History Professor Steven E. Harris received a summer stipend from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) to complete research on his book project, “Flying Aeroflot: A History of the Soviet Union in the Jet Age.” He will conduct this research in summer 2021. Like many faculty here at UMW, Professor Harris draws upon his […]
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CFA: MA position. Urban Studies
CFA: MA position. Urban Studies (Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies) at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan The University of British Columbia, Okanagan, is accepting applications for its MA in Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies in Urban Studies. One funded position is available as part of the project “Cities and Regions in Transition after […]
Congratulations to Brexton O’Donnell
Brexton O’Donnell, a history major in Dr. Kimberly Kutz’s Civil War in Popular Culture course, is going to have his book review of Bruce Levine’s The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution that Transformed the South published in The Gettysburg College Journal of the Civil War Era, Volume […]
Departmental Symposium Schedule — April 27, 8 AM-4 PM
History and American Studies Symposium Spring 2012 University of Mary Washington – Department of History and American Studies Friday, April 27, 2012 SESSION ONE. 8 AM. Monroe 210 – Ideology and Motivation in Warfare Moderator: Dr. Porter Blakemore Kathleen Hughes—Motivation to Fight: Combat Soldiers in Vietnam [CF] Lindsey Smith—Armed with the Quran and a […]
Applications for 2012-2013 Departmental Scholarships now open
Each scholarship application requires a 250-word essay about why one should be considered for that scholarship. See below for more information on the individual scholarships and the application essays. Applications for the 2012-2013 school year are accepted here through Monday, April 2, 2012. Oscar H. Darter Scholarship in History by the Class of 1940 The Oscar Darter […]