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Gary Cohen Awarded Austrian Medal of Honor
Gary Cohen has been awarded the Austrian Medal of Honor (Verdienstkreuz) for Science and Arts, First Class. The ceremony was held at the Austrian Embassy in Washington. He was presented the award by Dr. Christian Prosl, the Austrian Ambassador to the United States.Congratulations to Gary! This is a much-deserved recognition of Gary's scholarship on the Habsburg Empire and his leadership of the Center for Austrian Studies.
November 17th, 2009Berlin as a Site of History - May-Term 2010
*****INFO SESSIONS*****
NOVEMBER 17, 4-4:30PM, HELLER HALL 1210B (TUES.)
DECEMBER 3, 1:30-2PM, SOCIAL SCIENCE 1183 (THURS.)Berlin as a Site of History
Study Abroad Course in Berlin, GermanyMay Term 2010: May 19--June 11, 2010
4 cr. History 3960, German 3510, or Global Studies 3900Faculty leaders:
MJ Maynes, History - Twin Cities Campus (mayne001@umn.edu)
Marynel Ryan Van Zee, History - Morris Campus (mkryan@morris.umn.edu)Please attend an info session, contact one of the faculty leaders, or visit the program webpage at:
November 11th, 2009
http://www.umabroad.umn.edu/programs/europe/customgermanyberlin/index.shtml"Civilization and the Civil Code: The Scandal of 'Child Marriage' in French Algeria"
Judith Surkis is professor of history at Harvard University.
Date: 11/20/2009
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 1210 Heller HallCo-sponsored with Global Studies, European Studies Consortium, Center for German and European Studies
November 4th, 2009"Cloning France in Indochina: Dalat as Chambery, Nice, or Paris"
Eric Jennings is professor of history at the University of Toronto.
Date: 11/12/2009
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 1210 Heller HallCo-sponsored with Global Studies, European Studies Consortium, Center for German and European Studies
November 4th, 2009Regina Kunzel, Lambda Literary Award Recipient
Regina Kunzel has been awarded the Lambda Literary Award in the category of LGBT Studies for her book Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality. Congratulations Regina.
June 5th, 2009Donna Gabaccia, Fesler-Lampert Chair
Tthe Graduate School has appointed Donna Gabaccia to the Fesler-Lampert Chair in Public Humanities for 2009-2010.
June 5th, 2009Pat McNamara, "Red" Motley Award
Each year, the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) honors at least one tenured or tenure-track faculty member who has exemplified CLA's highest standards of teaching and scholarship. CLA has selected Pat McNamara as one of this year's recipients of the "Red" Motley Award for Teaching Excellence. Congratulations Pat.
June 5th, 2009Regina Kunzel, Kevin Murphy: Lambda Literary Foundation 2009 Award Finalists
The Lambda Literary Foundation has just announced the finalists for its 2009 awards. Lambda Literary Awards "seek to recognize excellence in the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender literature. Each year, over 80 judges -- writers, booksellers, librarians, journalists -- assess the entries in more than 20 categories."
This year's finalists in the category of LGBT STUDIES include books by TWO of our colleagues: Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality by Regina Kunzel (The University of Chicago Press) and Political Manhood: Red Bloods, Mollycoddles, & the Politics of Progressive Reform by Kevin P. Murphy (Columbia University Press).
Congratulations and Good Luck, Regina and Kevin!
April 1st, 2009Carla Rahn Phillips Knighted by Spain
November 21st, 2008
University of Minnesota professor Carla Rahn Phillips and Learning Abroad Center director Holly Zimmerman-LeVoir will be knighted into Spain's Order of Isabella the Catholic in a special ceremony Monday, Nov. 24. The honor, which comes from Spain's King Don Juan Carlos I, will be bestowed upon the pair in a special ceremony by Spanish ambassador Jorge Dezcaller at his official residence in Washington, D.C.MPR Archive: The Presidential Glass Ceiling is Broken: The Path from Victoria to Hillary
Professor Emerita Sara Evans presented “The Presidential Glass Ceiling is Broken: The Path from Victoria to Hillary,� the Fall 2008 Ada Comstock Distinguished Women Scholars Lecture on Tuesday, November 18, 2008. An archive of the MPR broadcast can be found at http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/02/15/midday1/
November 5th, 2008Clarke Chambers, MPR Interview
Clarke Chambers, Professor Emeritus of the History Department, was interviewed on MPR's "Midday" about growing up in southern Minnesota, the Great Depression, World War II, and the Social Welfare History Archive.
http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/09/30/midday2/
October 7th, 2008Steve Ruggles, Regents Professor
Congratulations to Steve Ruggles, who has been named Regents Professor. The Regents Professorship is the highest rank the University of Minnesota offers and is limited to 25 positions. This is a great honor to Steve, one very richly deserved.
June 16th, 2008Sara Evans
Sara Evans has been named the Ada Comstock Distinguished Women Scholar for fall 2008. Congratulations to Sara on a very well-deserved award!
June 16th, 2008'Best Dissertation' Arts and Humanities
Congratulations to Lisa M. Blee for winning this year's 'Best Dissertation" Award in the Arts and Humanities for her dissertation, "Framing Chief Leschi: Narratives and the Politics of Historical Justice in the South Puget Sound." Co-advisers: Professors Kevin Murphy & Jeani O'Brien
May 14th, 2008 May 14th, 2008Jean O'Brien-Kehoe helps found Native Studies Association; 2009 meeting to be held in Minneapolis
On April 11, a new academic organization officially came into existence at what will one day be called (by future academics, of course) a ''historic'' meeting held at the University of Georgia - Athens. Say hello to the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association, aka NAISA.
May 13th, 2008Kay Reyerson
April 14th, 2008
Kay Reyerson has been elected a Fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, a wonderful testament to her accomplishments. The Medieval Academy was founded in 1925 and is the largest and most prestigous association committed to the study of the medieval world.Melissa Meyer, 1954-2008
1985 history PhD alumnus, Melissa Meyer passed away in the evening of April 9, 2008.Melissa's field of research was the United States focusing on the History of American Indians. Her ethnic background of German, Scotch-Irish, and Eastern Cherokee Indian immigrants sparked her interest in American Indian History.
April 14th, 2008Giancarlo Casale
Congratulations to Assiatant Professor Giancarlo Casale, who has been awarded a Senior Residential Fellowship at Koc University's Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations (RCAC), for Spring 2009.
March 27th, 2008Rudy Vecoli
Congratulations to Emeritus Professor Rudolph Vecoli who recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award of the Immigration and Ethnic History Society. The award is presented on rare occasions to scholars who have made
March 27th, 2008
distinguished contributions to the field of immigration and ethnic history. Rudy is only the third recipient of this award.Stephen Feinstein 1943-2008
The University of Minnesota lost a popular teacher and influential scholar when Stephen Feinstein, the director of the U's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies (CHGS) and adjunct professor of history, died on Tuesday, March 4. Feinstein was speaking at the Jewish Film Festival when he suffered an aortic aneurysm that resulted in cardiac arrest. He was 64.
March 6th, 2008Saje Mathieu
Assistant Professor Saje Mathieu has been awarded the 2008 President's Faculty Multicultural Research Award (PFMRA). PFMRA is designed to encourage and support research on issues related to people of color, particularly in a North American context.
March 2nd, 2008
For more information see PFMRA.Ruth Karras
It is with great pleasure to report that Professor Ruth Karras has been selected as the recipient of the Distinguished Women Scholars Award in Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities for 2008. This award will be presented at the OUW spring celebration.
March 1st, 2008Kirsten Fischer
Congratulations to Associate Professor Kirsten Fischer who will be the Deutsche Bank Junior Scholar-in-Residence at the Center for American Studies at the University of Heidelberg, Germany, in 2008-2009. Kirsten will teach a graduate level course on religion in early America and will work on her book "Reason and Wonder: Rational Religion in the Early American Republic."
February 14th, 2008João José Reis Featured in Perspectives
João José Reis, 1982 history PhD alumnus, was recently featured In Conversation column of the January 2008 issue of Perspectives on History.
January 29th, 2008Congratulations Allen Oleisky
Congratulations Allen Oleisky, 1960 history alumnus and 1962 Law grad for being awarded the Cardoz Society, Sidney Barrows Lifetime Commitment Award and the Golden Gavel Award for the District Court Judge of the 4th Judicial District.
November 14th, 2007Eric Weitz
It gives us great pleasure to announce that Professor Eric Weitz is a recipient of the 2007 Distinguished McKnight University Professorship. The goals of this unique program are to recognize and reward our most outstanding mid-career colleagues, especially those whose careers have developed and flourished at Minnesota.
October 16th, 2007
Events
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- Fugitive Virgins and Hebrew Maidens:
- 11/24/2009 7:00 PM
- Location: Room Beth Jacob 1179 Victoria Curve Mendota Heights Off Campus
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- Invisible Immigrants or Perpetual Visitors? Intermarried Finns and Americans in
- 12/03/2009 12:00 PM
- Location: 308 Elmer L. Andersen Library
