February 10, 2012
The Department of History Newsletter is published weekly during the academic year. Copy for the next edition of the History Department Newsletter should be submitted by Thursday noon to Becky Bryant via e-mail (bryant@indiana.edu). This newsletter is also available on the History Department’s web page, at http://www.indiana.edu/~histweb/
NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
Sarah Knott gave two papers at Oxford University from her current research this week: to the Enlightenment Workshop of the Voltaire Foundation, and to the Graduate Seminar in History, 1688-1832.
Alex Lichtenstein served as a historical consultant for the PBS film, "Slavery By Another Name," which premiers on Monday, February 13th http://www.pbs.org/tpt/slavery-by-another-name/.
David Ransel published the following chapter: “Soviet Efforts to Transform Infant Care in the Villages: Leningrad Province in the 1920s,”People and the State: Divergent Medical Discourses, ed. Elena Barbulescu (Cluj-Napoca: Mega, 2011), 21-45.
Julia Roos's article, "Nationalism, Racism, and Propaganda in Early Weimar Germany: Contradictions in the Campaign against the 'Black Horror on the Rhine,'" appeared in German History vol. 30, no. 1 (March 2012): 45-74.Graduate student Jim Seaver gave a presentation entitled "'To the Victor Go the Spoils': Military-Civilian Property Disputes in American-Occupied Germany" at the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, February 2nd. Seaver is a doctoral fellow at the German Historical Institute this spring.
A symposium on American Slavery: Bringing Wider Perspectives to Museum Interpretation will be held on Saturday, February 25, in Philadelphia. Keynote speaker will be Lonnie G. Bunch, III, Founding Director of the National Museum of African American History and Cuilture, Smithsonian Institution. For more information and to register, please visit www.friendsofindependence.org
UPCOMING EVENTS
Friday, February 10, 12:00-1:15 pm, Ballantine Hall 004
Scott O’Bryan presents “Mapping the Thermal City: Built Landscapes, Urban Climatology, and a History of Heat in Tokyo”, at the East Asian Studies Center Colloquium.
Friday, February 10, 1-2:15, Ballantine Hall 244
Intellectual Culture Event, Rob Schneider, "Dignified Retreat: Writers and Intellectuals in the Age of Richelieu.”
Friday, February 10, 3:00-5:00 pm, Ballantine Hall 004
Historical Teaching and Practice Seminar, “Beyond the Lesson Plan: From Pedagogical Theory to Classroom Application”: an HGSA Roundtable featuring IU history graduate students Kalani Craig, Drew Koke, and Nicole McGrath. The HGSA presentation will feature demonstrations of three specific history lesson plans, followed by discussion of the general learning theory underlying each. The session offers us a chance to see what our colleagues in the classroom have learned in their work as AI’s and CA’s; just as important, it’s a chance for us to see what we can learn from them.
Thursday, February 16, 7:00 pm, Monroe County History Center, 202 E. 6th Street
IU Asian Culture Center's Over a Cup of Tea and Monroe County History Center present Ellen Wu, "Inventing GI Joe Nisei: Loyalty, Citizenship, and the World War II Internment of Japanese Americans." This presentation examines the consequences of the enlistment of Japanese American internment camp prisoners into the U.S. armed forces during World War II. Federal officials and certain Japanese Americans believed that military service would be the most effective means for internees to repair their damaged social standing by proving their undivided loyalty to the United States. We will explore the gains and costs of this contentious decision, including its implications for the history and memory of internment.
Friday, February 17, 2:30-4:30 pm, Ballantine Hall 244
“Teaching Portfolios: Documenting and Reflecting on Teaching Practice” - This workshop for graduate students is a follow-up to “Statements of Teaching Philosophy: Critical Reflection About Teaching Practice.” Participants will learn strategies to reflect on teaching through a teaching portfolio as well as how to document, organize, and present evidence of teaching effectiveness. Read More and Register
