Dr. Brecher Speaks at Consortium Workshop
claudia.mickasPuck Brecher spoke on “On Japan’s Transition from Tokugawa to Meiji” for The National Consortium for Teaching about Asia’s “East Asia since 1800” workshop at the University of Southern California (virtual).
Dr. Peabody Presented Invited Paper
claudia.mickasSue Peabody presented her invited paper, “Gender and the Afterlives of Slavery in the Indian Ocean: Microhistory as Method,” Sawyer Seminar: Global Slaveries, Fugitivity, and the Afterlives of Unfreedom, funded by the Mellon Foundation. Dialogue One: Slavery, Racialization, and Gender, Indiana University, Bloomington, October 5-6, 2023
RCI Event Series – “Shifting Narratives: The Steptoe Battlefield and Popular Memory”
claudia.mickasDr. Booth Publishes New Article
claudia.mickasRyan Booth has published an article in the latest Journal of Arizona History entitled “’As So Many Bengal Tigers’: The U.S. Army, Native Scouts, and the Imagined Martial Races of the Southwest.” The entire issue was written, edited, and peer reviewed by Indigenous historians, a first for the journal.
RCI Event Series – “History in the Future”
claudia.mickasDr. Miller and Dr. Spohnholz Publish Article
claudia.mickasBrenna Miller and Jesse Spohnholz published an article, based on their work on the History for the 21st Century project: “Collaboratively Reforming General Education History Education: A Roadmap for the 21st Century.” The Proceedings of the H-Net Teaching Conference, 1 (2023): 77–87.
Dr. Erdy New Position
claudia.mickasBeth Erdy (PhD 2013) has accepted a new position with the National Park Service. Effective September 25 she will be Museum Curator for the Pacific West Region of the National Park Service – see notice here.
Dr. Overtoom Speaking for History Colloquium at LSU
claudia.mickasNikolaus Overtoom is the keynote speaker for the History Colloquium at LSU, Baton Rouge, LA, Sept. 15, 2023. His talk is titled: “Patricide, Fratricide, and Betrayal: The Role of the Parthians in the First War with Rome.”
Dr. Chastain Interviewed
claudia.mickasAndra Chastain was interviewed about the recent Argentine elections for El Regionalista, an online news site based in Chile.