Graduate Workshop in Modern History

Joanna's Paper.doc

Please join us this Friday, November 13 at 12:15 pm for the Graduate
Workshop in Modern History. We will be meeting in 1229 Heller Hall.

Joanna DeLaune of the History Deptartment will be presenting her paper: "Working for the System: How Eugene McCarthy's 1968 Presidential Campaign Succeeded Without Victory." Professor Lary May of the American Studies Department will be providing faculty comment.

The paper is available on our website http://blog.lib.umn.edu/manu0014/gwmh/ and hard copies are available in the history department mailroom in Heller Hall.

As usual, lunch will be provided. We hope to see everyone there for this late but excellent start to the workshop!

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Jessica's Paper

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Yazir's Paper

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Fernando's Paper

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Christine's paper

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Justin's paper

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Johnny's Paper

The Graduate Workshop in Modern History will hold its next meeting of the fall 2008 semester on Friday, October 31 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm. History graduate student Jonathan Trutor will workshop his paper "Please Stand By: Britain’s Doomsday Information Campaigns at the Intersection of Propaganda and Welfare, 1963-1992" Professor Anna Clark of the History Department will offer commentary. We will meet from 12:00 noon to 1 p.m. in 710 Social Science Building (Ford Room) and a light lunch will be served.

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Boyd's Paper

The Graduate Workshop in Modern History will hold its second meeting of the fall 2008 semester on Friday, October 3 from 12:00 noon to 1:00 pm. History graduate student Boyd Cothran will workshop his paper " 'Pocahontas of the Lava Beds': Tobey Riddle, Winema and the Political Economy of Remembering the Modoc War." The format for this week's workshop will be slightly different. Instead of having a faculty commentator, Boyd will read his paper aloud, presentation style. Boyd's presentation will be followed by discussion/Q&A. We will meet from 12:00 noon to 1 p.m. in 710 Social Science Building (Ford Room) and a light lunch will be served.

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Lisong's Paper

The Graduate Workshop in Modern History will hold its first meeting of the fall 2008 semester on Friday, September 26 from noon to 1:00 pm. History graduate student Lisong Liu will workshop his paper, "'Entering the American Mainstream?' A Study of Chinese New Immigrant Community in the Twin Cities." Opening comments will be made by Professor Doug Hartmann of the Sociology department. Please note the time and room change! We will meet from noon to 1 p.m. in 710 Social Science Building (Ford Room) and a light lunch will be served.

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Leslie's Paper
The Graduate Workshop in Modern History will hold its fifth meeting of the Spring 2008 semester on Friday, April 4. History graduate student Leslie Schumacher will workshop his paper, "“The one great man whom Bulgaria has produced�: A British Vision of the Balkans, or The Murder of Stefan Stambolov and Its Coverage in The Times." Opening comments will be made by Professor Anna Clark of the history department. We will meet from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m. in Anderson Library Room 308 (next to the IHRC) and a light lunch will be served.

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Drew's paper
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Jessica's Paper
The Graduate Workshop in Modern History will hold its third meeting of the Spring 2008 semester on Friday, Feb. 22. History graduate student Jessica Namakkal will workshop her paper, "Playing with Others? Colonial Toy Soldiers and the Making of the ‘Racial State’ in the Initial Years of France’s Third Republic, 1870-1900." Opening comments will be made by Professor MJ Maynes of the history department. Please note the time and room change! We will meet from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in 710 Social Science Building (Ford Room) and a light lunch will be served.

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