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
Maxwell in DC History major Logan Maxwell (pictured here on the Speakers’ balcony of the U. S. Capitol) spent his summer in Washington, DC, working as an intern for Sen. Joni Ernst. His duties have included attending legislative briefings on education, energy, and veteran’s affairs. He has also doing work with constituents over mail and … Continue reading ISU Historians on the Go: August Edition
This month we catch up with Iowa State historians who attended the concurrent meetings of the Agricultural History Society and the Midwestern History Association. The ISU History doctoral degree is in Rural, Agricultural, Technological, and Environmental (RATE) History and so, as you would expect, we are regulars at the annual conference of the Agricultural History … Continue reading ISU Historians on the Go: July Edition
This month we catch up with three Iowa State historians and learn something about what they have been doing since classes ended. Doctoral candidate Jack Seitz is in Kazakhstan, where he presented his research to the history department at his host institution, Al Farabi Kazakh National University. The presentation was called "Сельскохозяйственная наука, агрономия, и … Continue reading ISU Historians on the Go: June Edition
Three Iowa State University history graduate students presented their research at the premiere national professional meeting for American historians last week. Held in New Orleans, the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians welcomed scholars from around the world to the Crescent City for four days devoted to discussing the latest advances in the … Continue reading ISU Grad Students Take New Orleans by Storm