Faculty:

David Ekbladh was awarded the John M. Olin Postdoctoral Associateship at the center for International Security Studies, Yale University, 2006-2007.           

Alan Kraut delivered a paper (co-authored with Deborah Kraut) "A Power for Healing: Newark Beth Israel and the Jewish Hospital In the United States" at the 2006 Biennial Scholar's Conference on American Jewish History, June 6th in Charleston, SC. He also served as Scholar-in-Residence at the University of Delaware "Read History" Institute on Immigration at the University of Delaware, July 9-13th. Finally, Prof. Kraut lectured to high school history teachers at the Ellis Island Institute, July 23 and 30th on Ellis Island.

Peter Kuznick was interviewed by Tamar Lewin of the New York Times about the impact of gender imbalance in academia. They had a long discussion about the effects of AU's disproportionate number of female students upon the learning and teaching environment. He was also interviewed by Radio Free Europe on the implications of the latest NSA telephone surveillance revelations for American democracy and the expansion of the Imperial Presidency under Bush and Cheney. In another interview with Radio Free Europe he discussed the circumstances that cause US soldiers to murder innocent civilians in Iraq and in previous wars. Finally, Kuznick was interviewed by the Asahi Shimbun (Japan’s New York Times) about the opening of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki-sponsored exhibit at the Atomic Testing Museum in Nevada and the changes in US public opinion about the atomic bombings over the past decade.

Peter and his students were covered by the Nikkei Weekly, Mainichi Shimbun, Chukogu Shimbun, and NHK TV in Japan. He was also quoted in the Indian newspaper The Statesman on Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 8th. Prior to leaving for Japan, Peter taped an interview on the current nuclear crises in light of the anniversaries of Hiroshima and Nagasaki that aired on the Jean Feraca show on Wisconsin Public Radio on August 2nd. Finally, he gave a lecture to the Senior Citizen group Oasis titled “Was This Really ‘the greatest thing in history?’: Harry Truman and the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki Reconsidered.”

Eric Lohr edited and wrote the introduction and inventory of The Papers of Grigorii Nikolaevich Trubetskoi. Published on-line by the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, on the Online Archive of California, 2006. Among his other recent publications are:

“The Ideal Citizen and Real Subject in Late Imperial Russia,” Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History  7, no. 2 (Spring 2006): 173-194.
“The Papers of Grigorii N. Trubetskoi: A new source publication for the study of diplomacy, Orthodoxy, and liberalism, 1900-1931,” Cahiers du Monde russe  46, 4 (October-December 2005): 851-854.
Series of three lectures as part of appointment as visiting scholar at L’Ecole des Haute Études en Sciences Sociales and L’Institut National D’Études Demographiques, Paris 5/19/06-6/10/06.

Graduate Students

Dan Flaherty, t hanks to Peter Kuznick’s advice, has accepted a position as a TA in the University of Oklahoma’s PhD program and will be starting this fall.

“Banding Together,” the new student exhibit at the Anacostia Museum, is set now open. Thanks to Cynthia Welborn, Heather Heckler, Rob Verbsky and several others from past years who worked first on the oral history project and then the exhibit script and public programs with the Anacostia Museum.

Undergraduate Students

Ryan Moreno  has been accepted into UCLA, NYU, and Georgetown Law Schools.

Kelly Radwizon has been accepted into the PhD program in Psychology at SUNY Buffalo.

Julie Weldon has been awarded a CAS summer research grant to do a project with Kim Sims.

5th Annual History Day

Thanks to everyone who participated in Friday's 5th Annual History Day Celebration.  It was a great success! Thanks especially to Alan, Eileen and Katharine, who shepherded our students through Major Seminar. We have the largest graduating class in recent history, almost 60.  They are also, arguably, the brightest.  Among the many awards they have garnered are: a Fulbright, two Honors Capstone Awards, the CAS top undergraduate award, and the University's Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar Award.  Quite a number have already gained admissions into top graduate and professional schools - Oxford, Edinburgh, Michigan, Syracuse, NYU, UMCP and so on.

Alumni/ae

Joan Cashin’s book, First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davis’s Civil War, was reviewed in the Washington Post on September 3rd.

Priya Chhaya  has started her new job at the National Trust for Historic Preservation in their Center of Preservation Leadership. She is working as a Program Coordinator for Training and Online information services.

Karen Dacoco was hired by Tara Ormond to work at EPSA and began working in June.

Nickolas Roth has been appointed Director of Research and Advocacy for the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.

Jenn Tullman  has been given a full scholarship to do her Master’s Degree at Hebrew University in Jerusalem starting in October 2006. She, along with Megan Gelardi, won the University Honor’s Capstone presentation in spring of 2004.  

Holly Werner-Thomas has been hired to work at The History Factory. Last year Holly underwent months of chemo treatments and has learned that she is cancer free.

Community

Laura Kamoie: Julia Grace Kamoie arrived at 6:24 pm on August 17, weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces and was 19.5 inches long!  “We're doing good, just tired!”

Honors Capstone Winners & Honorable Mentions

Frankie Martin: (Winner) “The Role of Religion and Culture in Kenya’s Mau Mau Rebellion.  Can the Mau Mau be Characterized as a Religious Movement?”
Advisor: Prof. Katharine Norris

Sean Gunn: (Honorable Mention) “Masters of History: High School American History Textbooks and the Vietnam War 1975-2005”
Advisors: Prof. Eileen Findlay and Prof. Peter Kuznick