CLA: Department of History

The College of Liberal Arts has awarded the 2010 Dean's Medal to Professor Ruth Karras, Department of History.

This honor is awarded each year to a member of the CLA faculty who has demonstrated excellence in scholarship and/or creative activity. Previous recipients have been Professors Edward Prescott, Sara Evans, Lydia Artymiw, Elaine Tyler May, Marcia Eaton, Gordon Legge, Jeylan Mortimer, Clarence Morgan, R. Dennis Cook, David Wilkins, Paula Rabinowitz, and John Freeman.

The faculty member selected receives an inscribed medal and a cash award, and is invited to address the faculty at the time the award is presented.

Prof. Karras' Dean's Medalist address: "A Medieval Perspective on Marriage Equality"

The college will honor the 2010 Dean's Medalist, as well as the 2010 Scholar of the College Awardees, on Monday, February 22, beginning at 3:30 p.m. in the Mississippi Room (3rd floor, Coffman Memorial Union) and is open to the public.

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Please join CGES and NYC-based TALK CINEMA for a special pre-release screening of the acclaimed film "North Face" (Nordwand) by German director Philipp Stoelzl. U of M professors Eric Weitz (History) and Gerhard Weiss (GSD) will lead a Q & A after the film.

Details:
What: North Face (Germany/Austria, 2008)--pre-release screening and discussion
Date: Saturday, 01/30/2010
Time: 10:00 AM-1:00 PM
Location: off campus; Landmark Theatres Edina, 3911 W 50th Street, Edina
Cost: $12 CGES friends/ $5 students
Discussion leaders: Gerhard Weiss and Eric Weitz

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Gary Cohen has been awarded the Austrian Medal of Honor (Verdienstkreuz) for Science and Arts, First Class. The ceremony was held at the Austrian Embassy in Washington. He was presented the award by Dr. Christian Prosl, the Austrian Ambassador to the United States.

Congratulations to Gary! This is a much-deserved recognition of Gary's scholarship on the Habsburg Empire and his leadership of the Center for Austrian Studies.

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*****INFO SESSIONS*****
NOVEMBER 17, 4-4:30PM, HELLER HALL 1210B (TUES.)
DECEMBER 3, 1:30-2PM, SOCIAL SCIENCE 1183 (THURS.)

Berlin as a Site of History
Study Abroad Course in Berlin, Germany

May Term 2010: May 19--June 11, 2010
4 cr. History 3960, German 3510, or Global Studies 3900

Faculty leaders:
MJ Maynes, History - Twin Cities Campus (mayne001@umn.edu)
Marynel Ryan Van Zee, History - Morris Campus (mkryan@morris.umn.edu)

Please attend an info session, contact one of the faculty leaders, or visit the program webpage at:
http://www.umabroad.umn.edu/programs/europe/customgermanyberlin/index.shtml

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Judith Surkis is professor of history at Harvard University.

Date: 11/20/2009
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 1210 Heller Hall

Co-sponsored with Global Studies, European Studies Consortium, Center for German and European Studies

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Eric Jennings is professor of history at the University of Toronto.

Date: 11/12/2009
Time: 3:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: 1210 Heller Hall

Co-sponsored with Global Studies, European Studies Consortium, Center for German and European Studies

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Regina Kunzel has been awarded the Lambda Literary Award in the category of LGBT Studies for her book Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality. Congratulations Regina.

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Tthe Graduate School has appointed Donna Gabaccia to the Fesler-Lampert Chair in Public Humanities for 2009-2010.

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Each year, the College of Liberal Arts (CLA) honors at least one tenured or tenure-track faculty member who has exemplified CLA's highest standards of teaching and scholarship. CLA has selected Pat McNamara as one of this year's recipients of the "Red" Motley Award for Teaching Excellence. Congratulations Pat.

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The Lambda Literary Foundation has just announced the finalists for its 2009 awards. Lambda Literary Awards "seek to recognize excellence in the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender literature. Each year, over 80 judges -- writers, booksellers, librarians, journalists -- assess the entries in more than 20 categories."

This year's finalists in the category of LGBT STUDIES include books by TWO of our colleagues: Criminal Intimacy: Prison and the Uneven History of Modern American Sexuality by Regina Kunzel (The University of Chicago Press) and Political Manhood: Red Bloods, Mollycoddles, & the Politics of Progressive Reform by Kevin P. Murphy (Columbia University Press).

Congratulations and Good Luck, Regina and Kevin!

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Director
Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies
Stephen C. Feinstein Chair in Holocaust and Genocide Studies
(endowed, tenured professorship)
College of Liberal Arts
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Winter 2008/09

The College of Liberal Arts at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities invites applications for the position of Director of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies. The successful candidate also will hold the Stephen C. Feinstein Chair in Holocaust and Genocide Studies, a newly created endowed chair (tenured professorship) at the University of Minnesota.

The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies was founded in 1997 and has a broad mission to engage the study of genocides, other crimes against humanity, and human rights norms, both historically and in the present. It has been a focal point of activity for faculty, students, and staff across the disciplines at the University of Minnesota and a larger regional and national community. The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies has developed a major array of programs that involve outreach to K-12 teachers and others in Minnesota and the region; teaching undergraduate and graduate students; sponsorship of lectures conferences, and public programs; and scholarly research. We expect the director to maintain the broad mission and interdisciplinary character of the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies.

http://chgs.umn.edu
http://cla.umn.edu

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University of Minnesota professor Carla Rahn Phillips and Learning Abroad Center director Holly Zimmerman-LeVoir will be knighted into Spain's Order of Isabella the Catholic in a special ceremony Monday, Nov. 24. The honor, which comes from Spain's King Don Juan Carlos I, will be bestowed upon the pair in a special ceremony by Spanish ambassador Jorge Dezcaller at his official residence in Washington, D.C.

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Professor Emerita Sara Evans presented “The Presidential Glass Ceiling is Broken: The Path from Victoria to Hillary,� the Fall 2008 Ada Comstock Distinguished Women Scholars Lecture on Tuesday, November 18, 2008. An archive of the MPR broadcast can be found at http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2006/02/15/midday1/

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Clarke Chambers, Professor Emeritus of the History Department, was interviewed on MPR's "Midday" about growing up in southern Minnesota, the Great Depression, World War II, and the Social Welfare History Archive.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/display/web/2008/09/30/midday2/

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Congratulations to Steve Ruggles, who has been named Regents Professor. The Regents Professorship is the highest rank the University of Minnesota offers and is limited to 25 positions. This is a great honor to Steve, one very richly deserved.

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