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news history peeps: brian m linn ralph r thomas professor in liberal arts may 3 2021 history peeps: brian m linn ralph r thomas professor in liberal arts professor brian linn believes history is madeor at least writtenby those who show up even if its 500 words a day moving the project forwardeven if you know those 500 words are all going to get thrown away the next day just keeping at it thats how you write books he says born in hawaii before it became the 50th state dr linn learned the value of hard work at an early age at 16 he took a job with a construction company drilling 40-foot holes for core samples to determine construction feasibility in hawaiis volcanic terrain in the process he earned a union card and learned self-discipline dr linn reflects that the job instilled in him a work ethic and an understanding that most of the job is just showing up dr linn attributes his success to his wife diane the two married just before he began graduate school in 1979 dr linn states emphatically shes more responsible for my career than anyone else dianes work as a licensed clinical social worker allowed dr linn to pursue his graduate studies debt-free since then diane has also been his first and best editor from articles to books of his academic work dr linn says he is most proud of writing the history of the us philippine war though he privately admits that it is his students who really make him smile there are some graduate students out there that are a source of great pride he says adding with a wry grin though i wouldnt want to tell them that dr linn reflects ive had a lot of fun doing this stuff to what historical figure he would like to say howdy to given the chance dr linn answers the question with a story theres a guy named william lassiter that no ones ever heard of he begins lassiter was a west point graduate and artillery officer who served in every conflict from the spanish-american war to world war ii yet never bought into any of the nonsense dr linn says with amusement and admiration it fits that brian linn would want to meet someone who thinks critically about the worldsomeone practical hard-working and wise (jennifer wells 24) history peeps
news history undergraduate essay prize winners april 23 2021 history undergraduate essay prize winners congratulations to elizabeth crisp dana lamkin and jimmy ardoin the winners of our departments annual undergraduate paper prize! their fascinating essays are a tribute to the wonderful and highly original historical research our students are engaged in each semester! our first prize winner elizabeth crisp (hist 481 with prof hatfield) who wrote a paper titled floridian confusion: inconsistencies in colonial british and spanish maps of florida elizabeths essay was remarkable for two reasons one it persuasively demonstrated that native american military power and geographic knowledge became the crucial factors shaping colonial mapmaking and imperial planning in both london and madrid and two the paper cleverly and creatively told its story by eschewing traditional primary sources in favor of maps and other forms of cartographic imagery our second prize winner dana lamkin (hist 303 with prof hudson) who wrote a paper titled where the west begins this exceptionally well-written essay examined the transformation of the fort worth stockyards into a tourist destination during the 1970s and 1980s the committee praised danas paper for its insightful attention to the way city leaders reimagined (and fictionalized) the history of the west amplifying the voices and struggles of some while erasing the lives of others our third prize winner jimmy ardoin (hist 469 with prof erin wood) who wrote a paper titled el bogotazo and la chusma ardoins essay examined the aftermath of the 1948 assassination of jorge gaitán a prominent colombian political leader rather than simply take biased media accounts of the subsequent rioting at their word ardoin used oral histories of those chaotic events to paint a rich and nuanced portrait of latin americas political history from the bottom up news
news jonathan brunstedt wins summer neh april 23 2021 jonathan brunstedt wins summer neh jonathan brunstedt has won an neh summer stipend fellowship for his second book project on the entangled cultural representation of the us-vietnam (1961-1975) and the soviet-afghan (1979-1989) wars! this is a highly competitive fellowship supporting full-time work for two months jonathan will use this fellowship to study how both wars as historical analogies shaped political identity jonathan pursues the social political and cultural ramifications of this analogizing on both sides of the iron curtain finding a transnational soviet vietnam narrative throughout the 1980s this seemingly irresistible historical parallel provided a framework for americans and soviet russians to negotiate both the meaning of these two conflicts and their countries place in the world hastening the ussrs collapse and fueling the revival of an american exceptionalism that outlived the cold war faculty news
news history peeps: troy bickham professor of history april 15 2021 history peeps: troy bickham professor of history professor troy bickham has a talent for making people feel welcome his openness to experience curiosity about the world around him and sense of humor make it easy for others to open up whether chatting about politics in the early american republic the joys and perils of puppy parenthood or the hot and sweaty process of boiling forty gallons of tree sap to make one gallon of maple syrup conversations have a natural and easy flow his ability to connect with others has shaped his career as a historian for the better part of a decade dr bickham worked overseas in various administrative roles at texas a&m in qatar his positions have taken him to forty countries and every continent except antarctica in turn he has brought american history to global audiences dr bickham notes with delight the many aggie traditions that the qatar campus celebrated during his tenure students who wore maroon on thursdays got a warm krispy kreme doughnut during grilling with the deans he and other faculty barbequed hamburgers on the quad using an enormous texas-made smoker a historian of britain and the british empire and elected member of the royal historical society dr bickham hopes his students learn to see history through multiple perspectives rather than focus exclusively on well-known documents or figures he encourages them to dig deep to recover and spotlight voices usually excluded from the written record he wants students to glean the historical experiences of as many people as possibleand recognize the significance of ordinary peoples day-to-day lives to what historical figure would troy bickham like to say howdy given the chance dr bickham muses that the conversational nature of cooking interests him he says that would be fascinatingto spend an afternoon cooking a meal preparing it at the fire and everything else and eating it with an ordinary woman from any period of history thats early modern or earlier in their time together hed like to ask whats she cooking how did she do that whats she worried about whats her life story [by jennifer wells 24] history peeps
news katherine unterman – talks about her research from arts & humanities fellowship april 1 2021 katherine unterman – talks about her research from arts & humanities fellowship katherine unterman associate professor department of history college of liberal arts studied the effects of a 1901 supreme court ruling that the constitution does not fully apply to american citizens living in the five populated us territories division of research – 2016 arts & humanities fellows: https://vprtamuedu/initiate-research/arts-and-humanities-fellows/2016-fellows awards faculty news
news history peeps: mary w johnson executive assistant ii april 1 2021 history peeps: mary w johnson executive assistant ii mary johnson has literally seen it all supporting history faculty and students since 1978 ms johnson started as a clerk-typist preparing book manuscripts in the days before faculty had their own computers when the department was in the academic building she now heads an administrative staff of four people in the glasscock building and has acted as the executive assistant to five different chairs of the department when she briefly left campus to take a job in bryan in 1985 department chair dr larry hill personally tracked her down and convinced her to come back in 1990 local to the area having grown up in somerville and established her family in college station mary johnson has helped hundreds of students and faculty make the transition to texas a&m its the people in the history department and the excitement of campus life that keep her motivated mary johnson is also an avid athlete and can regularly be found at the gym or in flourish pilates classes she played softball for many years as shortstop and third base and was a dedicated member of the history departments intermural team organized by grad students in the 1990s that athleticism appears to run in the family her granddaughter now competes at the national level with thunder elite cheerleading and you will often find mary johnson cheering from in the stands to what historical figure would ms johnson like to say howdy given the chance mary johnson turns to literature for inspiration and maya angelou tops her list she would love to hear some of her favorite poems recited by maya angelou herselfperhaps still i risein the writers rich melodic voice (by kaitlyn ross ‘23) history peeps
news history peeps: dr carlos k blanton department chair march 17 2021 history peeps: dr carlos k blanton department chair we all want a place where we belong where we feel welcomed and valued dr carlos blanton found his when he arrived at texas a&m university as a junior faculty member in 2001 and discovered his peeps for twenty years he has grown alongside them through good times and bad last year six months before the covid-19 pandemic hit he stepped into the role of leader on the brink of a whirlwind that has since demanded constant vigilanceand yet he still makes time for students and colleagues to drop in for a chat on work life or the latest feats of his beloved dallas cowboys at the departments yearly thanksgiving luncheon carlos blanton always seems to be at the liveliest table sharing stories and laughs with anyone who takes a seat with a phd in history from rice dr blanton is a passionate advocate for better representation of the authentic american southwest he has published books on the strange career of bilingual education and the long fight for mexican american integration within the department he helped develop the latinx/mexican american research cluster alongside professors armando alonzo and lisa ramos it has since grown to include professors sonia hernandez felipe hinojosa and sarah mcnamara his own scholarship has been recognized in the intersecting fields of education chicana/chicano history and american studies to what historical figure would dr blanton like to say howdy given the chance he finds it impossible to pick just oneand since he is chair he gets three! he would most like to meet presidents abraham lincoln franklin delano roosevelt and lyndon baines johnson all three led the united states at times of massive uncertainty but each was a beacon of hope who moved us towards a greater sense of human equality despite their flaws like them dr blanton encourages us to strive towards our highest ideals as scholars while finding and supporting our peeps to maintain the welcoming community at texas a&m (by kaitlyn ross 23) history peeps blanton peeps profile
news albert broussard: building a better world with black history february 26 2021 albert broussard: building a better world with black history by amber francis ‘22 for many in the realm of academia and research it is easy to get lost in the endless sea of faculty members and others itching to make their mark the same cannot be said for one of texas a&m universitys most beloved and distinguished professors albert broussard a true trailblazer of black history pioneering an education in black history broussard wanted to be a teacher for as long as he could remember initially hoping to be a high school teacher but upon attending stanford as an undergraduate broussard was encouraged to attend graduate school i took my first black history course in 1970 at stanford when black history was just being introduced into college curriculums as were african-american studies programs he explained it was something i increasingly became interested in after that i wasnt sure i wanted to teach high school any longer trying to continue an education in black history was initially a difficult task as there were very few graduate schools that taught the subject but a breakthrough came during broussards senior year at stanford when a professor recommended duke university citing a young black professor there who was training students both black and white in black and african-american history duke also housed a sizable community of black graduate students many more than broussard has ever seen in his 36 years at texas a&m; when he received his phd in 1977 he was among the first three black students to complete the program click here to read the full article from college of liberal arts events faculty news uncategorized
news renewed efforts to place harriet tubman on americas $20 bill february 9 2021 renewed efforts to place harriet tubman on americas $20 bill elizabeth cobbs is interviewed about the renewed effort to place harriet tubman on america's $20 bill in celebration of the 100th anniversary of women's right to vote elizabeth cobbs is interviewed about the renewed effort to place harriet tubman on americas $20 bill in celebration of the 100th anniversary of womens right to vote cobbs is author of the tubman command a historical novel about the combahee river raid of 1863 click here to listen to the interview faculty news
news evan haefali edits new book against popery: britain empire & anticatholicism february 3 2021 evan haefali edits new book against popery: britain empire & anticatholicism although commonly regarded as a prejudice against roman catholics and their religion anti-popery is both more complex and far more historically significant than this common conception would suggest as the essays collected in this volume demonstrate anti-popery is a powerful lens through which to interpret the culture and politics of the british-american world in early modern england opposition to tyranny and corruption associated with the papacy could spark violent conflicts not only between protestants and catholics but among protestants themselves yet anti-popery had a capacity for inclusion as well and contributed to the growth and stability of the first british empire combining the religious and political concerns of the protestant empire into a powerful (if occasionally unpredictable) ideology anti-popery affords an effective framework for analyzing and explaining anglo-american politics especially since it figured prominently in the american revolution as well as others taking an interdisciplinary approach written by scholars from both sides of the atlantic working in history literature art history and political science the essays in against popery cover three centuries of english scottish irish early american and imperial history between the early sixteenth and early nineteenth centuries more comprehensive inclusive and far-reaching than earlier studies this volume represents a major turning point summing up earlier work and laying a broad foundation for future scholarship across disciplinary lines click here to read complete article faculty news
news sonia hernandez wins 2020 chancellors fellowship february 2 2021 sonia hernandez wins 2020 chancellors fellowship texas a&m university announces 2020 edges fellows the award for mid-career faculty is aimed at investing in talent and retaining promising researchers and educators by brandon v webb texas a&m university office of provost communications…october 7 2020 nineteen distinguished texas a&m university faculty have been honored as 2020 chancellor enhancing development and generating excellence in scholarship (edges) fellows launched in 2019 edges fellowships were developed with resources from the texas a&m university system chancellor john sharp to honor incentivize and boost mid-career faculty at the associate or early full professor rank who are making significant marks in their discipline the recognition highlights texas a&ms intentional commitment to intensively support retain and recognize faculty with significant and sustained accomplishments and the promise of continued high-impact scholarship these awards recognize the priority of texas a&m university system chancellor john sharp to develop and support faculty members with national and international acclaim said provost and executive vice president carol a fierke the honorees are scholars with careers on-track to make high-impact contributions to enhance the state and nation leading to national and international recognition edges fellows retain the right to use the title throughout their tenure as faculty members in good standing at texas a&m read complete article: https://todaytamuedu/2020/10/07/texas-am-university-announces-2020-edges-fellows/ news uncategorized
news brian mcallister linn dissertation research fellowship in military history january 6 2021 brian mcallister linn dissertation research fellowship in military history the department of history at texas a&m is very pleased to announce the creation of the brian mcallister linn dissertation research fellowship in military history this award will provide funds for graduate students in the department to pursue dissertation research on war and the military institutions that wage it in all periods of american military history the award has been funded by a gift from dr michael and sue morris mike completed his doctoral dissertation in history in 2020 and is now an assistant professor of military history at the school of advanced warfighting marine corps university he began work on his phd after retiring from the united states marine corps as a colonel in 2015 he also holds degrees from national defense university the us army war college american military university marine corps universitys school of advanced warfighting studies and the united states naval academy this fellowship honors the career and achievements of dr brian m linn the ralph r thomas professor in liberal arts dr linn is a past president of the society for military history and the recipient of fellowships and awards including a john simon guggenheim fellowship a woodrow wilson fellowship and an olin fellowship at yale university in addition to honoring professor linn this gift highlights the long-standing commitment of the department of history to providing high-quality training in military history and the tradition of educating graduate students who use their historical training in public service awards news
news fall 2020 doctoral commencement december 16 2020 fall 2020 doctoral commencement congratulations to our four new phds: neil dimmitt (linn) lunar bases to linebacker: air force thought during the vietnam war 1960–1973 mike morris (linn) waging war in i corps: iii marine amphibious force headquarters in vietnam 1965–1971 dale weeks (kamphoefner) civil warrior: cherokee chief john rosss defense of us constitutional law and indian sovereignty during the american civil war micah wright (kirkendall) puerto rico and us empire in the caribbean 1898-1936 dale weeks was also the fall doctoral commencement speaker and shares his journey to a phd click here to read article news uncategorized
news angela hudson wins 2020 arrington-prucha essay prize december 15 2020 angela hudson wins 2020 arrington-prucha essay prize dr angela hudson has been awarded the 2020 arrington-prucha prize from the western history association for her essay there is no mormon trail of tears: roots removals and reconstructions the arrington-prucha prize is awarded to the best essay on the religious history of the american west with a $500 cash prize the whas announcement is here https://wwwwesternhistoryorg/awards/arrington-prucha there is no mormon trail of tears was published in 2019 as a part of the collection reconstruction and mormon america edited by brian q cannon and clyde a milner with the university of oklahoma press https://oupresscom/books/15219041/reconstruction-and-mormon-america professor hudson argues that despite superficial similarities and coincidental timing the mid-19th century removal of native americans from their eastern homelands and the exodus of persecuted mormons are not equivalent popular narratives notwithstanding decoupling these two episodes requires an acknowledgement of mormon complicity in settler colonial practices and an understanding of indian removal as an essential pillar of american expansion not an aberration faculty news uncategorized
news rohrbaugh speaks at huntington library december 14 2020 rohrbaugh speaks at huntington library collin rohrbaugh a doctoral student in the history department at texas a&m university speaks at huntington library on the cactus and the star: mirabeau lamar new mexico and state formation in the republic of texas https://dornsifeuscedu/assets/sites/73/docs/borderlands_fall_2020_flyerpdf news uncategorized
news elizabeth cobbs on ai and the history and future of work november 13 2020 elizabeth cobbs on ai and the history and future of work elizabeth cobbs won an emmy and telly award for this new public television documentary cyberwork and the american dream this documentary looks at the impact of robotics and artificial intelligence on the future of work since the industrial revolution new technology has increased wealth freedom and life expectancy but it has also destroyed outdated businesses and automated jobs how can the us best prepare for the challenges of this new technological disruption news uncategorized
news stephen riegg interviewed on the new books network september 28 2020 stephen riegg interviewed on the new books network stephen riegg russias entangled embrace the tsarist empire and the armenians 1801-1914 cornell university press 2020 august 28 2020 steven seegel russias entangled embrace: the tsarist empire and the armenians 1801-1914 (cornell university press 2020) traces the relationship between the romanov state and the armenian diaspora that populated russias territorial fringes and navigated the tsarist empires metropolitan centers by engaging the ongoing debates about imperial structures that were simultaneously symbiotic and hierarchically ordered stephen badalyan riegg helps us to understand how for armenians and some other subjects imperial rule represented not hypothetical clear-cut alternatives but simultaneous messy realities he examines why and how russian architects of empire imagined armenians as being politically desirable these circumstances included the familiarity of their faith perceived degree of social political or cultural integration and their actual or potential contributions to the states varied priorities based on extensive research in the archives of st petersburg moscow and yerevan russias entangled embrace reveals that the russian government relied on armenians to build its empire in the caucasus and beyond analyzing the complexities of this imperial relationship―beyond the reductive question of whether russia was a friend or foe to armenians―allows us to study the methods of tsarist imperialism in the context of diasporic distribution interimperial conflict and alliance nationalism and religious and economic identity stephen badalyan riegg is a texas a&m arts and humanities fellow for 2020-23 he can be reached at sriegg@tamuedu click here to listen to the interview steven seegel is professor of history at the university of northern colorado share/like this: click to share on facebook (opens in new window) click to share on twitter (opens in new window) click to share on linkedin (opens in new window) news uncategorized