MAY 2021
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Rick Bell Awarded Carnegie Fellowship
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History has its eyes on you
Rick Bell received one of 26 Fellowships awarded by the Carnegie Corporation of New York. The selected Fellows are scholars who are conducting "significant scholarly research in the social sciences and humanities." With each award of $200,000, the Carnegie Fellowship is the most generous stipend of its kind. Rick received the fellowship to support his work on racial justice, "telling the story of mid-19th-century Black New Yorkers who campaigned to desegregate public transit with pioneering civil disobedience strategies." See the article in Maryland Today.
Daryle Williams is a co-principal investigator on the project "Enslaved: Peoples of the Historical Slave Trade" (Enslaved.org) which has been awarded an NEH Humanities Collections and Reference Resources grant of $349,744. The grant will allow the expansion of the Enslaved.org data platform through the addition of ten digital collections ranging from those held at small, local institutions to those at large, university-based special collections on the east coast and in the Lower Mississippi. These additional data sets will increase the Enslaved.org linked open data platform to approximately 1.3 million records. This grant will facilitate UMD-centered work on Maryland history by partnering with the Maryland State Archives and its Legacy of Slavery in Maryland team. It will also support work in conjunction with the UMD College of Arts and Humanities SROP 2021 cohort that will be developing a suite of datasets to be published in the Journal of Slavery and Data Preservation as well as an accompanying Twitter feed and podcasting series #behindthedata. The project is a collaborative effort between Matrix: Center for Digital Humanities & Social Sciences and the Department of History both within the College of Social Sciences at Michigan State University; the College of Arts & Humanities at the University of Maryland; the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University; the Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture at William & Mary University; and the Center for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (CAIDS) at Kansas State University. NEH press release is here.
eNSLAVED.ORG AWARDED second major grant of 2021 from the National Endowment for the Humanities
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ACHIEVING
Rick Bell has been awarded an NEH Summer Stipend grant that will support work on his new project titled "The First Freedom Riders: Streetcars and Street Fights in Jim Crow New York." The project will result in a new book on the desegregation of mass transit in New York City before and during the Civil War. This award was featured in a Maryland Today article published on May 4, 2021. Read the full article here. Piotor Kosicki has been awarded a non-resident Sheptyts'kyi Fellowship for the summer from the Institut für die Wissenschaften vom Menschen in Vienna. The Fellowship will support his work on a transnational history of Central and Eastern Europe since the Enlightenment, entitled Into the Modern.
Rob Chiles has launched a new long-format interview show called "Empire State Engagements with Dr. Robert Chiles." The program, which Rob hosts and produces in association with the New York State Museum, features in-depth conversations with scholars of all aspects of New York State history. The episodes premier regularly on the show's YouTube channel. Partners in the show are the New York State Museum; the New York State Office of State History; and the journal New York History More information is available at the program's website here.
MEDIA MOMENTS
Rob Chiles Launches New Interview Show
PUBLISHING
Jeffrey Herf published "Fascism with a Religious Face: Hamas Is at War with Israel. Forever" in The American Purpose magazine on May 26, 2021. Read the article here. Paul Landau's new book, Mandela & the Revolutionaries: Spear will appear in the New African Histories series, forthcoming from Ohio Univ. Press, Athens, OH and Jacana, Johannesburg, South Africa. Richard N. Price has published a new book, Empire and Indigeneity: Histories and Legacies. It is out from Routledge as of May 31, 2021. According to the publisher's website: "Indigeneity is inseparable from empire, and the way empire responds to the Indigenous presence is a key historical factor in shaping the flow of imperial history. This book is about the consequences of the encounter in the early nineteenth century between the British imperial presence and the First Peoples of what were to become Australia and New Zealand. However, the shape of social relations between Indigenous peoples and the forces of empire does not remain constant over time. The book tracks how the creation of empire in this part of the world possessed long-lasting legacies both for the settler colonies that emerged and for the wider history of British imperial culture." Stefano Villani has published an article on a seventeenth-century manuscript used by the English merchant Charles Longland to study the Italian language, which is at the University of Missouri Library: “Un manoscritto secentesco per lo studio della lingua italiana di Giovanni Aureli e Charles Longland conservato presso la biblioteca della University of Missouri,” Studi Secenteschi LXII (2021).
In late March 2021, Robyn Muncy delivered a public lecture for the Smithsonian Associates titled “Women Pioneers in Progressive Politics,” and in early May, she delivered the keynote address, “Partial Victories and Routine Reversals: American Women and the Vote,” for the annual conference of the Associazione Italiana di Studi Nord-Americani Graduates Forum, which was hosted on Zoom by the Center for American Studies in Rome. There is On April 19, 2021 Robyn Muncy and Daryle Williams were two of the four panelists featured in the kick-off event for new UMD President Darryll J. Pines' inauguration. It was titled "The Art of Humanizing Grand Challenges" and is available on YouTube. Watch here. Julie Taddeo will present a paper, "British Period Drama in the Age of Brexit and Covid-19," at the annual Popular Culture Association conference in June 2021. She continues to present online talks through the summer at the Smithsonian and other public history and Adult Education venues on such topics as Victorian Scandal and Crime; the British Royals, Media, and Scandal since the Georgian Era; and Downton Abbey as a Lens to Study Twentieth Century History. IStefano Villani is one of the organizers of three panels on “Mapping Early Modern Religious Dissent" organized by the research group on Early Modern Religious Dissents and Radicalism (EMoDiR) at the Renaissance Society of America annual conference (RSA Virtual 2021). EMoDiR will sponsor another virtual workshop on this topic on June 18, when Villani will give the closing remarks. See the program on page 15.
PRESENTING
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Ted Cohen (PhD 2013; Advisor: Mary Kay Vaughan), now Associate Professor of History at Lindenwood University, had his recent book, Finding Afro-Mexico: Race and Nation after the Revolution (Cambridge University Press, 2020) receive honorable mention for the Mexico Section of Latin American Studies Association's Best Book Prize in the Social Sciences. Ted will also be starting a new job in the fall at Southern Illinois University in the Africana Studies Department. Donald A. Ritchie, Historian Emeritus of the U.S. Senate, who earned his PhD at UMD under the direction of Sam Merrill, has a new book The Columnist: Leaks, Lies, and Libel in Drew Pearson’s Washington (Oxford University Press, April 2021). The book will be the topic of a panel discussion at the Washington History Seminar of the National History Center at The Wilson Center, Washington, DC, on Monday, June 7 at 4:00 pm . The panel will also include David Greenberg (Rutgers University) and Kathy Liely (Missouri School of Journalism). Register for the first-come first-served webinar here. It will also be streamed on NHC's Facebook page, the Wilson Center's website, and recorded for the NHC's YouTube channel.
PRACTICING HISTORY
Training historians
Charlie Fanning (PhD student; Advisor Julie Greene) on May 22 presented a paper titled "Disaster Capitalism, Water Control, and the Rise of Industrial Agriculture in South Florida, the 1920s-60s" at the University of Georgia's "Capitalist Souths" graduate conference. Mike Matheny (PhD student; Advisor Holly Brewer) has published an article titled "'The Predicament We Are In': How Paperwork Saved the Continental Army" in the Journal of the American Revolution (May 2021). See the article here. Lauren Michalak (PhD student; Advisor Holly Brewer) has published an article titled "The British Constitution in Crisis: The Gordon Riots and the American Revolution" in Age of Revolutions (May 2021). Read the complete article here. Samuel Miner (PhD 2021; Advisor Jeffrey Herf) has published an article in titled "Whither Germany? Historiography and Public Reckoning with the National Past" on History News Network (April 2021). Read the article here. Samuel also defended his PhD dissertation titled "The Exiles' Return: Emigrès, Anti-Nazis, and the Basic Law" in March and graduated in May 2021. Kyle Pruitt (PhD student), Jack Werner (PhD student), and Alan Wierdak (MA student) along with their Advisor Julie Greene, and Colleen Woods presented at the Labor and Working Class History Association (LAWCHA) Conference held May 21-28.
Undergraduate Researcher of the Year
ACHIEVEMENTS LEARNING HISTORY
History major Marjorie Antonio has been selected for a competitive Smithsonian Institution 2021 Virtual Summer Cohort Internship Program. Marjorie will work with the Smithsonian American Women's History Initiative, "Because of Her Story." Julie Choi, (BA 2020, History Honorsl supervisor Colleen Woods) has just been awarded a Fulbright to teach English in Korea next year. Julie is concluding a year as an Advocacy Fellow with the United Nations Association, which sponsored her research on how racism in Hollywood has affected Asian Americans. She presented that research at a roundtable of Emerging Advocates and Leaders on May 13, 2021.
Andrew Forschler (BA 2021,, History Honors) was selected as a University of Maryland Undergraduate Researcher of the Year for 2021. Andrew's research on queer performers in the U.S. 1925-1950 helps us understand the piecemeal process by which queer people were made less and less visible to non-queer communities in the mid-20th century. He helps us to understand the construction of the closet. This recognition includes an award of $1000 .
ACHIEVEMENTS Learning HISTORY
Hoosier-Clio Award Recognizes Best History Honors Thesis The Hoosier-Clio Award for Best History Honors Thesis 2021 was awarded to Nathan (Than) Ament and Shelly Justement. Than's thesis was titled “The Origins and Development of Chivalric Kingship” and was supervised by Sabrina Alcorn Baron. Than, a double major in History and English, wrote an English Honors thesis at the same time considering the role of Arthurian literature in the development of chivalric kingship. Shelly's thesis was titled “Disputing Determination: The Wounded Knee Incident of 1973 and the Debate over Self-Determination for the Oglala Lakota” and supervised by Katarina Keane. Shelley presented some of her research this spring at the Richard Macksey National Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium hosted at John Hopkins University. The award carries a prize of $1000 which was awarded to the two recipients. This award was created years ago by a beloved member of our department, Richard Farrell, who was from Indiana (thus, the Hoosier) and who was devoted to our undergraduate majors. From Dick's love for our students and for history, the Hoosier-Clio Award was born.
HONORS SHOWCASE Department of History University of Maryland, College Park May 12, 2021 1:30-4:00pm Panel #1: Cultural and Intellectual Legacies Shaping Race, Kingship, Utopian Ideals, and Politics Oscar Saywell, "Representations of Non-Whiteness in Medieval Latin Europe: Legacy and Change in the Medieval Field" Advisor: Dr. Janna Bianchini Than Ament, “The Origins and Development of Chivalric Kingship” Advisor: Dr. Sabrina Baron Josh Low, “Origins of Utopia: The Impact of Thomas More on the Utopia of Gerrard Winstanley” Advisor: Dr. Alejandro Caneque Emma Meverdon, "All the War's A Stage: Performative Patriotism and the Culture of the Confederacy" Advisor: Dr. Robert Chiles Panel #2: Histories of Health, Class, and Colonies Rohan Laljani, "Cholera, Quarantine, and Capital: A History of Public Health in the British Empire, 1817-1893" Advisor: Dr. Chantel Rodriguez Siri Neerchal, “The Creation of OSHA: The Fight for Worker Health Protections in the United States and the Establishment of Federal Occupational Health Regulations” Advisor: Dr. Chantel Rodriguez Panel #3: Histories of Women, War, and Motherhood Rigby Philips, “Motherhood in the Mountain South in the 1920s and 1930s” Advisor: Dr. Robyn Muncy Miranda Ramey, “Nurses, Doctors, and Ambulance Drivers in the Great War: The Lives and Afterlives of British Women on the Western Front” Advisor: Dr. Julie Taddeo Panel #4: Histories of the Enslaved and the Relocated Matthew Gardner, “Slavery in Baltimore, 1790-1860: An Examination of Multiple Perspectives” Advisor: Dr. Christopher Bonner David O’Donoghue, “The Circassian Diaspora in the Ottoman Empire: The Creation, Solidification, and Redefinition of the Circassian Nation in Exile” Advisor: Dr. Madeline Zilfi Shelly Justement, “Disputing Determination: The Wounded Knee Incident of 1973 and the Debate over Self-Determination for the Oglala Lakota” Advisor: Dr. Katarina Keane Brief Q and A Closing Remarks
ACHIEVEMENTS Learning HistorY
The History Undergraduate Association's leadership for AY2021-2022 will be: Kyle Cohen (President) is a junior History major and pre-law student with a concentration in American History. Originally from Westchester County, NY, Kyle loves Maryland basketball and the New York Knicks. Cecelia Hough (Vice President) is a junior History major with a concentration in women, gender, and sexuality and a minor in LGBTQ Studies. Cecelia is also a member of Sex Week at Maryland. Outside of school, she enjoys reading, watching documentaries, and traveling. Emma Meverden (Social Media and Marketing Manager) is a senior History major with a concentration in American history and a minor in French Studies. Emma is currently researching an undergraduate Honors thesis on performance and its effects on Confederate rhetoric during the Civil War and its impact on the Old South mentality present in the 20th and 21st centuries. Emma plans to work in archives, where she hopes to research history and share it with the public. When she's not focusing on her academics, she is likely hanging out with her sisters in Alpha Delta Pi Sorority or reciting the lyrics to Hamilton. Elizabeth Allsopp (Treasurer) is a senior History and General Biology double major concentrating in medieval history. Elizabeth aspires to be a physician assistant and to publish a series of fantasy novels that have some historical basis. Outside of classes, she enjoys exploring Maryland's historical byways, making homemade ice cream, and identifying birds.
HISTORY UNDERGRADUATE ASSOCIATION
Sydney Manning (Executive Team Member) is a junior Secondary Education and History double major with a minor in Human Development. Originally from Denver, CO, Sydney loves to ski, hike, and do everything with her dog, Leo. Lindsay Moynihan (Executive Team Member is a sophomore History major with a concentration in war, peace, and society. Lindsay also has a minor in Spanish. She plans to pursue graduate school and become a college professor. Outside of school, she enjoys spending time with friends and trips to DC. Contact info: Kyle: kylecohen33@gmail.com Cecelia: chough@terpmail.umd.edu Please reach out to either officer with any question or opportunity you may have to share with HUA.
Colleen Woods, will take the reins as the Director of the Center for Global Migration Studies in Fall 2021. Colleen studies U.S. history in a global context, with a special focus on Asia and the Pacific. Her research interests include: immigration, US Empire, transnational politics (anticommunism and communism), decolonization, and global imperial history. Her first book, Freedom Incorporated: American Imperialism and Philippine Independence in the Age of Decolonization (Cornell University Press, 2020), argues that U.S. imperialism and anticommunist politics were intertwined in the Philippines between the 1930s and the late 1950s. She is currently working on a second project that will bring together histories of U.S. foreign affairs, labor, and capitalism through a study of U.S. military and military contractors recruitment of and reliance on low-wage Filipino labor in the postwar Pacific. After ten years at the helm, Julie Greene will step down as Director of the Center. With Ira Berlin, Julie co-founded the Center in 2011. Julie will remain closely connected to the Center’s work, serving on the Faculty Advisory Committee and the Leadership Council. She will also continue teaching the introductory course in Immigration and Migration Studies in the Fall 2021 semester.
CENTER FOR GLOBAL MIGRATION STUDIES
RANDOM MOMENTS
The Washington Area Early American Seminar, hosted by the University of Maryland, invites proposals from scholars wishing to present work in progress in the next academic year on any topic connected to Atlantic world or American history prior to 1865. We especially welcome proposals related to Black life in this period. Genuine work in progress is preferable to polished, already-accepted pieces. The seminar meets monthly during term time and our regular members include faculty and graduate students from a variety of DC-area institutions. Papers are pre-circulated and we expect that our face to face Friday afternoon (4-6pm) seminars will be followed by a dinner at a local restaurant. We will also host a mini-conference on Zoom on December 3-4, 2021. To propose a paper, please upload a brief, one-page cv and submit a title along with a 300-word description of the paper here: https://goo.gl/forms/iZRbhFKuasIkTA8l2 Deadline for submissions is June 18, 2021. If you want to be added to the mailing list or if you have questions please contact any of the conveners: Rick Bell (rjbell@umd.edu), Chris Bonner (cjbonner@umd.edu), Holly Brewer (hbrewer@umd.edu), Clare Lyons (clyons@umd.edu), or Zack Dorner (zdorner@umd.edu).
FUTURE MOMENTS
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