news four a&m professors contribute to 2021 c-span survey on the presidents the most of any us faculty july 1 2021 four a&m professors contribute to 2021 c-span survey on the presidents the most of any us faculty professors terry anderson elizabeth cobbs jason parker and david vaught of the department of history at texas a&m university contribute to the 2021 c-span survey on the presidents https://wwwc-spanorg/presidentsurvey2021/page=participants faculty news
news dr angela hudson publishes article in the summer 2021 issue of journal of social history june 21 2021 dr angela hudson publishes article in the summer 2021 issue of journal of social history dr angela hudsons most recent article the indian doctress in the nineteenth-century united states: race medicine and labor is now out in print (it has been available online for a while) in the summer 2021 issue of the journal of social history this article focuses on native and non-native women who worked in the indian doctress occupation in the nineteenth-century united states it argues that such women fused caregiving skills with popular assumptions about indigenous anti-modernity to make a very modern living one goal of angelas article is to shed new light on histories of medicine and womens labor but it also aims to highlight ways that american indians and their resources (including medicinal knowledge and commodified images) so often seen as casualties of american modernity are in fact constitutive of it free access to the article is here https://academicoupcom/jsh/advance-article/doi/101093/jsh/shaa022/5864184guestaccesskey=37db18ea-7777-4abc-b0b3-58f4addae027 faculty news
news history peeps: david hudson instructional professor and associate graduate director june 21 2021 history peeps: david hudson instructional professor and associate graduate director then – july 1983 now – 2021 dr david hudson came a long way to join the history department at texas a&m as a child he was entranced by the rich legacy of past generations that he saw scattered across the british landscape he particularly recalls the historical sites at which his father loved to stop on any family trip they were common in devon and south lancashire where dr hudson grew up before attending the university of bristol although he considered studying for the catholic priesthood in bristol he met his future wife an american who captured his heart overturned his career plans and put him on a trajectory to arrive in texas in 1991 texas prompted some culture shocks (and occasionally still does) but dr hudson acclimated by rediscovering his early love of british and irish history he earned his masters at sam houston state and then his doctorate at texas a&m university in 1998 dr hudson joined the teaching faculty later that year as an instructor and undergraduate advisor his personal connection with british and irish history has long fascinated students off campus dr hudson enjoys woodworking and makes beautiful bookcases to hold his ever-growing book collection with its picturesque outdoor spaces warmth and friendliness texas is now dr hudsons home while the united kingdom and ireland feel increasingly distant to what historical figure would dr hudson like to say howdy given the chance here his roots beckon and he mentions hugh oneill the earl of tyrone and last great earl of the old irish clans before the tudor conquest if they had a common language in which to communicate dr hudson would have quite a few questions about the relationship between ireland and britain for this puzzling man he is certain that the answers would go far to further improve his and his students understanding of the past (kaitlyn ross) faculty history peeps
news history peeps: aggie alumnus kyle ryman june 2 2021 history peeps: aggie alumnus kyle ryman in spring 2011 kyle ryman led a platoon on a search for bomb-making components in southern afghanistan mr ryman recalls it was a great mission and the platoon really bonded over it l-r: jimmy poston platoon sergeant; donald thompson weapons squad leader; and captain kyle ryman platoon leader aggie alumnus kyle ryman class of 2009 decided to join the military during his junior year in high school motivated by tom cruises heroic character in the film top gun and by the events of 9/11 mr ryman felt compelled to volunteer texas a&m provided mr ryman with the college experience he craved and one of the best rotc programs available for students who planned to become military officers initially an engineering major mr ryman switched in the fall semester of his sophomore year to explore his passion for military history mr ryman notes that his experiences in the history department at texas a&m were invaluable for his later career as an army officer under dr brian linns guidance mr ryman took classes focused on counterinsurgency they taught him the historical importance of relationships between officers and local villagers that he later applied to his experiences serving in afghanistan as he rose to the rank of captain mr ryman commanded large groups of soldiersas many as 300 troops at a time for two years he also served as an aide-de-camp for an army general at both fort campbell and in afghanistan in 2020 mr ryman graduated as one of the top students from the university of texas school of law in austin he says his history degree from texas a&m helped him to excel as an undergraduate mr ryman had learned to read and sift complex information to assess its significance he notes that these critical thinking skills paved the way for success at texas law his history degree also allowed him to see how laws often have unanticipated consequences that ripple outward throughout society to what historical figure would kyle ryman like to say howdy if given a chance mr ryman answers he would want to meet general george marshall army chief of staff during world war ii mr ryman describes general marshall as the epitome of the army officer who served humbly and had a peerless capacity for solving complex organizational problems marshall was an extraordinary man who kept the allied forces together during an extraordinary time (jennifer wells 24) history peeps
news daniel bare (phd 2017) publishes first book may 22 2021 daniel bare (phd 2017) publishes first book dr daniel bare a 2017 hist phd also under dr hinojosa who is an assistant professor of religious studies here at texas a&m has just published black fundamentalists: conservative christianity and racial identity in the segregation era from new york university press which began as a dissertation here in our department the web like for the book is https://nyupressorg/9781479803262/black-fundamentalists/ congratulations daniel on the publication of your first monograph! books faculty news
news grajales wins 2021-22 fellowship may 21 2021 grajales wins 2021-22 fellowship manny grajales just won a $25 000 one-year non-residential dissertation fellowship from the louisville institute which funds religious studies scholarship throughout north america for his dissertation under dr hinojosa that explores puerto rican anti-war movements from the 1940s through the 1970s and how they were informed by different faith communities congratulations manny on this prestigious fellowship! awards news
news history peeps: jonathan carroll graduate student may 17 2021 history peeps: jonathan carroll graduate student jonathan carroll a third-year phd student in the texas a&m history department has had an adventurous and unexpected trek from his rural small town in celbridge ireland to his new home in college station texas mr carroll reminisces i took a total gamble i packed up everything i owned which wasnt much mostly books (not even academic books) and i shipped it all on a slow boat to texas his trajectory had been circuitous jonathan carroll left school at 19 returned at 23 became a commissioned officer in the irish army earned degrees in both history and law at maynooth universitygraduating at the top of his law-school classand enjoyed a successful career in university administration what motivated him to start anew i had questions carroll says an unquenched appetite for intellectual stimulation and an enthusiasm for military history prompted his trans-atlantic voyage to parts unknown he says he chose texas a&m because of its strength in military history: i looked for the best game in town and here i am mr carroll wants his work as a historian to serve a greater purpose he calls history the golden thread that permeates everything he hopes to illuminate nuances in history and advance knowledge in the field in the classroom he aims to ignite student interest he wants undergraduate students to think criticallyto understand hows and whysto make informed thoughtful decisions about their wider world to what historical figure jonathan carroll would like to say howdy given the chance he would love to meet star trek creator producer and writer gene roddenberry roddenberry wrote the iconic television series during the turbulent 1960s and mr carroll would be curious to suss out the origin of roddenberrys vision of a world free from racism and gender discrimination where the future showed human potential as something really really good to jonathan carroll roddenberrys dream is both fascinating and inspiring (jennifer wells 24) history peeps uncategorized