Students and Faculty Present Papers at OHMAR Joint Meeting

May 3, 2013 By Susan Fernsebner

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.

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Senior Thesis Symposium This Friday (4/26)

April 24, 2013 By Susan Fernsebner

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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Women’s History Month Lecture: “Female Friends of America’s Founding Fathers”

March 22, 2013 By Susan Fernsebner

On Wednesday, March 27 — The 2nd Annual Women’s History Month Lecture, “Female Friends of America’s Founding Fathers,” presented by Cassandra Good, Ph.D.

From George Washington’s playful relationship with poet Annis Boudinot Stockton to Thomas Jefferson’s lifelong friendship with European artist Maria Cosway, to lesser-known pairs like James Monroe and Janet Montgomery, friendships between men and women were important relationships for our nation’s founders. Both politicians and their female friends derived affection, companionship, and political benefits from their friendships. The stories of these friendships illuminates the way power operated for both men and women in the founding era as well as offering new perspectives on the personal lives of the founders.

Good is assistant editor of the Papers of James Monroe.

7 p.m., Great Hall, Woodard Campus Center, University of Mary Washington. Free and open to the public.

Roundtable Discussion: “The 2003 Iraq War After Ten Years” (2/13)

February 11, 2013 By Susan Fernsebner

“The 2003 Iraq War After Ten Years”

A round table discussion featuring faculty with research expertise:

Nabil S. Al-Tikriti, Associate Professor of History

Eric C. Bonds, Assistant Professor of Sociology

Jason W. Davidson, Associate Professor of Political Science

Steven J. Farnsworth, Professor of Political Science and Director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies

with Ranjit Singh, Associate Professor of Political Science, serving as moderator

Wednesday, February 13th at 4 pm, Combs 139.

For details, contact Professor Jason Davidson: jdavidso [at] umw.edu

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Sotheby’s Institute of Art – Open House Event (21 Feb 2013)

February 11, 2013 By Susan Fernsebner

Racini Andres, Admissions Counselor at Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York, will be joining with, Jessica Patterson, Assistant Director of Enrollment and Alumni, in Washington, DC on February 21st to host an Open House event and private reception at The Phillips Collection.

The event will begin with an information session and alumni panel in the Carriage House, where students will obtain firsthand accounts of alumni experiences in the job market and learn what a graduate degree at Sotheby’s Institute of Art will enable them to pursue. Following the alumni panel, students are invited to join Sotheby’s Institute alumni and admissions staff on a private tour of the exhibition Angels, Demons, and Savages, followed by a reception in the Carriage House.

Event details:

The Carriage House at The Phillips Collection
1600 21st St NW, Washington, DC 20009
21 February 2013
6:30pm

RSVP to Racini Andres,
Admissions Counselor

r.andres@sothebysinstitute.com

Click here to learn more about Sotheby’s alumni.

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Black History Month Lecture – “The Slaves Gamble: Choosing Sides in the War of 1812″

January 30, 2013 By Susan Fernsebner

Thursday, February 21: Black History Month Lecture, The Slaves’ Gamble: Choosing Sides in the War of 1812 by Gene Allan Smith

Dr. Gene Allen Smith, professor of history and director of the Center for Texas Studies at Texas Christian University will discuss his most recent book,The Slaves’ Gamble: Choosing Sides in the War of 1812. The book explores the history-changing decisions made by the African – American combatants of the crucial conflict, and how the opportunity to fight changed the course of slavery in America.

7 p.m. in Lee Hall, room 411. Free and open to the public.

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Tonight (9/24): “What We Know that Ain’t So: Myths of the War of 1812″

September 24, 2012 By Susan Fernsebner

25th Annual James Monroe Lecture, “What We Know that Ain’t So: Myths of the War of 1812.” 7 pm, Great Hall (9/24)

Don Hickey, award-winning author and noted scholar of the War of 1812, will deliver this year’s James Monroe Lecture in honor of the bicentennial of that conflict. In this engaging talk, Professor Hickey will explore the leading myths and misconceptions of the war. A question and answer period will follow in which members of the audience are invited to challenge these views and to offer their own myths of the war.

An award-winning author, Professor Hickey has written six books and more than 50 articles on the War of 1812. He is best known for The War of 1812: A Forgotten Conflict (Bicentennial edition, 2012) and Don’t Give Up the Ship! Myths of the War of 1812 (2006). Don also serves as series editor for Johns Hopkins Books on the War of 1812. He holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Illinois and is a professor of history at Wayne State College in Nebraska.

The lecture is co-sponsored by the UMW departments of History and American Studies and Historic Preservation, and the UMW Center for Historic Preservation. A reception will follow, and three of Don’s books will be available for purchase and autographs.

7 p.m. in the Great Hall, Woodard Campus Center, UMW Fredericksburg campus. Free and open to the public.

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