Historical news and notices.THE ASSOCIATION The seventy-first meeting of the Southern Historical Association will be held on November 2-5, 2005, Wednesday through Saturday, at the Westin Peachtree Plaza in Atlanta. At the close of the Association's seventieth meeting in Memphis on November 6, 2004, Charles Joyner of Coastal Carolina University succeeded Wayne Flynt of Auburn University as president. Since there were no additional nominations, those proposed by last year's Nominating Committee and published in the May 2004 issue of the Journal were declared elected:
VICE PRESIDENT:
Pete Daniel, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian
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EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, for three-year terms expiring in 2007:
William J. Cooper Jr., Louisiana State University
Donald M. McKale, Clemson University
Sally G. McMillen, Davidson College
At its meeting on November 3, 2004, the Executive Council voted to grant the Latin American and Caribbean Section of the SHA full representation on the Council. Richmond Brown of the University of South Alabama The University of South Alabama is a public, doctoral-level university in Mobile, Alabama, USA. It was created by the Alabama Legislature in 1963, and replaced existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alabama. will serve as the LACS representative for a three-year term, also expiring in 2007. The Council also approved the nominations of Laura F. Edwards of Duke University and James Sidbury of the 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 to four-year terms on the Board of Editors of the Journal of Southern History. The Executive Council elected the following to serve as the Nominating Committee for 2005: J. William Harris, University of New Hampshire, chair; Anthony J. Badger, Clare College, Cambridge University: Fred A. Bailey, Abilene Christian University; Steven Hahn, University of Pennsylvania (body, education) University of Pennsylvania - The home of ENIAC and Machiavelli. http://upenn.edu/. Address: Philadelphia, PA, USA. : and Patricia Sullivan, University of South Carolina
• • . SYDNOR A WARD The Charles S. Sydnor Award for a distinguished book in southern history published in 2003 was awarded to Robert Rodgers Korstad of Duke University for Civil Rights Unionism: Tobacco Workers and the Struggle for Democracy in the Mid-Twentieth Century South, published by the University of North Carolina Press The University of North Carolina Press (or UNC Press), founded in 1922, is a university press that is part of the University of North Carolina. External link
MITCHELL A WARD The H. L. Mitchell Award for the best book in southern labor history published in 2002 or 2003 was also awarded to Robert Korstad for Civil Rights Unionism: Tobacco Workers and the Struggle for Democracy in the Mid-Twentieth Century South. The award committee consisted of Steven Hahn, University of Pennsylvania, chair: Rebecca Sharpless, Baylor University; and Joe William Trotter Jr., Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; est. 1967 through the merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (founded 1900, opened 1905) and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (founded 1913). . WALL AWARD The second Bennett H. Wall Award, presented to a distinguished book in southern business or economic history published over a two-year period, was presented to Jonathan D. Martin, currently a law student at New York University New York University, mainly in New York City; coeducational; chartered 1831, opened 1832 as the Univ. of the City of New York, renamed 1896. It comprises 13 schools and colleges, maintaining 4 main centers (including the Medical Center) in the city, as well as the , for his book, Divided Mastery: Slave Hiring in the American South, published by Harvard University Press The Harvard University Press is a publishing house, a division of Harvard University, that is highly respected in academic publishing. It was established on January 13, 1913. In 2005, it published 220 new titles. . The award committee consisted of Leon Fink, University of Illinois at Chicago This article is about the University of Illinois at Chicago. For other uses, see University of Illinois at Chicago (disambiguation). UIC participates in NCAA Division I Horizon League competition as the UIC Flames in several sports, most notably Basketball. , chair; Daniel S. Dupre, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; and Henry M. McKiven, University of South Alabama. BLASSINGAME A WARD At its meeting in 2003 in Houston, the Executive Council, in conjunction with the SHA Committee on Minorities, established the John W. Blassingame Award to recognize both distinguished scholarship in African American history African American history is the portion of American history that specifically discusses the African American or Black American ethnic group in the United States. Most African Americans are the descendants of African slaves held in the United States from 1619 to 1865. and mentorship of African American students. The award carries a stipend of $1,000 and is to be presented in even-numbered years. The first recipients of the award were announced at this year's meeting in Memphis, both at a special luncheon for the faculty of historically black colleges and universities Historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) are institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of serving the African American community. They are often liberal arts colleges or universities. and before the presidential address. The award is shared by Professor Betty Gardner of Coppin State College in Baltimore, in recognition of the thousands of students she has mentored both in the classroom and beyond over the course of her more than thirty-year career there, and Professor Sterling Stuckey, in recognition of both his considerable scholarly contributions to African American history and his long record of teaching, mentoring, and directing the graduate work of many students at both Northwestern University and the University of California, Riverside The University of California, Riverside, commonly known as UCR or UC Riverside, is a public research university and one of ten campuses of the University of California system. . Both recipients were on hand to receive the awards from Larry E. Rivers, Florida A&M University, who chaired the first committee, along with committee members Darlene Clark Hine, Northwestern University, and Patricia Sullivan, University of South Carolina. WOODWARD DISSERTATION PRIZE The third annual C. Vann Woodward Prize for a distinguished dissertation in southern history completed and defended in 2003 was presented to Edward J. Blum for his dissertation entitled "Reforging the White Republic: Race, Protestantism, and American Nationalism, 1865-1898,'" which he produced at the University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky, also referred to as UK, is a public, co-educational university located in Lexington, Kentucky. . The committee also announced three finalists for the award from among the twenty-four submissions. They are: Charles Irons, "The Chief Cornerstone: The Spiritual Foundations of Virginia's Slave Society, 1776-1861," produced at the University of Virginia; Natalie Ring, "The Problem of the South: Region, Race, and 'Southern Adjustment.' 1880-1930," produced at the University of California, San Diego UCSD is consistently ranked among the top ten public universities for undergraduate education in the United States by U.S. News & World Report.[3] It is a Public Ivy. [1] For graduate studies, most of UCSD's Ph.D. : and Anders Walker, "The Ghost of Jim Crow: Law, Culture, and Subversion of Civil Rights, 1954-1965," produced at Yale University. The award committee consisted of Martha H. Swain, 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. , chair: James O. Farmer Jr., University of South Carolina, Aiken, and Sarah E. Gardner, Mercer University. Submissions for this year's Woodward Prize, to be presented to the author of a dissertation completed and defended in 2004, are invited. The award will be made at the annual meeting in Atlanta and will carry a stipend of $3,000. All submissions should be received at the SHA office by May 1,2005. For full details of what it to be submitted and when, see the full-page announcement in the advertising section at the end of this issue of the Journal. This year's prize committee consists of Charles B. Dew, Williams College, chair; Freddie Parker, North Carolina Central University History NCCU was chartered in 1909 and opened in 1910 as the National Religious Training School and Chautauqua under the leadership of President James E. Shepard. ; and Heather Cox Richardson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, at Cambridge; coeducational; chartered 1861, opened 1865 in Boston, moved 1916. It has long been recognized as an outstanding technological institute and its Sloan School of Management has notable programs in business, . GREEN AND RAMSDELL A WARD The Fletcher M. Green and Charles W. Ramsdell Award for the best article published in the Journal of Southern History in 2002 or 2003 was won by Stephanie J. Shaw for her article, "Using the WPA Ex-Slave Narratives to Study the Impact of the Great Depression," which appeared in the August 2003 issue of the Journal. The award committee consisted of William C. Hine, South Carolina State University South Carolina State University (also known as SCSU, State College among the older alumni members, or simply State), is a Historically black university located in Orangeburg, South Carolina. , chair; Edward Haas of Wright State University; and Diane M. Sommerville of Fairleigh Dickinson University Fairleigh Dickinson University, at Florham-Madison and Teaneck-Hackensack, N.J.; coeducational; incorporated and opened 1942 as a junior college, became a four-year college in 1948 and a university in 1956. . HOLMES A WARD The fourth annual William F. Holmes Award for the best paper given at the meeting by a graduate student or junior faculty member was presented to Edward J. Rugemer, a Ph.D. student at Boston College, for his paper "Robert Monroe Harrison, British Abolition, Southern Anglophobia, and Texas Annexation." The award committee consisted of Elizabeth Jacoway, Newport, Arkansas, chair: Brooks Blevins, Lyon College; and Harvey H. Jackson, Jacksonville State University Jacksonville State University is a public university serving Northeast Alabama on a 459 acre (0 km) campus with 58 buildings in Jacksonville, Alabama which is in the Appalachian foothills of northeast Alabama. . JOHN HOPE FRANKLIN Noun 1. John Hope Franklin - United States historian noted for studies of Black American history (born in 1915) Franklin LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT A WARD At its meeting in Memphis, the Executive Council approved the establishment of a new lifetime achievement award, to be named for one of the Association's most esteemed members and former presidents, John Hope Franklin, who also happened to play a key role at the Memphis meeting. The award will be presented only once every four years and will recognize an individual who, like Dr. Franklin. has had a distinguished career in southern history and contributed significantly to the scholarship in the field; who has served the SHA in meaningful and multiple ways; and who has exhibited outstanding qualities of citizenship through which the knowledge and understanding of southern history have served the general public. Current and former SHA presidents will name the first award committee, with the first award to be presented in 2007. FUTURE SHA MEETING SITES AND DATES 2005 November 2-5 Atlanta Westin Peachtree Plaza 2006 November 17-20 New Orleans Fairmont Hotel 2007 Oct. 31-Nov. 3 Richmond Richmond Marriott 2008 November 6-9 Birmingham Sheraton Birmingham 2009 November 5-8 Louisville Marriott Louisville Downtown President Charles Joyner has appointed the following to serve as the Membership Committee for 2005: Valinda W. Littlefield, University of South Carolina, chair; Cathy Adams, Armstrong Atlantic State University Armstrong Atlantic State University, abbreviated AASU, is a state university located in Savannah, Georgia. It is a unit of the University System of Georgia and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. ; Jonathan M. Atkins, Berry College; Eva S. Bahama, Southern University; Patricia Bellis Bixel, Maine Maritime Academy Maine Maritime Academy is a public post-secondary college and nautical training institution with approximately 800 students, located in Castine, Maine. The Academy was established by the 90th Maine Legislature on March 21, 1941. Maine Maritime Academy is a public college. ; J. Duane Bolin, Murray State University Publications Its student newspaper, The Murray State News, has been awarded two Pacemaker awards in the last decade, the highest award given to collegiate newspapers; in addition, the school yearbook, The Shield, ; Frank S. Byrne, State University of New York at Oswego The State University of New York at Oswego, also known as Oswego State, was founded in 1861 as Oswego Normal School by Edward Austin Sheldon and became the New York State Teachers College at Oswego in 1948. ; Ann Short Chirhart, Indiana State University Indiana State University, main campus at Terre Haute; coeducational; est. 1865 as a normal school, became Indiana State Teachers College in 1929, gained university status in 1965. There is also a campus at Evansville (opened 1965). ; Edward R. Crowther, Adams State College History Adams State College is a small state-supported liberal arts college in Alamosa, Colorado, U.S., in Colorado's San Luis Valley. Adams State was founded in 1921 as a teacher's college but now offers a variety of programs including masters degrees in many fields. ; Christopher M. Curtis, Iowa State University; Thomas M. Downey, Princeton University; Gary T. Edwards, University of Memphis; Sarah E. Gardner, Mercer University; Paul William Harvey, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; Jerry Hopkins, Panola College; Lloyd Johnson, Campbell University; Roger J. Jungmeyer, Lincoln University of Missouri
Lincoln University of Missouri is located in Jefferson City, Missouri. ; Cynthia A. Kierner, University of North Carolina at Charlotte; Anna Evans Lamikanra, West Virginia State College; Ronnie Law, San Jacinto College South; Ernest M. Limbo, Tougaloo College; Andrew M. Manis, Macon State College; Andrew F. McMichael, Western Kentucky University; Julia Huston Nguyen, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi; Craig Steven Pascoe, Georgia College and State University; Anne Sarah Rubin, University of Maryland, Baltimore University of Maryland, Baltimore, (also known as UMB) was founded in 1807. It is one of the oldest universities in the United States and comprises some of the oldest professional schools in the nation and world. County; Diane Miller Sommerville, Fairleigh Dickinson University; Robert A. Taylor, 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 ; Kara Miles Turner, Morgan State University; James H. Tuten, Juniata College; and Robert J. Vejnar II, Emory and Henry College Emory & Henry College, which is affiliated with the United Methodist Church, is a small, private, liberal arts college located in the Southwestern portion of Virginia near Abingdon. . EUROPEAN HISTORY SECTION The European History Section of the Southern Historical Association elected the following officers in its annual business meeting in Memphis on November 4, 2004: Hunt Tooley, Austin College, chair; and Georgia Mann, North Georgia College and State University, vice-chair. Continuing officers are Donald McKale, Clemson University, section representative to the SHA; Alice-Catherine Carls, University of Tennessee at Martin, secretary-treasurer; and David W. Hendon, Baylor University, managing editor of the European History Section newsletter. SMITH AWARD The Charles Smith Book Award for the best book in European history authored by a member of the European History Section or by a faculty member at a southern university or published by a southern university press was awarded to H. Glenn Penny (University of Iowa) for his book entitled Ethnology and Ethnographic Museums in Imperial Germany: Objects of Culture, published by the University of North Carolina Press in 2002. The selection committee consisted of Jesse L. Scott, Newberry College; David Redles, Cuyahoga Community College; and Sara H. Sohmer, Texas Christian University. SNELL MEMORIAL PRIZE The John L. Snell Memorial Prize for the best graduate student paper was awarded to Morena Carter (University of North Carolina at Greensboro Additionally, UNCG is home to a bevy of research institutes and centers including the Center for Applied Research, Center for Creating Writing in the Arts, Center for Global Business Education & Research, Center for Biotechnology, Genomics & Health Research, Center for Music Research and ) for her paper entitled "Paintings as Memorials: Remembering the British Experience in the First World War" and to Douglas Krehbiel (University of North Carolina at Wilmington) for his paper entitled "'The Smoldering Revolt: Rhuddlan, The Black Death, and Owain Glyn Dw-r." The selection committee consisted of Daniel Rogers, University of South Alabama: Sonja Hedgepeth, Middle Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University (founded September 11, 1911, and commonly abbreviated as MTSU) is an American university located in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. : and Jerry Brookshire, Middle Tennessee State University. KRAEHE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD The Enno E. Kraehe Distinguished Service Award for outstanding lifetime service to the European Section was awarded to Vaughan Baker Simpson of the University of Louisiana, Lafayette. The 2003 Executive Committee of the European History Section acted as the selection committee. The European History Section will celebrate its fifteenth anniversary in 2005. June K. Burton is writing a history of the section for that occasion. There will be a special program to honor the founding generation. Anyone who has historical materials should send copies to Dr. Burton at 64 Waldorf Drive, Akron, Ohio 44313. Ideas for the celebration may be sent either to Hunt Tooley (htooley@austincollege.edu) or Alice-Catherine Carls (accarls@utm.edu). PERSONNEL Auburn University: Ruth C. Crocker promoted to professor: Morris L. Bian, Marie E. Francois, and Claudia Liebeskind promoted to associate professor; Rafe Blaufarb promoted to associate professor and is on leave spring 2005; and Allen T. Cronenberg Jr. has retired. Augusta State University: Patrick W. Timmons appointed assistant professor. Drury University: Gregory J. Renoff appointed assistant professor. Evangel University: Lew Hall named chair. University of Florida: William A. Link appointed professor: Juliana Barr appointed assistant professor: Steven G. Noll appointed lecturer: and Bertram Wyatt-Brown has retired. James Madison University: Kevin P. Bower, Jessica Davidson, Jeffrey P. Forret, Kristen McCleary, Colin McCoy, and Tamara Zwick appointed assistant professor: and P. David Dillard, Kevin R. Hardwick, and Gabrielle M. Lanier promoted to associate professor. Journal of Southern History: Managing Editor John B. Boles on leave, 2005: Randal L. Hall named acting managing editor, 2005: Evelyn Thomas Nolen appointed visiting associate editor, 2005: and Francelle L. Pruitt appointed assistant editor. University of Kentucky: Daniel Blake Smith named chair: Fay Yarbrough appointed assistant professor; and Francie Chasson-Lopez promoted to professor. Louisiana State University: Paul E. Hoffman promoted to professor and is on leave spring 2005. Louisiana Tech University: Jeffrey R. Hankins and V. Elaine Thompson appointed assistant professor; and Kelly L. Obernuefemann has resigned. McMurry University: Robert F. Pace promoted to professor. University of Miami: Guido Ruggiero appointed professor and chair; Richard Godbeer, Mary Lindemann, and Michael Miller appointed professor: Laura Matthew appointed visiting assistant professor; and Hugh Thomas promoted to professor. Murray State University: Charlotte L. Beahan named interim chair; Terry Strieter elected to Board of Regents An independent governing body that oversees a state's public Colleges and Universities. All 50 states have governing bodies that oversee the administration of public education. ; Stephanie Carpenter promoted to associate professor; Bernard Anthony Gannon promoted to associate professor and is on leave spring 2005: and Joseph H. Cartwright and Kenneth Wolf have retired. Meredith College: Daniel L. Fountain appointed assistant professor. United States Naval Academy United States Naval Academy, at Annapolis, Md.; for training young men and women to be officers of the U.S. navy or marine corps. George Bancroft, Secretary of the Navy, founded and opened (1845) it as the Naval School at Annapolis. : Mary DeCredico promoted to Vice Academic Dean. Universitv of North Carolina at Pembroke: Scott C. Billingsley appointed assistant professor; and J. Mark Thompson promoted to associate professor. Rhodes College: Anna Dronzek and Charles W. McKinney Jr. appointed assistant professor; and Douglas W. Hatfield has retired. Rice University: David R. Dow appointed visiting professor. University of South Florida • • [ : Lu Ann Jones appointed associate professor; Michael J. Decker appointed assistant professor; Paul Morgan appointed instructor; Dawn R. Flood and David K. Johnson appointed visiting assistant professor; and G. Kelly Tipps, Georg H. Kleine, and Edward M. Silbert have retired. University of Southern Mississippi: Bradley G. Bond promoted to professor. Texas State University-San Marcos: Anadelia Romo appointed assistant professor. Texas Wesleyan University: Elizabeth Urban Alexander appointed assistant professor. Tougaloo College: Ernest M. Limbo promoted to associate professor. Valdosta State University: F. Lamar Pearson has retired. Washington and Lee University Washington and Lee University, at Lexington, Va.; coeducational; founded and opened 1749 as Augusta Academy. It was called Liberty Hall in 1776; became Liberty Hall Academy (a college) in 1782, Washington Academy (following a gift from George Washington) in 1798, : David A. Bello appointed assistant professor; and Elisa DiCaprio appointed visiting assistant professor. State University of West Georgia In recent years, the university has been named by the Princeton Review as one of the Best Southeastern Colleges and one of America's Best Value Colleges. Its 109 programs of study include 60 at the bachelor's level, 45 at the master's and specialist's, two at the doctoral level and two : Keith Pacholl, Justin Stephens, and Stephanie Wright appointed assistant professor; and John Ferling and Melvin Steely have retired. West Virginia University: Katherine B. Aaslestad promoted to associate professor; and Gregory Good is on extended leave beginning fall 2005. Western Carolina University: Andrew C. Denson appointed assistant professor; Alexander S. Macaulay appointed visiting assistant professor; and Curtis W. Wood has retired. College of William and Mary: Ronald Hoffman promoted to professor; and Kris Eugene Lane and Kimberley L. Phillips promoted to associate professor. |
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