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Department of History students honored by faculty
The Department of History faculty took the personal route to announce its scholarship and award recipients, virtually.
Vink writes review published in Journal for Maritime Research
Department of History Professor Markus Vink wrote a book review published in the most recent issue of the Journal for Maritime Research, an international, peer-reviewed journal established by the British National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.
Student internship builds case to preserve Buffalo’s ‘Green Book’ structures
Cameron Flynn, a senior at Fredonia, has assembled a wealth of information that will be utilized to advance efforts to preserve what’s left of buildings in Buffalo that once housed businesses that appeared in Negro Motorist Green Books.
History major delivers talk during archives internship at Chautauqua
Few college students give talks at Chautauqua Institution, but that’s what Catherine Oag did as part of a summer internship when she introduced Albion Tourgee, lead counsel in the landmark Plessy v. Ferguson case, in the revered Hall of Philosophy.
Fan presents paper at Asian studies conference
Assistant Professor of History Xin Fan presented a paper, "Between Given History and Unknown Future: Individual Experiences and Regime Changes in Chinese History," at the annual conference of the Association for Asian Studies, held March 21-24 in Denver.
Vink to present paper in the Netherlands
Professor Markus Vink will present the paper “Towards a Dutch Indian Ocean Slave Trade Database (IOSTD): Pitfalls and Potentialities” at the Indian Ocean and Maritime Asia Slave Trade Database Workshop at the International Institute of Social History in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Vink’s published article to be translated for Chinese academic press
The article “Indian Ocean Studies and the ‘New Thalassology,'" written by History professor Markus Vink and published in the March 2007 issue of the Journal of Global History, has been selected for a forthcoming edited volume of English essays that will be translated for Chinese scholars.
Jarvis interviewed about Vonnegut and the environment
Dr. Christina Jarvis of the Department of English was interviewed by the Daily Vonnegut recently about author Kurt Vonnegut and the environment.
Fabian signs book contract with Cambridge University Press
Dr. Steven Fabian of the Department of History recently signed a book contract with Cambridge University Press, the oldest printing and publishing house in the world and the oldest university press. His manuscript, “Making Identity on the Swahili Coast: Urban Life, Community, and Belonging in Bagamoyo,” will be the inaugural volume of a new series called “African Identities: Past and Present.”
Kinkela co-editor of history journal issue
David Kinkela, chair and associate professor in the Department of History, co-edited the latest issue of Radical History Review, a top history journal devoted to issues of gender, race, sexuality, imperialism and class that stretches the boundaries of historical analysis to explore Western and non-Western histories.