HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP James McPherson: Returns to Gustavus as Sesquicentennial Scholar Source: Gustavus News, 3-5-12 Sesquicentennial Scholar and 1958 Gustavus alumnus James McPhersonGustavus alumnus, Civil War historian, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author James McPherson ‘58 will return to his alma mater April 15-17 as a Sesquicentennial Scholar. Besides visiting [...]
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History Buzz March 5, 2012: James McPherson: Returns to Gustavus College as Civil War Sesquicentennial Scholar
Posted by bonniekaryn on March 5, 2012
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2012/03/05/history-buzz-march-5-2012-james-mcpherson-returns-to-gustavus-college-as-civil-war-sesquicentennial-scholar/
Erik Seeman Named Director of University of Buffalo Humanities InstituteI
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: University of Buffalo News Center, 7-17-11 Historian Erik Seeman has been named director of the UB Humanities Institute. Download JPEG Erik R. Seeman, PhD, professor of history at the University at Buffalo and a noted historian of the Americas, has been named director of the UB College of Arts [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on July 15, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/07/15/erik-seeman-named-director-university-of-buffalo-humanities-institutei/
Marc Pachter: Former Portrait Gallery director returns to Smithsonian as acting head of history museum
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: AP, WaPo, 7-13-11 A historian and former director of the National Portrait Gallery is returning to the Smithsonian Institution to serve as acting director of the National Museum of American History. Marc Pachter retired from the Smithsonian in 2007. On Wednesday, the museum complex announced he will return Aug. [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on July 13, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/marc-pachter-former-portrait-gallery-director-returns-smithsonian-acting-head-history-museum/
Debra Wall: Appointed Deputy Archivist of the United States
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: Lee White at the National Coalition for History, 7-5-11 Archivist of the United States David S. Ferriero recently announced the appointment of Debra Steidel Wall as Deputy Archivist of the United States, effective July 3, 2011. Ms. Wall is a twenty-year veteran of the National Archives. For the past [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on July 5, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/07/05/debra-wall-appointed-deputy-archivist-united-states/
Scott Casper: Nationally Recognized History Professor Named College of Liberal Arts Dean
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP University of Nevada, Reno Foundation Professor Scott Casper steps up from leading history department Source: UNR, University of Nevada, Reno, 6-29-11 Foundation Professor Scott Casper, chair of the Department of History at the University of Nevada, Reno, has accepted the position of interim dean of the University’s College of Liberal [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on June 29, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/06/29/scott-casper-nationally-recognized-history-professor-named-college-liberal-arts-dean/
Richard McCormick: Former Rutgers president to be paid $335,000 as history professor
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: NJ Courier News Editorial Board, 6-13-11 We hope that when former Rutgers University president and future $335,000-a-year history professor Richard L. McCormick sits down to write his “What I did this summer” essay, it includes some soul-searching, and a sense that he should turn down the gig or do [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on June 13, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/06/13/richard-mccormick-former-rutgers-president-paid-335000-history-professor/
Robert W. Gordon: Harvard, Yale professors join Stanford Law
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: San Jose Business Journal, 6-9-11 Stanford Law School said that commercial legal historian Robert W. Gordon has been named professor of law and will begin teaching this fall. Stanford Law School said Thursday that commercial law scholar George G. Triantis and legal historian Robert W. Gordon have been named [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on June 9, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/06/09/robert-gordon-harvard-yale-professors-join-stanford-law/
Jeremi Suri: International History Scholar Gets First Mack Brown Chair and LBJ School and History Joint Appointment
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: UTexas News, 6-7-11 Jeremi Suri, an acclaimed scholar of international history, has been named the first holder of the Mack Brown Distinguished Chair for Leadership in Global Affairs at the Robert S. Strauss Center for International Security and Law and has received a joint appointment at the Lyndon B. [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on June 7, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/06/07/jeremi-suri-international-history-scholar-first-mack-brown-chair-lbj-school-history-joint-appointment/
Carol Quillen: Davidson College appoints new president
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: Charlotte Observer, 5-26-11 Davidson College announced its new president this afternoon. Rice University historian and administrator Carol Quillen was appointed as the college’s 18th president, reports DavidsonNews.net. She will take the place of Tom Ross, who left Davidson College last year to become president of the University of North [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on May 26, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/05/26/carol-quillen-davidson-college-appoints-new-president/
James Belich: Kiwi historian nabs leading role at Oxford University
Source: National Business Review, 5-9-11 Prominent New Zealand historian Professor James Belich has been appointed to one of the top jobs in the world in his field. Professor Belich will take up the Beit Professorship of Commonwealth and Imperial History at Oxford University in the United Kingdom in October this year. He is currently Professor [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on May 8, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/james-belich-kiwi-historian-nabs-leading-role-oxford-university/
