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
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
Assistant Professor of History Jeremy Best deployed his expertise in modern German history to explain the rise of white nationalism in the United States and offer suggestions on how to teach about it. His article, “Teaching Against White Nationalism: How One Historian Took Action,” is in the December 2017 newsletter of the American Historical Association, … Continue reading Teaching About White Nationalism: History Professor Offers Guidance
At the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Alumni Honors and Awards Ceremony on Thursday, 27 October 2017, Dr. Ellyn Bartges was named Department of History Distinguished Alumna. A 1985 graduate from ISU, Dr. Bartges has fused her passions for history, equity, and social justice with a lifetime of playing and coaching sports into a … Continue reading Dr. Ellyn Bartges, ’85, Recognized as Our Distinguished Alumna
Dwain Coleman (MA graduate, 2016) has been awarded the Iowa History Center at Simpson College’s award for outstanding master’s work in Iowa History. His thesis, “Still in the Fight: The Struggle for Community in the Upper Midwest for African American Civil War Veterans,” is a study of the transformative effects of the Civil War on … Continue reading ISU Thesis Named Outstanding Work in Iowa History
Congratulations! The Department of History is proud to acknowledge these award-winning faculty members, recognized at the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Convocation on 5 September 2017: Prof. Amy Bix, named Outstanding Career Achievement in Research award winner; Prof. Brian Behnken, named Mid-Career Achievement in Research award winner; and Prof. Tim Wolters, named the Excellence … Continue reading Award Winning Faculty!
Professor Michael Bailey has published a new book, Magic: The Basics. Intended as an introduction to the topic of magic in history and the present day, the book presents magic as a global phenomenon. It explores historical, social, and cultural aspects of magic around the world from antiquity to the present day. According to the … Continue reading Magic: The Basics