History from the Inside The ISU Department of History, in cooperation with Ames Public Library, hosts a monthly “Your Historians” series every Spring. History faculty and students illustrate how we conduct our research, drawing back the curtain on the practice of history. The remaining talks for this, our third season, are: Tuesday, 18 Feb “Carrie … Continue reading History from the Inside
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Tunde Adeleke, Professor of History and Director of the ISU African and African American Studies Program, has just published Martin R. Delany’s Civil War and Reconstruction: A Primary Source Reader. Delany (1812-1885), an abolitionist and journalist, promoted black nationalism and through his writings influenced figures such as Marcus Garvey and Malcolm X. He served in … Continue reading New Civil War Primary Source Reader
Prof. Amy Rutenberg, assistant professor of History, is becoming the “go to” expert for issues surrounding the draft. With tensions in the Middle East rising, increasing the size of United States military forces has become a hot topic in the media, so much so that the Selective Service website crashed as people rushed to understand … Continue reading History Professor Informs Draft Debate
Iowa State University’s PhD program in Rural, Agricultural, Technological and Environmental (RATE) History is pleased to invite applications for a 6-year, fully-funded PhD fellowship in Indian Ocean World and Middle Eastern Environmental History. Iowa State University is a partner with McGill University’s Indian Ocean World Centre and an international team of more than twenty universities … Continue reading Indian Ocean World PhD Fellowship
The Department of History has published updated instructor office hours.
Iowa State University’s PhD program in Rural, Agricultural, Technological and Environmental (RATE) History is pleased to invite applications for a 6-year, fully-funded PhD fellowship in Indian Ocean World and Middle Eastern Environmental History. Iowa State University is a partner with McGill University’s Indian Ocean World Centre and an international team of more than twenty universities … Continue reading Indian Ocean World PhD Fellowship
An ISU Graduate Research Fellowship is enabling History doctoral candidate Lindsay Bell to complete his dissertation on schedule. For Bell, treating his research as a full-time job provides peace of mind at this crucial stage of his studies and extinguishes two major causes of stress: time and money. Receiving the Fellowship tells him the Graduate … Continue reading Research Fellow Profile: Lindsay Bell
With support from an ISU Graduate Research Fellow, History doctoral candidate Michael Belding is spending this semester conducting research at the Gotha Research Center in Gotha, Germany. There, he will focus on a collection of letters written by immigrants in the Midwest to family and friends in Germany. These letters provide evidence for his dissertation, … Continue reading Research Fellow Profile: Michael Belding
Christopher Reed is currently researching Sino-American relations during the 1920s. His dissertation will explore American attitudes, official and popular, toward China. He is one of four History graduate students recently awarded an ISU Graduate Research Fellowship to spend a semester conducting research and writing. Chris has visited the Herbert Hoover Presidential Library, where the papers … Continue reading Research Fellow Profile: Chris Reed