Historical news and notices.THE ASSOCIATION The seventy-third annual meeting of the Southern Historical Association will be held Wednesday through Saturday, October 31-November 3, 2007, at the Marriott in downtown Richmond, Virginia Downtown Richmond refers to a business district of Richmond, Virginia. The downtown area is generally defined as being bound by Belvidere Street to the west, I-95 to the north and east and the James River to the south. , with the Crowne Plaza serving as the overflow space and the headquarters for the Southern British Studies Conference that meets in conjunction with the SHA. Roger Wilkins will be the speaker for the opening night session. Nell Irvin Painter's presidential address, "Was Marie White? Divergent Views of America by Alexis de Tocqueville Noun 1. Alexis de Tocqueville - French political writer noted for his analysis of American institutions (1805-1859) Alexis Charles Henri Maurice de Tocqueville, Tocqueville and Gustave de Beaumont M. Gustave de Beaumont (b. February 6, 1802 in Beaumont-la-Chartre, France, d. March 30, 1865 in Paris, France) was a French magistrate, prison reformer, and travel companion to the famed philosopher and politician Alexis de Tocqueville. ," will be delivered on Thursday night. A bus trip to Jamestown will take place on Saturday afternoon, where exhibits and demonstrations have been arranged especially for SHA members. For the full program and information on registering at the hotels and the Jamestown trip, see the SHA website (www.uga.edu/~sha). The printed program will be mailed to all members later this month. Graduate students attending this year's meeting in Richmond are encouraged to attend the seventh annual luncheon given in their behalf and sponsored by the John and LaWanda Cox Fund. The program this year will consist of a panel discussion, "Lessons for Graduate School," by four successful graduate mentors: James C. Cobb, Gary Gallagher, Darlene Clark Hine, and Theda Perdue. The luncheon is free to all graduate students registered for the meeting, but places must be reserved in advance. This year's William F. Holmes Award will be given to the best paper among those presented at the Richmond meeting by graduate students or junior faculty members (within three years of completion of their doctorates.) To be considered, they should submit their papers, in the form in which they will be delivered at the meeting, to the SHA office by September 15. This year's award committee consists of Marie Jenkins Schwartz, University of Rhode Island History The University was first chartered as the state's agricultural school in 1888. The site of the school was originally the Oliver Watson Farm, and the original farmhouse still lies on the campus today. , chair; Gregory L. Mixon, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; and Anastatia Sims, Georgia Southern University Georgia Southern University, established 1906, is a regional university located in Statesboro, Georgia, USA, and part of the University System of Georgia. It is the largest center of higher education in the southern half of Georgia and is the sixth largest institution in the . There has been a change of venue A change of venue is the legal term for moving a trial to a new location. In high-profile matters, a change of venue may occur to move a jury trial away from a location where a fair and impartial jury may not be possible due to widespread publicity about a crime and/or defendant(s) and dates for our meeting in New Orleans next year. Because the Fairmont Hotel, where the meeting had been rescheduled after Hurricane Katrina in 2006, will not reopen, the meeting will be held instead at the Sheraton Hotel on Canal Street on October 9-12, 2008, opening on Thursday night and going through Sunday morning. See the call for papers for that meeting below. Vice President Leon Litwack has named the following to serve as the 2008 Program Committee for our meeting in New Orleans: Sylvia R. Frey, Tulane University, and Nick Salvatore, Cornell University, co-chairs; Eva Baham, Southern University, Baton Rouge; Carol R. Berkin, Barnard College; Randall K. Burkett, Emory University; Michael Fellman, Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University, main campus at Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada; provincially supported; coeducational; chartered 1963, opened 1965. The Harbour Centre campus in downtown Vancouver opened in 1989. ; Paul Harvey, University of Colorado University of Colorado may refer to:
• • ; Margaret Washington, Cornell University; and Charles Reagan Wilson, University of Mississippi The University of Mississippi, also known as Ole Miss, is a public, coeducational research university located in Oxford, Mississippi. Founded in 1848, the school is composed of the main campus in Oxford and three branch campuses located in Booneville, Tupelo, and Southaven. . The 2008 Program Committee has issued its call for papers for the seventy-fourth annual meeting of the SHA, which will be held in New Orleans at the Sheraton New Orleans Sheraton New Orleans, located at 500 Canal Street in the Central Business District of New Orleans, Louisiana, is a 48-story, 479 feet (146 m)-tall skyscraper. from October 9 to 12, 2008. For the first time, the committee has requested that all submissions be made electronically through the SHA website. The deadline for submissions is September 15, 2007. According to SHA bylaws, no one who participated in the previous two programs, in either Birmingham or Richmond, is eligible for participation on the 2008 program. Because the chance of single-paper proposals being accepted is so slight, full-session proposals are strongly encouraged. Individuals interested in using the SHA website to organize a session with others of like interest may send an e-mail to Gloria Davis at gsdavis@uga.edu, including name, e-mail address, and proposed paper topic. She will post the information on the website, which anyone may then consult to find compatible co-panelists. The Nominating Committee for 2007, consisting of Gail O'Brien, North Carolina State University History
The recipient of the first John Hope Franklin Noun 1. John Hope Franklin - United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915) Franklin Lifetime Achievement Award will be named at this year's annual meeting in Richmond. The award, established by the Executive Council in 2004, will be given at four-year intervals to a scholar with a notable career in the field of southern history who has produced a distinguished body of scholarship in southern history and has exhibited outstanding qualities of citizenship through which the knowledge and understanding of southern history have been put to the service of the general public. The award committee consists of Raymond O. Arsenault, University of South Florida • • [ , chair; Elsa Barkley Brown, University of Maryland University of Maryland can refer to:
PERSONNEL University of Alabama at Birmingham UAB began in 1936 as the Birmingham Extension Center of the University of Alabama. Because of the rapid growth of the Birmingham area, it was decided that an extension program for students who had difficulties which prevented them from studying in Tuscaloosa was needed. : Stephen J. Miller promoted to associate professor. University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas strives to be known as a "nationally competitive, student-centered research university serving Arkansas and the world." The school recently completed its "Campaign for the 21st Century," in which the university raised more than $1 billion for the school, used : Andrea Arrington, Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon, Michael Pierce, and Calvin White appointed assistant professor; Cynthia Ingham appointed visiting assistant professor; Robert G. Finlay and Joel S. Gordon promoted to professor. Augusta State University History The school was chartered as the Academy of Richmond County in 1783. It opened in 1785 and offered collegiate-level classes from its earliest days. Graduates were accepted into colleges as sophomores or juniors. : Heather J. Abdelnur appointed assistant professor; Michael B. Bishku promoted to professor. Austin College: Jacqueline M. Moore promoted to professor. Austin Peay State University History The school was founded after the former Southwestern Presbyterian College (now Rhodes College) moved to Memphis in 1925, leaving its former campus in Clarksville unoccupied. : David Nelson appointed assistant professor. Baylor University: Stephen M. Sloan appointed assistant professor and director of the Institute of Oral History; Kenneth R. Jones appointed assistant professor. Christian Brothers University In addition to intercollegiate athletics, CBU offers intramural sports. Types of intramurals, such as volleyball, flag football, and bowling, vary from year to year. Greek life Fraternity and sorority members comprise 21 - 24% of CBU students. : Paul W. Berk appointed visiting assistant professor. The Citadel: Kurt M. Boughan appointed assistant professor; John Shelton Reed appointed visiting professor; W. Gary Nichols has retired and been named emeritus. Davidson College: Thomas Pegelow Kaplan appointed assistant professor. University of Delaware [3] The student body at the University of Delaware is largely an undergraduate population. Delaware students have a great deal of access to work and internship opportunities. : William R. Scott appointed assistant professor; Erica Armstrong Dunbar promoted to associate professor; David Suisman is on leave. Duke University: Laurent Dubois appointed professor; Adriane Lentz-Smith appointed assistant professor; John Martin appointed research professor; Katharine Dubois appointed visiting assistant professor; Timothy B. Tyson receives secondary appointment; John D. French promoted to professor; Pete Sigal promoted to associate professor; Karin A. Shapiro promoted to visiting associate professor; John F. Richards and Peter H. Wood have retired. Eastern Kentucky University Student Life The Eastern Kentucky University Office of Student Life works closely with Registered Student Organizations (RSO's), Greek Life, and Thursday Alternative Getaway (TAG). : Catherine L. Howey appointed assistant professor. Emory University: William Beik has retired; Elizabeth Fox-Genovese has died. Florida Institute of Technology Florida Institute of Technology is an independent technical college located in Melbourne, Florida (Brevard County), United States. It was founded by Jerome P. Keuper on September 22, 1958 as Brevard Engineering College, absorbing the University of Melbourne, and changing its name : Robert A. Taylor named chair. Florida State University Florida State University, at Tallahassee; coeducational; chartered 1851, opened 1857. Present name was adopted in 1947. Special research facilities include those in nuclear science and oceanography. : Rafe Blaufarb appointed professor; Claudia Liebeskind appointed associate professor; Andrew K. Frank, Claudia Mineo, Richard Mizell, and Mollie Oshatz appointed assistant professor; Vincent Mikkelsen appointed lecturer; Darrin McMahon promoted to professor; Matt D. Childs promoted to associate professor; Rodney Anderson, Bawa Singh, and Paul Strait have retired. University of Georgia Organization The President of the University of Georgia (as of 2007, Michael F. Adams) is the head administrator and is appointed and overseen by the Georgia Board of Regents. : Stephen Berry and Bethany Moreton appointed assistant professor; Claudio Saunt promoted to professor; Michael Kwass is on leave 2008; David D. Roberts has retired. Huntingdon College: James Albritton appointed assistant professor. James Madison University “JMU” redirects here. For the university in Liverpool, England, see Liverpool John Moores University. For the public-policy college at Michigan State University, see . : L. Stephen Chappell and Mary K. Gayne appointed assistant professor; Anara Tabyshalieva appointed visiting assistant professor; Sidney R. Bland, John J. Butt, and Kristen L. McCleary on leave; Philip F. Riley has retired. Lamar University: Adrian Anderson and Ralph A. Wooster have retired. Lincoln Memorial University LMU's 1,000-acre campus borders on Cumberland Gap National Historical Park. LMU is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). Its Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum houses a large collection of memorabilia relating to the school's namesake, : Debra Salata appointed assistant professor. Louisiana Tech University Louisiana Tech University, at Ruston; coeducational; state supported; chartered 1894, opened 1895 as an industrial institute. It became Louisiana Polytechnic Institute in 1921 and attained university status in 1970. : Laurie S. Stoff and Jace A. Stuckey appointed assistant professor. University of Louisville See also
1. ^ [1] 2. ^ [2] URL accessed on June 8 2006 3. : Justin A. McCarthy named Distinquished University Scholar; Daniel Krebs appointed assistant professor; Karen E. Spierling promoted to associate professor. Mississippi State University Mississippi State University, at Mississippi State, near Starkville; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered 1878 as an agricultural and mechanical college, opened 1880. From 1932 to 1958 it was known as Mississippi State College. : Allyson J. Delnore and Stephen Brain appointed assistant professor; Peter C. Messer promoted to associate professor; Johnpeter H. Grill and Robert L. Jenkins have retired. Morgan State University: Hakeem I. Tijani appointed associate professor; Jelani M. Favors appointed assistant professor; Suzanne E. Chapelle and Rosalynn Terborg-Penn have retired. University of New Orleans History UNO was founded in 1958 as the New Orleans branch of Louisiana State University, originally as "Louisiana State University in New Orleans" or "LSUNO", but became more independent and changed the name to "University of New Orleans" in 1974. : Gunter J. Bischof named Marshall Plan Professor of Austrian Studies; Allan Millet named Stephen E. Ambrose Professor; Robert L. Dupont appointed associate professor; Connie Zeanah Atkinson promoted to associate professor; Michael Mizell-Nelson on leave. University of North Carolina at Charlotte: Benny Andres and Cheryl Hicks appointed assistant professor; Sonya Ramsey appointed associate professor; Karen Cox and Karen Flint promoted to associate professor. Radford University: Mark Munzinger appointed assistant professor; Sharon A. Roger Hepburn promoted to professor; Suzanne Ament promoted to associate professor. Rice University: Carol E. Quillen named Vice Provost for Academic Affairs; Douglas Brinkley appointed professor; Lisa Balabanlilar and Cyrus Mody appointed assistant professor; Karl Gunther and Gale Kenny appointed lecturer; Allison L. Sneider promoted to associate professor; Alexander X. Byrd, Kerry R. Ward, John H. Zammito on leave fall 2007; Thomas L. Haskell, Ussama S. Makdisi, Richard J. Smith, Lora Wildenthal on leave spring 2008; Allison L. Sneider on leave 2007-2008. University of the South: Catherine Tracy Goode and Daniel Breck Walker appointed visiting instructor; Carmen McEvoy promoted to professor; Arthur J. Knoll and John F. Flynn have retired. Stephen F. Austin University: Jeff R. Bremer, Dana M. Cooper, and Jason A. Dormady appointed assistant professor; Philip E. Carton promoted to associate professor. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga UTC was founded in 1886 as then-private Chattanooga University (later known as Grant College). In 1907, the university changed its name to the University of Chattanooga. In 1969, the university merged with Chattanooga City College to form the modern UTC campus as part of the University : James M. Russell named head; Ralph Covino and Sara Jorgensen appointed assistant professor; Andrea Becksvoort and Harry Hays appointed lecturer; Russell J. Linnemann has died. Tennessee Technological University: Paula K. Hinton and Susan D. Laningham promoted to associate professor; William J. Brinker and Gilbert G. Fernandez have retired. University of Texas at Austin “University of Texas” redirects here. For other system schools, see University of Texas System. The University of Texas at Austin (often referred to as The University of Texas, UT Austin, UT, or Texas : Sally Clarke, Joan Neuberger, and James Sidbury promoted to professor; Mark Metzler and Mary C. Neuburger promoted to associate professor. University of Virginia: Risa Goluboff, John James, and Alison Weber appointed professor; Jeffrey K. Olick appointed associate professor; Jennifer Burns and Faribab Zarinebaf appointed assistant professor; Gary D. Allinson has died. Virginia Military Institute: N. Turk McCleskey returns from active military duty; Thomas W. Davis has retired. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, at Blacksburg; land-grant and state supported; coeducational; chartered and opened 1872 as an agricultural and mechanical college. : Robert P. Stephens promoted to associate professor and is on leave 2007-2008; E. Thomas Ewing, Kathleen W. Jones, and Greta G. Kroeker on leave 2007-2008; Linda J. Arnold and Mark V. Barrow Jr. on leave fall 2007; Crandall A. Shifflett on leave spring 2008; J. Dean O'Donnell Jr. has retired. Wake Forest University: Emily Wakild appointed assistant professor; Anthony S. Parent Jr. promoted to professor; J. Howell Smith has retired. West Virginia University: Peter S. Carmichael appointed Eberly Family Distinquished Professor of Civil War Studies; James F. Siekmeier appointed assistant professor; John C. Super has retired. Western Kentucky University: Robert L. Dietle named head; Andrew F. McMichael promoted to associate professor. LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES The Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center at the University of Oklahoma seeks applicants for its Visiting Scholars Program, which provides financial assistance to researchers working at the Center's archives. Awards of $500 to $1,000 are normally granted as reimbursement for travel and lodging. The Center's holdings include the papers of many former members of Congress, such as Robert S. Kerr, Fred Harris, and House Speaker Carl Albert of Oklahoma; Helen Gahagan Douglas and Jeffery Cohelan of California; Sidney Clarke of Kansas; and Neil Gallagher of New Jersey. Besides the history of Congress, congressional leadership, national and Oklahoma politics, and election campaigns, the collections also document government policy affecting agriculture, Native Americans, energy, foreign affairs, the environment, the economy, and other areas. Topics that can be studied include the Great Depression, flood control, soil conservation, and tribal affairs. At least one collection provides insight on women in American politics. Most materials date from the 1920s to the 1970s, although there is one nineteenth-century collection. The Center's collections are described at http://www.ou.edu/special/albertctr/archives/ and in the publication titled A Guide to the Carl Albert Center Congressional Archives (Norman, Okla., 1995), by Judy Day et al., available at many U.S. academic libraries. Additional information can be obtained from the Center. The Visiting Scholars Program is open to any applicant. Emphasis is given to those pursuing postdoctoral research in history, political science, and other fields. Graduate students involved in research for publication, thesis, or dissertation are encouraged to apply. Interested undergraduates and lay researchers are also invited to apply. The Center evaluates each research proposal based upon its merits, and funding for a variety of topics is expected. No standardized form is needed for application. Instead, a series of documents should be sent to the Center, including (1) a description of the research proposal in fewer than 1,000 words; (2) a personal vita; (3) an explanation of how the Center's resources will assist the researcher; (4) a budget proposal; and (5) a letter of reference from an established scholar in the discipline attesting to the significance of the research. Applications are accepted at any time. For more information, please contact Archivist, Carl Albert Center, 630 Parrington Oval, Room 101, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK 73019; phone: (405) 325-5835; fax (405) 325-6419; e-mail: channeman@ou.edu. The Georgia Historical Society announces the following manuscript collections are now available for research: The John A. Cuthbert letter to Hiram Warner from Milledgeville on June 10, 1834, contains an explanation of the points of law relating to the rights of Georgians regarding Cherokee property as determined by the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Worcester v. Georgia (1832); the Shaftesbury Plantation journal lists accounting and other information dating from 1869 to 1898 of a prominent rice plantation situated on Argyle Island (today part of the Savannah National Wildlife Refuge  The Savannah National Wildlife Refuge ) with notations regarding Fairlawn
Plantation and Whitehall Plantation; and the Bull Street Improvement
Project records detail improvements along the main thoroughfare of one
of the nation's largest urban National Historic Landmark districts
in Savannah, Georgia, during the 1990s. Please consult our online
catalog for further information about these and other Georgia Historical
Society collections at http://69.63.217.9/G92002Staff/OPAC/Index.asp.
The John Carter Brown Library John Carter Brown Library: see Brown, John Carter. will award approximately thirty short- and long-term research fellowships for the year June 1, 2008-July 31, 2009. Short-term fellowships are available for periods of two to four months and carry a stipend of $2,000 per month. These fellowships are open to foreign nationals as well as to U.S. citizens who are engaged in pre- and post-doctoral or independent research. Graduate students must have passed their preliminary or general examinations at the time of application and be at the dissertation-writing stage. Long-term fellowships, partially funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) U.S. independent agency. Founded in 1965, it supports research, education, preservation, and public programs in the humanities. and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation is a foundation endowed with wealth accumulated by the late Andrew W. Mellon. It is the product of the 1969 merger of the Avalon Foundation and the Old Dominion Foundation. , are typically for five to ten months and carry a stipend of $4,000 per month. Recipients of long-term fellowships may not be engaged in graduate work and in some cases must be U.S. citizens or have resided in the U.S. for the three years immediately preceding the application deadline. Research proposed by applicants must be suited to the holdings of the library, which are concentrated on the history of the Western Hemisphere during the colonial period (ca. 1492 to ca. 1825), emphasizing the European discovery, exploration, settlement, and development of the Americas, the indigenous response to European conquest, the African contribution to the development of the hemisphere, and all aspects of European relations to the New World, including the impact on the Old World. All fellows are expected to relocate to Providence and to be in continuous residence at the library for the entire term of the fellowship. Several fellowships are restricted to particular areas of research, and a few fellowships are available only to scholars who are citizens of countries in Spanish America. The application deadline for fellowships for 2008-2009 is January 10, 2008. For application forms or more information, write to The John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, RI 02912; email JCBL_Fellowships@Brown.edu; http://www.jcbl.org; telephone (401) 863-2725; fax (401) 863-3477. |
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