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Historian Digs Into 1980s Farm Crisis

Iowa State University Distinguished Professor of History Pamela Riney-Kehrberg’s new book – When a Dream Dies: Agriculture, Iowa, and the Farm Crisis of the 1980s –was recently published by the University Press of Kansas. The research for this innovative work of social history draws extensively on sources in the Iowa Women’s Archives, the Drake University Political Papers Collection, records in the State Historical … Continue reading Historian Digs Into 1980s Farm Crisis

Dr. Pamela Riney-Kehrberg awarded the Agricultural History Society’s 2022 Gladys Baker Award

We are proud to announce that the Agricultural History Society’s 2022 Gladys Baker Award has been given to Dr. Pamela Riney-Kehrberg, Distinguished Professor of History. The award recognizes lifetime achievement in the field of agricultural history. It is named for Gladys Baker, who was born in rural Iowa in 1910 and educated at the University of … Continue reading Dr. Pamela Riney-Kehrberg awarded the Agricultural History Society’s 2022 Gladys Baker Award

ISU History Professor Featured on History Channel Documentary

A career spent studying the life, presidency, and family of Theodore Roosevelt was on full display when Prof. Stacy Cordery appeared recently on the two-part History Channel documentary, Theodore Roosevelt. Cordery, who teaches courses on the Gilded Age, First Ladies, and modern United States history, addressed many facets of Roosevelt’s fascinating life. Cordery is the … Continue reading ISU History Professor Featured on History Channel Documentary

A new book edited by James Andrews and Margaret LaWare will be published in June

Art and the Global City is based on an international conference in November of 2019 at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. It included cultural historians, urban studies specialists, as well as Frankfurt School Communication scholars – all of which are interested in the relationships between art, architecture, and public space in international … Continue reading A new book edited by James Andrews and Margaret LaWare will be published in June

Dr. James T. Andrews co-edits upcoming book “Art and the Global City”

Dr. James T. Andrews (University Professor of Modern Russian History) and Dr. Margaret R. LaWare (Associate Professor of English)  announce the forthcoming publication of their new co-edited book Art and the Global City (Oxford/NYC: Peter Lang, June 2022). Based on an international conference at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (November 2019), the book … Continue reading Dr. James T. Andrews co-edits upcoming book “Art and the Global City”

Dr. Jack Seitz — “Ukraine War: Historical Background”

Dr. Jack Seitz, an alumnus of ISU, will be giving a talk titled “Ukraine War: Historical Background” on Monday, March 7, at 7pm.  You can attend the lecture via Webex.  The log in information is listed on the above flyer.

Amy Rutenberg, associate professor of history, is the new LAS Equity Advisor

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Prof. John Monroe is co-winner of the Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award

Prof. John Monroe’s recent book Metropolitan Fetish: African Sculpture and the Imperial French Invention of Primitive Art was co-winner of the 2021 Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award. The Rubin Award is given once every three years by the Arts Council of the African Studies Association and recognizes “works of original scholarship and excellence in visual presentation that make significant … Continue reading Prof. John Monroe is co-winner of the Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award

MA Mondays Presents — Nathan Cirian

Nathan Cirian is a second year MA student. Tell us about yourself. Where are you from? How did you get here? I was born in Denver, Colorado in 1996. My family eventually settled down in Davenport, Iowa when I was about five. I had the typical history interests as a kid: the World Wars, the … Continue reading MA Mondays Presents — Nathan Cirian