M.A. Student Barb Morris Wins Travel Grant

The Graduate Student Association awards Barb Morris a $1,000 Travel grant for her thesis project, "Comparative Analysis of Race Relations at Bethlehem Steel, Sparrows Point Maryland during the Civil Rights Movement" exploiting the DVD “Struggles in Steel” as well as conducting oral history of retired steelworkers. She will be interviewing steelworkers from Bethlehem Steel in Sparrows Point. Barb explains, "I aim is to illustrate how minorities and unions struggled to play a significant role in the ever-changing dynamics of the steel industry. I plan to accomplish this through various methodologies including oral history. I will frame my questions of the working conditions at Beth Steel in reference to the civil rights movement and the assassination of Martin Luther King which will allow the readers of my thesis to contextualize what blacks actually encountered as they tried to gain upward mobility in their place of employment at a period when the country was facing a revolution in race relations. I will be using these funds to travel to Penn State Library as they house some of the archives from Bethlehem Steel. I will also be using these funds to give a small token of appreciation to the retirees for allowing me to interview them."

Posted on October 12, 2009 1:00 PM | Permalink

Julie Oakes

CONGRATULATIONS to Julie Oakes for successfully defending her dissertation, "'Faint Traces and Hints of Color:' The Creation of Japan's National Treasure System." Her successful defense was last week and she will graduate with a doctorate from the University of Chicago on December 11th. Congratulations Dr. Oakes.

Posted on October 5, 2009 1:42 PM | Permalink

Research Grant for Graduate Students

I applied to GSA for research grant to get a role of microfilm copied that can only be found in Boston, Massachusetts! I was approved for the grant WITHIN a day! I have placed my order in with the archives, and it has been received and is being processed! I hope that many other Graduate History Students can take advantage of their research/travel grants.

Faith Wassink
FaithW1@umbc.edu

Posted on October 1, 2009 5:55 PM | Permalink

Russell Spinney successfully defends his dissertation

Congratulations to Russell Spinney on successfully defending his dissertation on 9/30/2009 at Penn State (Embattling the Nation: Fear in Weimar German Political Culture, 1918-1934)!

Posted on October 1, 2009 2:54 PM | Permalink

Autumn Gem: China's First Feminist

Autumn Gem: China's First Feminist. 10/13 4:00 pm A. O. Kuhn Gallery.

Posted on September 29, 2009 9:29 AM | Permalink

Faculty Opening

Faculty Opening: U.S.-Asia, tenure-track assistant professor

Posted on September 23, 2009 8:21 AM | Permalink

Newspaper Research Project--Environmental History

Research Assistant: Newspaper Archive Research
Desc: A part-time student assistant position is available at the Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education at UMBC to retrieve, sort, organize, and annotate a reference database of online articles and news coverage. This work is part of ongoing research on the development of severe floods on the Red River of the North in North Dakota and Minnesota

Qualifications: Position requires strong organizational skills, attention to detail, ability to work independently with limited supervision, and experience with online research tools. Skill and experience with bibliographic software such as EndNotes, and experience with research and organization of archival research databases are strong assets.
Apply: Submit letter of application, current resume and transcript information, and approximate availability for Fall Semester to:

Stuart S. Schwartz Ph.D.
Senior Research Scientist
Center for Urban Environmental Research and Education
University of Maryland Baltimore County
Baltimore, Maryland 21250
410.455.2748 stu_schwartz@umbc.edu

Posted on September 21, 2009 1:21 PM | Permalink

History Student Council Meeting, Sept. 23

The UMBC History Student Council's first meeting is noon-1:00 pm, Wednesday, September 23, Administration Building, Room 711.

Come for pizza, historical discussion, and meet other students interested in history. Open to all majors.
Contact Marissa Dalgetty if you have any questions: mari5@umbc.edu We hope to see you there!

Posted on September 18, 2009 5:01 PM | Permalink

Anne Rubin on Sherman's March

Anne Rubin published an essay on the University of North Carolina Press blog about her forthcoming book and website on Sherman's March.

Posted on September 17, 2009 9:54 PM | Permalink

John Maranto

John writes: "I am a 1997 graduate of UMBC where I earned my BA in History. I have been working at the B&O Railroad Museum since February of 2006 where I am the Curator of Archives and Small Objects. I work directly with the Museum's collection of archival material, photographs and railroad artifacts. I assist outside researchers and work as part of a team to create new exhibits. The knowledge and skills I learned as a student at UMBC prepared me to be effective as an archivist and historian."

Posted on September 17, 2009 9:48 PM | Permalink