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Summer Series: Internships

May 16, 2013 By

Many History and American Studies majors apply for and win internships for the summer. It’s a great way to build upon the training one gains in the classroom while adding new skills to one’s repertoire and also to gain practical experience for use in diverse fields after graduation. This summer, we’ll be featuring introductions to current Mary Washington students and the internships they’ve undertaken. Stay tuned!

For more information on past internships available to UMW students see our Internships files. Reviewing past internship announcements and application procedures is good prep for the fall semester, when many new opportunities are announced.

Image: The Smithsonian Castle, Flickr cc licensed photo by Randy Pertiet

Students and Faculty Present Papers at OHMAR Joint Meeting

May 3, 2013 By

Professor Jess Rigelhaupt and three history students, Josephine Appiah, Kelsey Matthews, and Kendall Simonpietri, presented papers at the joint meeting of the Society for the History in the Federal Government (SHFG) and Oral History Mid-Atlantic Region (OHMAR) on April 4, 2013. The panel, “Rosie the Riveter Revisited: Oral History, Digital History, and Memories of the World War II Home Front,” was based on work from Professor Rigelhaupt’s fall 2012 oral history course. The panel discussed the public history website, rosietheriveter.umw.edu, that was built as part of the course and students presented research based on their interviews. Professor Rigelhaupt presented a paper on teaching oral history. Dr. Lu Ann Jones, a historian with the National Park Service served as the commentator.

Professor Rigelhaupt introduces the panel.

SHFG/OHMAR-Panel Introduction, “Rosie the Riveter Revisited” from UMW History on Vimeo.

Josephine Appiah, “Reevaluating Our Cultural Understanding of World War II”

SHFG/OHMAR – Appiah, “Reevaluating Our Cultural Understanding of World War II” from UMW History on Vimeo.

Kelsey Matthews, “A Personal Perspective: Oral Histories of the World War II Homefront”

SHFG/OHMAR – Matthews, “A Personal Perspective: Oral Histories of the World War II Homefront” from UMW History on Vimeo.

Kendall Simonpietri, “Not Everyone’s Rosie: Different Reactions to the Interview Process”

SHFG/OHMAR – Simonpietri, “Not Everyone’s Rosie: Different Reactions to the Interview Process” from UMW History on Vimeo.

Jess Rigelhaupt, “Born Digital: Teaching Oral History to Create Public History”

SHFG/OHMAR – Rigelhaupt, “Born Digital: Teaching Oral History to Create Public History” from UMW History on Vimeo.

Commentator and Audience Q & A

SHFG/OHMAR – Q & A from UMW History on Vimeo.

Bringing History to Life

April 30, 2013 By

Carrie Schlupp ’13 examines James Monroe’s apron as part of the “World of James Monroe” history course.

“The World of James Monroe” history course, offered for the first time this semester, provides insight into the late 1700s and early 1800s in an innovative way.

For more information, see “Bringing History to Life,” a feature article at the University of Mary Washington’s own “Great Minds at Work” newsletter.

 

The Untold Stories — Trail to Freedom Symposium (4/27)

April 24, 2013 By

The Fredericksburg Area Museum and Cultural Center is sponsoring a symposium and luncheon this Saturday (4/27) regarding local stories of the Emancipation Proclamation and of the local United States Colored Troops.

Date: April 27, 2013
Time: 9:00 AM – 4:30 PM

Location: Central Rappahannock Regional Library, 1201 Caroline Street, Fredericksburg, VA; The Courtyard-Marriott, 620 Caroline Street Street, Fredericksburg, VA
About The Untold Stories – Trail to Freedom Symposium


The Trail to Freedom Committee is pleased to announce the First Annual Trail to Freedom Symposium to be held on Saturday, April 27th 2013 from 9:00 am to 4:30 pm. Join us as we commemorate and honor the lives of the 10,000 enslaved who passed to freedom in the Fredericksburg region-many of whom crossed the Rappahannock River-throughout the Civil War. These men, women, and children not only forged their own freedom in a reordered society but also gave birth to the 23rd Infantry Regiment of the United States Colored Troops (USCT). This event is presented by the Trail to Freedom Committee of the John J. Wright Education Cultural Center Museum.

Untold Stories – Phase I (Free)
Lecture and Swamp Water (Tea) Reception
9:00 – 11:30 am
Central Rappahannock Regional Library
1201 Caroline Street
Fredericksburg, VA

 

Untold Stories – Phase II ($25)
William H. Carney Award Luncheon and Conference
12:30 – 4:30 pm
Courtyard- Marriott
620 Caroline Street
Fredericksburg, VA

Participants may purchase tickets to Phase I and Phase II of the Symposium at The Museum Store at 215 William Street or online here at the Untold Stories – Trail to Freedom Symposium website. Limited Seating Available. For more information about the symposium, visit the Untold Stories – Trail to Freedom Symposium Website.

This event is presented by the Trail to Freedom Committee of the John J. Wright Education Cultural Center Museum.

Senior Thesis Symposium This Friday (4/26)

April 24, 2013 By

The History and American Studies Department welcomes all to attend this Friday’s symposium in which students will present their senior theses.  Sessions will be held from 9 am to 2 pm and are open to the public. Light refreshments will also be provided.

Schedule:  (see here for a schedule file that can be downloaded)

 

History and American Studies Symposium

 

Spring 2013

University of Mary Washington – Department of History and American Studies

Friday, April 26, 2013

 

 

SESSION ONE. 9 AM. Monroe 210—Politics and Memory of the Civil War Era

Moderator: Dr. Porter Blakemore

 

James Hitch—The Federal Folly Along the Rappahannock (JM)

 

Hannah Laughlin—The Memory of Civil War Ironclads: The Battle of Hampton Roads in American Memory (JM)

 

Sarah E. Tagg—Analyzing the Rhetoric in the Seven Lincoln-Douglas Debates (WM)

 

 

SESSION TWO. 9 AM. Monroe 211—Forging National and Ethnic Identities in Ancient, Medieval, and Modern History

Moderator: Dr. Jess Rigelhaupt

 

James Myers—Let Me Be Frank: Conceptions of National Identity in the Frankish Kingdoms, 450-1108 (BO)

 

William T. Roark—”So Radical a Revolution”: The Ku Klux Act and Trials and the Retreat from Reconstruction (CF)

 

Stuart Bolling Smith—Warriors of the Faith: Understanding Spartan Identity in the History of Sparta’s Religious and Societal Practices (BO)

 

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New Book by Dr. Allyson Poska

April 15, 2013 By

The UMW Department of History and American studies is pleased to announce a new publication by faculty member Dr. Allyson Poska.

Dr. Poska  is co-editor of newly published The Ashgate Research Companion to Women and Gender in Early Modern Europe (Ashgate 2013) together with Jane Couchman (York University) and Katherine A. McIver (University of Alabama).

Book description:

This Ashgate Research Companion presents an authoritative review of the current research on women and gender in early modern Europe from a multi-disciplinary perspective. The authors examine women’s lives, ideologies of gender, and the differences between ideology and reality through the recent research across many disciplines, including history, literary studies, art history, musicology, history of science and medicine, and religious studies.

For more information on this work, see Ashgate.com.

Maggie Greene (’06) to Join the History Faculty at Montana State University

April 10, 2013 By

We are pleased to announce that UMW alumna Maggie Greene (History, ’06) will join the history department at Montana State University at Bozeman this coming fall as a tenure-track, assistant professor.

Greene is currently completing her doctorate at the University of California, San Diego. Her dissertation, “The Sound of Ghosts: Chuanqi, Ghost Opera, and the Staging of a New China,” considers the celebrated and vilified genre of chuanqi (supernatural tales) and guixi (ghost plays) in Chinese society, culture, and politics in the period after 1949.  The project builds on Greene’s earlier research on Meng Chao and his 1961 kun ghost opera, Li Huiniang.

For a closer look at her research, see Greene’s recent article, “A Ghostly Bodhisattva and the Price of Vengeance: Meng Chao, Li Huiniang, and the Politics of Drama, 1959-1979,” published in Modern Chinese Literature and Culture 24.1 (Spring 2012). An abstract can be found here.

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