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Summer Internship (Paid) — Smithsonian American Women’s History Initiative

Application Deadline: March 15, 2020 or when 350 applications are received (please see details below)This summer, be a part of a transformational experience that goes beyond just another internship. Through hands-on activities and original research, you will contribute to a national effort to share a diversity of women’s voices from the past and present. You […]

Talk: “Mexican Muralism Abroad” – Davida Fernandez-Barkan (2/20)

Mexican Muralism Abroad:The Diplomacy of Arte Popular, 1920–1940 Davida Fernandez-BarkanPhD Candidate Harvard UniversitySmithsonian Institution Predoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian American Art MuseumThursday  February 20Melchers 2075pmFor more information contact Dr. Allyson Poska aposka@umw.edu Image:Alfonso Xavier Peña, Rural Education, 1937. Oil on Canvas. Embassy of Mexico in France, Paris

Winter Celebration–And Best Wishes for Finals Week!

The Department enjoyed a Winter Celebration party with History and American Studies majors on Friday afternoon, after a great day of senior thesis presentations at our department’s research symposium.Cheers to all who came to celebrate with snacks, games, and prizes, as well as good conversation. We’ll be celebrating again next spring, so stay tuned!We’re on […]

History and American Studies Symposium–December 6, 2019

 History and American Studies SymposiumUniversity of Mary Washington – Friday, December 6, 2019 9:00 am – 1:00 pm SESSION ONE. 9 AM. Monroe 210 – Writing, Texts, and History Moderator: Dr. Krystyn MoonCarolyn Stough. “Gender and Perspective in Eighteenth-Century Women’s Travel Writing”Justin Curtis. “Performing Imperialism: Dime Novel Representations of Wild West Folk Heroes”Kyle Moore. “Shanghai as […]