Lecture on food and the Great Depression to air on American History TV
Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, professor of history, shares stories from her research and interviews with people who lived during the Depression.
Tag: History
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Mike Bailey publishes new book, “Magic: The Basics”
Michael Bailey, professor of history, has published a new book, "Magic: The Basics." "Magic: The Basics" is a concise and engaging introduction to magic in world history and contemporary societies. Presenting magic as a global phenomenon which has manifested in all human cultures, this book takes a thematic approach which explores the historical, social, and … Continue reading Mike Bailey publishes new book, “Magic: The Basics”
CATEGORIES: Published
Wolters publishes “Reading Submarine History”
Tim Wolters, associate professor of history, recently published "Reading Submarine History" in the current issue of The Submarine Review (vol. 35, no. 2), pp. 135-145.
CATEGORIES: Published
Andrews publishes essay on authoritarian constraints on scientific inquiry
Warning Signs: Authoritarian Constraints on Scientific Inquiry in the Recent Past
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American Historical Association taps ISU Department of History to help shape career diversity model
Faculty members will help integrate career development into doctoral curriculum.
CATEGORIES: Honored
American Antiquarian Society awards fellowship to Hilliard
Dr. Kathleen Hilliard, associate professor of history, was awarded the 2017-2018 Kate B. and Hall J. Peterson Fellowship to support one month of research at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts. Hilliard will conduct research for a book in progress, "Bonds Burst Asunder: The Revolutionary Politics of Getting By in Civil War and Emancipation, … Continue reading American Antiquarian Society awards fellowship to Hilliard
CATEGORIES: Honored
Hilliard awarded Program in Early American Economy and Society Fellowship
Dr. Kathleen Hilliard, associate professor of history, was awarded the 2017-2018 Program in Early American Economy and Society Fellowship. The fellowship, awarded by The Library Company of Philadelphia, is designed to promote scholarship in early American economy and society, broadly defined, from its colonial beginnings to the 1850s. The fellowship will support research for Hilliard’s … Continue reading Hilliard awarded Program in Early American Economy and Society Fellowship
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Hilliard awarded Suzanne and Caleb Loring Fellowship
Dr. Kathleen Hilliard, associate professor of history, was awarded the 2017-2018 Suzanne and Caleb Loring Fellowship on the Civil War, Its Origins, and Consequences. Awarded jointly by the Boston Athenaeum and Massachusetts Historical Society, this will enable Dr. Hilliard to conduct research at both institutions. The Athenaeum’s Civil War collections are anchored by its holdings … Continue reading Hilliard awarded Suzanne and Caleb Loring Fellowship
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Kathleen Hilliard’s “Bushels of Corn, Tubs of Trouble: Measuring Honor at the Pendleton Farmers’ Society, 1823-24” published
Kathleen Hilliard’s "Bushels of Corn, Tubs of Trouble: Measuring Honor at the Pendleton Farmers’ Society, 1823-1824" has been published in The Field of Honor: Essays on Southern Character and American Identity (University of South Carolina Press, 2017). Hilliard is an associate professor of history. Read it here.