We've Moved--Blog of the History Graduate Program at UW-Milwaukee

Please check out the new blog of the History Graduate Program at UW-Milwaukee! Visit:
http://uwmhistorygradprogram.wordpress.com/

Nick Hoffman, winner of Wisconsin Historical Society's 2012 Museum Exhibit Award

Congratulations to Nick Hoffman, who earned his MA in History with a Public History specialization and a Certificate in Museum Studies. Nick is the curator of The History Museum at The Castle in Appleton, WI. An exhibition that he curated, "Progressive Appleton: Through the Lens of W.D. Schlafer," has just been awarded the Wisconsin Historical Society's 2012 Museum Exhibit Award. The exhibit is open to the public through mid-August. For more information, see the following link:
http://www.myhistorymuseum.org/progressiveappleton.html

Job Opportunity--PAship for 2012-2013

From Prof. Amanda Seligman....

Please see below for further information.
Inquiries may be addressed to Prof. Amanda Seligman at seligman@uwm.edu.

"The Encyclopedia of Milwaukee project seeks one or more Project
Assistants for 2012-2013. A multi-year project, The Encyclopedia of
Milwaukee, will be published in print by Northern Illinois University
Press and online through UWM in 2017. The editors are UWM history
faculty members Amanda Seligman and Margo Anderson. Project Assistants
will write entries, conduct research, attend staff meetings, and
assist the editors in developing other content and background material
for the project. Familiarity with the use of primary and secondary
sources in writing history is essential.  Familiarity with
quantitative methods is preferred but not essential.

Appointment will be at an A-basis, 50% level (12 months of work for 20
hours a week). Applicants may be master’s or doctoral students in the
History Department or Urban Studies Programs, or in a related field.
The appointments will begin August 20, 2012 and run through August 19,
2013. If the project’s NEH application is successful, a student
appointed as a PA may be renewed for 2013-2014.

Graduate students appointed as Teaching Assistants in the History
Department may wonder whether they are eligible for this position.
They are. However, it is not possible to hold a 50% PA and 50% TA
position simultaneously. Students appointed as PAs are expected to
resign their TAships for the year. Students pursuing the PhD, the MA
in Urban Historical Studies, or the MA in Public History will not lose
a year of eligibility for a TAship if they accept this position.

To apply, please send a hard copy of the following items to Ms. Joan
Baumgart, Department of History, UWM:
1.      A cover letter explaining your interest in and qualifications for
the position.
2.      A CV
3.      An informal transcript of your UWM coursework
4.      The name and email address of a faculty member who could provide a
reference for you during August.
5.      A writing sample of approximately 20 pages.
6.      An informal or formal graduate transcript (or undergraduate
transcript for new MA students)

Applications must be received by 3 p.m. Friday, July 20, 2012.

Inquiries may be addressed to Prof. Amanda Seligman at seligman@uwm.edu."

Call for Papers (now due by 7/31/12)--Windy City History Conference

"The University of Illinois at Chicago History Graduate Society announces the fifth annual Windy City Graduate Student History Conference: Navigating New Worlds: Contact, Conflict, and Conquest in the Modern Era. This event will take place at UIC on Saturday, October 13, 2012.

History has been shaped by complex interactions between previously separate individuals and groups. Historians trace the ramifications of these discrete or long-term moments of contact, conflict, and conquest across geographic and social boundaries, and through time, thereby enhancing our understanding of human histories as well as the world that we inhabit today. We are interested in examining the ways in which historical actors responded to new interactions across geographic, spatial, political, social, cultural, and intellectual boundaries. By bringing together scholars exploring wide-ranging themes such as race and ethnicity, class, gender and sexuality, science and technology, material culture, politics, and empire, we hope to engage in productive discussions about how we study and understand the messy interactions that drive historical change.

Submissions for panels or individual papers are welcomed from graduate students at all levels and advanced undergraduates. We welcome scholars whose work focuses on any region or field in modern history (roughly 1500 – present). Please send a 250-word abstract and short curriculum vitae (no more than two pages) to windy.city.con@gmail.com by April 30, 2012 July 31, 2012. For panel proposals, please send a 200-word panel abstract along with paper abstracts and presenters' CVs."

http://www.h-net.org/announce/show.cgi?ID=193177

Walking Tour of Revolutionary Milwaukee--Sunday, June 24

What? Walking Tour of Revolutionary Milwaukee

Date? Sunday, June 24

Time? Meet at front entrance of Turner Hall (address below) @ 2 p.m. If you wish to ride your bicycle en masse to Turner Hall, meet at the Riverwest Co-op at 1:30 p.m.

Who is sponsoring the tour? Riverwest Co-op and History Graduate Program at UW-Milwaukee, with thanks to the Milwaukee Turners

Who is leading the tour? Aims McGuinness, associate professor of history, board member of Milwaukee Turners, and author of “The Revolution Begins Here: Milwaukee and the History of Socialism,” in Perspectives on Milwaukee’s Past, eds. Margo Anderson and Victor Greene.

RSVP? If you plan to attend, please notify Nichali Ciaccio of the Riverwest Co-op at nichalic@riverwestcoop.org

Cost? The tour is free.

Where? Turner Hall is located in downtown Milwaukee, across from the Bradley Center, at the intersection of N. 4^th St. and E. Highland Ave.: http://www.milwaukeeturners.org/.  The Riverwest Cooperative is located at 733 E. Clarke Street: http://www.riverwestcoop.org/.

Weather? The tour will happen, rain or shine. If it is raining, we will remain inside Turner Hall. If it is sunny, we will start at Turner Hall and then walk around.

Description:

This tour will focus on Turner Hall and its immediate environs. Turner Hall was constructed in 1882 and inaugurated in 1883. One of Milwaukee’s oldest civic organizations, the Milwaukee Turners have their origins in the Turnverein movement, which was founded in Germany in the early nineteenth century. The building currently contains one of the oldest working gymnasiums in the United States as well as restaurant space and a large, active ballroom/concert hall. Milwaukee’s Turner Hall was an important source of support and mobilization for Milwaukee’s socialist political movement. All three of Milwaukee’s socialist mayors were Turners: Emil Seidel, Daniel Hoan, and Frank P. Zeidler. The tour will cover the period between the early nineteenth century and the present, with a focus on connections between Turner Hall and the history of revolution and reform, including events such as the Revolutions of 1848, the US Civil
War, the great strikes of 1886, the elections of 1910, World War I, and the election of Frank P. Zeidler as the most recent socialist mayor of Milwaukee in 1948.

People's Books Cooperative Birthday Party--Thursday, 6/21 @ 5 p.m.

Message from the People's Books Cooperative:


"Help us celebrate our move to Riverwest and our fifth birthday! Thursday, June 21st, 5pm, Riverwest Public House (please share)

Please join us at a very important event, as we celebrate five years existing as a cooperative! We are also celebrating our move to the
Riverwest neighborhood, opening at our new location at 804 E. Center St in July! Help make this event a success, and ensure that we continue to thrive for many years to come. This event is free and open to the public (although donations are welcome).

The festivities will begin at 5pm on Thursday, June 21st, at the Riverwest Public House (815 E. Locust Street, Milwaukee), a community-owned and democratically-run cooperative bar.

We will kick off the evening with musical entertainment by acclaimed instrumentalist, composer, and instructor, Michael Bootzin, who will play classical acoustic guitar as we arrive and mingle. Michael's performances are quite enjoyable and not to be missed.

After Michael's performance we are honored to be joined by a very special guest, Christine Neumann-Ortiz, who is the Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera. Christine will speak about the challenges facing Wisconsin working class communities in the wake of the recalls, and the work that Voces is engaged in to help build a grassroots movement for change. Christine, along with countless members of Voces de la Frontera (and their political wing Voces de la Frontera Action), has been involved in nearly
every aspect of the Wisconsin uprising over the last year, from marching and civil disobedience to filing lawsuits and collecting recall signatures. Most recently, Voces de la Frontera has played a central role in the unfolding strike at the Palermo's Pizza factory in Milwaukee's Menominee river valley.

After Christine's program the fun will continue with the eclectic gypsy-blues/folk/bluegrass band River Water Tribe. People's members and volunteers may remember vocalist/guitarist Jacob Green from his time as a People's volunteer and regular contributor at our monthly open mics.

Throughout the evening guests will enjoy complimentary food catered by the Riverwest Co-op Cafe, vegan birthday cake by Compassionate Cakes, books & posters for sale, as well as a raffle and a silent-auction on artwork by People's volunteers and community members.

Special thanks to all of the local businesses who have offered up items for our raffle, including Riverwest Co-Op Grocery & Cafe, Fischberger's Variety, Truly Spoken Cycles, Fuel Cafe, Sparrow Collective, UWM Planetarium, Roast Coffee Company and Riverwest Yogashala, and the Tool Shed. I hope I didn't leave anybody out. Of course we will have some unique items provided by our
own cooperative members and volunteers.

Finally, very, very, extra special thanks to all of the sponsors of this event! Without you all this could not be possible.

Sponsors:
Janine Arseneau
Adam Breihan
Joanne Chang
Karin Borgh & Bill Christofferson
Jean & Dennis Casper
Jim Draeger
Dawn Erb
Ron Fintack
Mary Guentner
Brian Hayes
Nancy & Carl Hedman
Mike & Maggie Herbst-Synowicz
Tom Hibbard
Kurt Holzhauer
Virgine Lawinger
Dan Lotesto
Mary-Alice Martines
Hannah Medrow
Karen Moore
Brenna Nelson
Tom Nelson
Suzy Orth
Jennifer Picard
John Pompe
Joe Riggenbach
Leah & Seth Schuster
A.J. Segneri
Margaret Thielke.

Riverwest Public House
Fuel Cafe
Truly Spoken Cycles
Riverwest Co-op Cafe
Fischberger's Variety
The Tool Shed
Sparrow Collective
UWM Planetarium
Riverwest Yogashala
Roast Coffee Company

Thanks so much. You make this celebration possible, and your support helps
ensure we will thrive at our new location!"

"Attending to Early Modern Women"--Major History Conference on the UW-Milwaukee Campus, 6/21/12-6/23/12

For more information about this exciting conference about women in the Early Modern period, see the following link:
http://www4.uwm.edu/letsci/conferences/atw2012/index.cfm