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news brian linn wins society for military history career award march 3 2023 brian linn wins society for military history career award brian linn has been selected by the council of the society for military history to receive the 2023 samuel eliot morison prize for his exemplary body of contributions to the field of military history over the course of his career faculty news
news hoi-eun kim wins two major external grants march 3 2023 hoi-eun kim wins two major external grants hoi-eun has been selected for one of the national endowment for the humanities awards for faculty in the amount of $60 000 for his current book project japanese doctors in colonial korea (1910-1945): medicine as business education and imperial collaboration he has also been awarded a korean studies grant (in academic research category) from the academy of korean studies (aks) for his research faculty news
news dr april hatfields next monograph boundaries of belonging: english jamaica and the spanish caribbean 1655–1715 march 3 2023 dr april hatfields next monograph boundaries of belonging: english jamaica and the spanish caribbean 1655–1715 dr hatfield reconstructs a wild world that goes beyond popular imagination in boundaries of belonging in the decades following englands 1655 conquest of spanish jamaica the western caribbean was the site of overlapping and competing claimsto land maritime spaces and people english jamaica in the midst of spanish american port towns and shipping lanes became central to numerous projects aimed at acquiring spanish american wealth those projects were backdrop to a wide-ranging movement of people who made their own claims to political membership in developing colonial societies and by extension to atlantic empires boundaries of belonging follows the stories of these individualslicensed traders smugglers freedom seekers religious refugees and pirateswho moved through the contested spaces of the western caribbean as they crossed into and out of rival imperial jurisdictions this mobile and diverse population influenced theories of imperial belonging and interpolity law faculty news
news history peeps: andrew kirkendall professor of history march 2 2023 history peeps: andrew kirkendall professor of history dr andrew kirkendall did not plan to become a historian texas a&ms resident historian of latin america went to wesleyan university in 1976 with the goal of becoming an ethnomusicologist although he had some interest in history and even switched his major to the subject before graduating from wesleyan he struggled with what to do next accepted to the history graduate program at the university of north carolina chapel hill he dropped out within the year because he just couldnt force himself to become passionate about any particular topic so he moved to new york and took a clerical job at columbia university whose benefit package included one free course per semester dr kirkendall took portuguese to comprehend the lyrics of the brazilian music he enjoyed in 1984 he learned about an opportunity to teach english in brazil from a friend of a friend and eagerly took it up he perfected his grasp of portuguese by watching brazilian soap operas it was exciting time to be in the country beset by an economic crisis it could not solve the military government that had ruled brazil since 1964 was crumbling and would soon cede power to civilians dr kirkendall remembers the reaction of residents in his town there were people i talked to in their 40s who hadnt voted for president once in their life but who were about to he recalls even though the brazilian economy was collapsing there was tremendous optimism about the change back to civilian government after his return to the united states his experience in brazil motivated him to return to graduate school at unc chapel hill i wanted to understand how the country had gotten to be the way it was since accepting a professorship at texas a&m in 1997 dr kirkendall has retained his singular enthusiasm for latin america in 2007 he was awarded a college-level distinguished achievement award for teaching which he attributes to his energy and enthusiasm on the graduate level he is deeply proud of his phd student micah wright whom dr kirkendall praises as a tremendously talented individual whose dissertation recently received honorable mention for the prestigious oxford university usa dissertation prize at the annual conference of the society for historians of american foreign relations in 2022 to what historical figure would dr kirkendall like to say howdy if given the chance he would pick us presidential candidate bobby kennedy a childhood hero who figures in his latest book hemispheric alliances: liberal democrats and cold war latin america published this year by university of north carolina press id be very curious to talk to him about his political transformation after his brother was killed dr kirkendall says he was certainly not the same liberal icon in 1963 that he would become by 1968 how did he become the man who embraced cesar chavez visited workers in coal mines and poor southerners in their shacks patrick grigsby ‘27 history peeps
news history peeps: shennette garrett-scott associate professor of history january 4 2023 history peeps: shennette garrett-scott associate professor of history before dr shennette garrett-scott became a scholar of african american business history she spent over a decade in the dallas mortgage industry until fed up with the real world she says she decided to pursue a career in which she could transform peoples lives more enduringly: teaching while she was in graduate school at the university of texas in austin the subprime mortgage industry crashed sparking her interest in the history of the us mortgage and financial industry this sense of having one foot in the private business world and one foot in the university now suffuses her work her first book banking on freedom (2019) focused on african american women in finance after the civil war and won three best-book awards dr garrett-scott is passionate about the rigorous application of history to community concerns her first public history project began almost by accident in 2010 while she was conducting research on the grand court of calanthe of texas for her dissertation founded in 1897 by formerly enslaved african american women this institution operated a life insurance company for nearly 125 years in 1948 it completed construction of its headquarters on dowling street (now emancipation avenue) in houston while researching the company dr garrett-scott learned that its board was applying for historical landmark status and so she volunteered to look over their application intrigued by the calantheans nearly forgotten story she became more and more involved with their fight for official recognition until it became something of a personal crusade with her help calanthe finally achieved landmark designation in 2012 even today shes still involved with the company in 2020 the grand court of calanthe went into receivership so she is now working to preserve the records and ensure that they are archived or digitized like some texas a&m professors dr garrett-scott commutes to campus from houston which is also her hometown although the drive is long she enjoys the time it gives her to listen to audiobooks and indulge a growing interest in black speculative (or science) fiction she is also teaching herself how to make craft projects such as wreaths and sewed items since she has always felt a handmade gift is so much more special than a bought one to what historical figure would dr garrett-scott like to say howdy given the chance she would choose famed abolitionist harriett tubman while many people know tubman for her role as a conductor on the underground railroad or as a spy for the union army dr garrett-scott would be most interested in asking about her efforts help freedwomen become economically self-sufficient some of these efforts included tubman using her own money to help freedwomen in beaufort south carolina set up a washhouse fully owned and operated by african american women as a place where they could be in business for themselves patrick grigsby 27 history peeps
news dr takkara brunson wins major book award january 4 2023 dr takkara brunson wins major book award dr takkara brunsons book black women citizenship and the making of modern cuba (university of florida press 2021) was selected as one of two winners of the letitia woods brown book prize for african american womens history! this prize is bestowed annually by the association of black women historians and is a terrific and well-deserved recognition of dr brunsons important scholarship faculty news
news david vaught publishes scholarly biography of hall of fame baseball pitcher november 8 2022 david vaught publishes scholarly biography of hall of fame baseball pitcher david vaught has published his fourth research monograph spitter: baseballs notorious gaylord perry (texas a&m university press) check out the blurbs on the press website! written for both scholarly and general audiences spitter is the first full-length biography of hall of fame pitcher gaylord perrythe notorious spitballer it examines his rich and revealing life experience from his innovative ascent from rural poverty to baseball stardom to his subsequent descent to failure on the farm in the agricultural crisis of the 1980s the book explores among many themes the last generation to come of age in the segregated south the last generation of sharecroppers race relations in baseball after jackie robinson the ethics of cheating in the sport and more broadly links between southern rural culture and american popular culture in the second half of the twentieth century the book stems from his 2011 article in the journal of southern history faculty news
news history peeps: dr terry anderson professor of history november 4 2022 history peeps: dr terry anderson professor of history terry anderson and his first phd student shane bernard late 1990s terry anderson has always been a man on the go a texas a&m professor since 1979 he has written books on the cold war the flying tigers social activism in the 1960s affirmative action and most recently the 1990s he has also held fellowship teaching positions in malaysia japan china ireland indonesia and the czech republic over the course of his career dr anderson attributes his love of adventure to his parents who drove him and his brother from minneapolis to mexico on vacations in the 1960s the trips werent always plush the family slept in the car on the road and the mexican resort industry was nearly nonexistent but dr anderson has happy memories of riding on horseback through the rural mexican countryside and picking fresh oranges between ciudad valles and tampico dr andersons favorite aspect of being a globe trotter is all of the great connections you make with interesting people for instance when teaching as a fulbright professor at the university of gadjah mada in indonesia he met a graduate student in nuclear engineering who was about to accept a fulbright to study at texas a&m dr anderson and his wife later made it a point to welcome this student to college station helping her navigate aggie life she then met and married a co-worker in college station and now works in vienna for the international atomic energy agency the two old friends still zoom frequently but dr anderson appreciates home too he stresses that he enjoys teaching in aggieland just as much as overseas aggie students are excellent scholars who often make me rethink american history dr anderson has published numerous books but some of his favorites include the united states great britain and the cold war 1944-1947 (1981) a book on the role of great britain in turning the truman administration away from cooperation to confrontation with the soviet union the movement and the sixties (1995) and the sixties (5th edition 2017) a well-regarded synthesis account of the decade that will be published in a sixth edition in 2023 to what historical figure would dr anderson like to say howdy given the chance this question makes him recall conversations with famous figures from the 1960s that he has brought to campus: beat poet allen ginsberg yippie jerry rubin anti-war activist abbie hoffman and psychedelic drug advocate timothy leary he remembers being struck by their insights into the 1960s counter-culture allen ginsberg once remarked to him that some of the longest-haired people i know are bald (meaning that being a hippie was a worldview not a matter of appearance) timothy leary who refused to talk about lsd on his visit to a&m in the early 1990s instead emphasized and correctly predicted the important role cell phones and personal computers would play in ensuing years patrick grigsby ‘27 history peeps
news college of arts & sciences interviews dr sonia hernandez for national hispanic heritage month october 13 2022 college of arts & sciences interviews dr sonia hernandez for national hispanic heritage month refusing to forget in 1988 hispanic heritage month was enacted into law in order to acknowledge the contributions and histories of the american latino community for sonia hernández a texas a&m university history associate professor its one thing to remember; its another to refuse to forget to that end in 2014 she helped establish refusing to forget a multifaceted public history project that seeks to recover and disseminate a grimmer part of american history: anti-mexican violence in texas particularly along the border in the early 20th century to read the full story by heather rodriguez 04 click here faculty news
news history peeps: mary speelman administrative associate v october 10 2022 history peeps: mary speelman administrative associate v mary speelman with woman's best friend daisy and bentley in the snow mary speelman the history departments administrative associate is not originally from bryan-college station but she promises that she got here as fast as she could born in raymondville texas she moved to aggieland with her family when she was four and hasnt looked back since although the town has grown considerably since her childhood to accommodate the burgeoning student population its best traditions have remained the same she believes particularly the strong sense of politeness and good manners that is rare now in too many other college towns her house is close to campus and on football game nights she can hear the fan cheers from kyle field whenever the aggies score this is not common however since one of marys great joys is attending home games in person even on days she hasnt nabbed a ticket shell often join friends and family for a tailgate bbq on simpson drill field mary previously worked as an administrator in the real estate field but wanted to work for an institution that put a higher priority on staff health and wellbeing she was drawn to texas a&m both by its community reputation and by the recommendations of numerous relatives who already worked for the system mary describes the friendly atmosphere that prevails in the history department business office as just like working with family and to some extent it has been her sister-in-law is an it specialist who retired from evans library when she joined a&m six years ago one of her nieces worked on main campus her husband now works in the maintenance department of the engineering extension program and her daughter-in-law has a job on rellis campus mary says she enjoys working with historians because of their fun stories including dr lorien footes fascinating research on animals who went to war the two enjoy chatting about their mutual love of dogs when not working mary likes to join her family for deep-sea fishing off the gulf coast although shes caught some impressive fish including a ladyfish recently that broke her fishing line her ambition is to catch the king fish of the region: an atlantic blue marlin to which historical figure would mary want to say howdy given the chance she wishes she could meet one of her distant ancestors from spain and ask them why they braved the dangers and challenges of emigration i would want to ask them why they made that choice mary speelman reflects patrick grigsby ‘27 history peeps
news history peeps: dr brian rouleau associate professor of history september 12 2022 history peeps: dr brian rouleau associate professor of history dr rouleau early in his academic career in his office surrounded by books brian rouleau was not slow to embrace the aggie spirit one of his first acts upon arriving in 2010 was to purchase a pair of cowboy boots and begin two-stepping lessons with the texas aggie wranglers the universitys competitive dance group i never did master two-stepping he admits but it was a lot of fun with an impressive string of academic publications and a reputation for witty thought-provoking lectures he is now in the final stages of becoming a full professor dr rouleau credits his teaching style to a graduate advisor at the university of pennsylvania famed historian of indigenous america dr daniel richter dr rouleau relates that he felt apprehensive in the first year in the graduate program (i was convinced there had been a gross error in the admissions department) because of the quality of work produced by his graduate school colleagues and the eminence of his advisor richter mentored graduate students closely however and the two rapidly became close dr rouleau has modeled much of his scholarship on richters reading against the grain method which means reconstructing the world of a person or group who did not leave behind a personal record by gleaning clues from the writings of those who did this can be seen most clearly in dr rouleaus first book with sails whitening every sea: mariners and the making of an american maritime empire (2014) an account of the previously invisible history of american seafarers in the antebellum era at a time when the us diplomatic service was tiny american sailors were the principal points of cultural exchange between the united states and the rest of the world in a sense they were informal american diplomats while most of dr rouleaus sources were written by american sailors he uses richters methods to reconstruct various events from the perspectives of foreign peoples they encountered as well last year he published a second book empires nursery: childrens literature and the origins of the american century (2021) on the social impact of childrens literature during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries when not teaching dr rouleau is a cinema fan and regularly scouts the tamu librarys free movie borrowing program located on the first floor of the evans annex his favorite movie is stanley kubricks the shining (1980) which he loves for its complex storyline and symbolism to what historical figure would dr rouleau like to say howdy given the chance he would be interested in meeting benjamin franklin because he was famously a very engaging conversationalist and entertaining storyteller but he is not certain that franklin would be a good source for reliable facts he strikes me as someone who would be coy about fact-finding questions regarding the past dr rouleau observes perhaps only reading against the grain could reveal deeper truths were this meeting to occur by patrick grigsby ‘27 history peeps
news brian linn publishes book chapter in empires violent end august 9 2022 brian linn publishes book chapter in empires violent end brian linn has a new book chapter out the normal order of things: contextualizing ‘technical violence in the netherlands-indonesia war co-authored with azarja harmmany in empires violent end: comparing british dutch and french wars of decolonization 1945-1962 ed by bart luttikhuis and thijs brocades zaalberg (ithaca ny: cornell university press 2022) 120-40 brian and his co-author contribute to a collection that advances a broader understanding of violence in the wars of decolonization and an appreciation for the similarities in how different colonial powers utilized forms of institutional impunity to promote extreme violence in more good news dr linn has been appointed to the marine corps university board of advisors a federal advisory board requiring nomination and confirmation at the department of defense the marine corps university offers a variety of educational opportunities for enlisted marines officers interagency civilians and international military it has over 85 000 students enrolled in various resident and distance programs in any given year taught by close to 600 civilian military and contracted faculty three of mcus resident programs are accredited by the southern association of colleges and schools commission on colleges to offer masters degrees and they have articulation agreements with several other universities mcu operates from 6 main academies and 7 campuses in virginia north carolina texas california hawaii and okinawa congratulations brian! faculty news
news history peeps: graduate students attend the smh conference july 15 2022 history peeps: graduate students attend the smh conference tamu history students pose for photo at the 2022 society for military history conference texas a&m university students made a strong showing at the society of military history (smh) conference held in fort worth texas this past april 28th through may 1st with sixteen students presenting original research as one of only six us universities designated as a senior military colleges texas a&m has a long history of excellence in military studies in the most recent incoming graduate class five out of eight students had a focus on military history because of this the society of military history gathering is widely considered the most important conference of the year for the department although sixteen presentations was an unprecedented showing according to dr roger reese director of graduate studies this past spring tamu papers ranged from the fall of rome in the fifth century to the us intervention in somalia in 1992 some students argued in favor of a reevaluation of traditional narratives others explored the social history of a well-known military event while still others presented operational accounts of a given campaign or deployment presentations took place at the opulent fort worth omni hotel as well as the nearby fort worth convention center dr brian linn and dr lorien foote chaired panels and dr foote hosted a welcome lunch for tamu students on the first full day of the conference she also provided what many considered to be the highlight of the trip: an excursion to a country dance club later that night brian donlon class of 27 and a us marine studying at a&m under the commandant of the marine corps strategist program (cmcsp) was among the attendees his paper a different ballgame: the marine corps and nato cold weather exercises in norway 1976-1986 featured original research on a little-known us deployment to norway during the cold war to deter soviet aggression attending the conference for the first time he praised the depth of tenured military historians and aspiring military historians who attended and in almost every case presented from texas a&m donlon noted i dont think any other school could match it fellow attendee kaitlyn ross class 26 analyzed the smh schedule ahead of time and made a word document showing presentations by tamu scholars that was widely shared because of her efforts graduate students were able to more easily support their fellow aggies and learn about their research one panel that featured ian seavey (class of ‘23) laurence nelson (class of 23) and ben brewster (class of 24) nearly ran out of chairs once the entire remaining tamu contingent arrived fortunately some students graciously offered to stand in the back and the presentations went off without any further hitch patrick grigsby ‘27 history peeps