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

Alliance of History Graduate Students on the Radio!

The Alliance of History Graduate Students now has a radio program on Riverwest Radio!

You may listen live (Tuesday, 6/12, 7-8 p.m.) or download program as a podcast.

To listen live, go to:

riverwestradio.com

The most recent program (recorded on 6/5) can be found here:

http://riverwestradio.com/size-of-thoughts/

Congratulations to Spring 2012 Graduates!

Congratulations to the following students in our graduate program, all of whom will graduate officially on May 20, 2012! My special thanks to the faculty advisors who mentored these students over the course of their graduate careers.

Sincerely,
Aims

Alphabetical List of Graduates and Advisors
History Graduate Program/UW-Milwaukee
Graduation Date: May 20, 2012
* Matthew Christensen (MA)
Advisor: Prof. Rob Smith

* Nick Gerard-Larson (MA)
Advisor: Prof. Joe Austin

* Rachael Gilman (MA/MLIS)
Advisor: Prof. Merry Wiesner-Hanks

* Benjamin Hopp (MA--Public History/Museum Studies Certificate)
Advisor: Prof. Jasmine Alinder

* Peter Janecky (PhD)
Advisor: Prof. Genni McBride

* Kathleen Jurkiewicz (MA)
Advisor: Prof. Neal Pease

* Maria McEachran (MA--Public History/Museum Studies Certificate)
Advisor: Prof. Jasmine Alinder

* Louis Mercer (MA--Urban Historical Studies)
Advisor: Prof. Rob Smith

* Jason Morrison (MA--Public History/Museum Studies Certificate)
Advisor: Prof. Jasmine Alinder

* Matthew Prigge (MA)
Advisor: Prof. Joe Austin

* Emily Rock (MA/Museum Studies Certificate)
Advisor: Prof. Jasmine Alinder

* Jackleen Salem (PhD)
Advisor: Prof. Rachel Buff

* Morgan Sawicki (MA--Public History/Museum Studies Certificate)
Advisor: Prof. Jasmine Alinder

* Sarah Schneider (MA--Public History/Museum Studies Certificate)
Advisor: Prof. Jasmine Alinder

* Adam Smith (MA--Public History/Museum Studies Certificate)
Advisor: Prof. Jasmine Alinder

* Amanda Strobel (MA--Public History/Museum Studies Certificate)
Advisor: Prof. Jasmine Alinder

* Ashley Zampogna-Krug (PhD)

Advisor: Prof. Rachel Buff

Retirement Party for John Schroeder--Tuesday, May 15 @ 3 p.m.

"The History Department retirement party for John Schroeder will be Tuesday, May 15 at 3 pm, in Holton 341. There will be food, drink, and much conviviality, though (at John's request) no speeches. Please join us to welcome John as he sails into the next phase of his life! --Merry"

Historian Robin Judd on May 22--“Love at the Zero Hour: Jewish War Brides in WWII”

Robin Judd, associate professor of history at Ohio State University: “Love at the Zero Hour: Jewish War Brides in WWII” (Faye Sigman “Woman of Valor” Lecture). May 22, 7 p.m., Golda Meir Library Conference Center, UWM.

Spring Party (5/11/12)--Alliance of History Graduate Students

"MARK YOUR CALENDARS!!!!!  It is that time of the year, time for the AHGS spring party!  This year's party will be held on FRIDAY, MAY 11TH, FROM 6:00 PM - 10:00 PM, at John and Melissa's (2721 N Weil Street, Milwaukee).  The party will be dog and child friendly, with a fenced in back yard.  We will supply the basics (burgers, brats, buns, veggie burgers, potatoes, condiments), you can bring a dish to share if you'd like, we'll have a refrigerator and stove available; the party is BYOB.  We will be sending off our spring graduates and would really like it if faculty showed up to say goodbye to the people you will miss, to say hello to some of newer students you may not have met, and to support the AHGS.  If you have any questions please email us at jrterry@uwm.edu.  We hope to see you there!"

Phi Alpha Theta Undergraduate History Conference--Grad Student Presentation

Ben Barbera, Joe Walzer, Dawson Barrett, Bill Reck, Melissa Seifert, John Terry, Jacob Glicklich, and other graduate students will be participating in the Phi Alpha Theta Undergraduate History Conference scheduled for Friday, May 11, 2012, 1:30-4:00 p.m. in Holton Hall. For a full schedule, see below:

https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/smia/public/pat%20conference.pdf

Job Opportunity (June 2012-January 2013)--Deadline May 24

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Graduate Research Assistant

(This is an unclassified – student hourly help position)

The Department of Africology is seeking a Research Assistant (RA) needed to assist with research project relating to the Youth and Adult Rites of Passage & Transformation.

SUPERVISING FACULTY: Professor J. Kirk

SALARY: Commensurate with graduate level and experience (This is an unclassified, student hourly help position)

APPOINTMENT PERIOD: June 1 2012 to February 1 2013 (reappointment possible)

PERCENT OF TIME: Approximately 10-15 hours per week

JOB SUMMARY: The research assistant’s primary duties will include 1) literature/media review 2) compiling an annotated bibliography 3) organize Rites of Passage (ROP) data electronically 4) transcribe video interviews with ROP alumni and transfer VHS to DVD’s  5) assist with identifying relevant persons and scheduling interviews  6) assist with planning ROP alumni conference 7) assist with grant application for ROP conference.

OTHER SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS: Must be a graduate student with a BA or MA or relevant experience and/or training in African, African American and diaspora studies, cross-cultural studies, urban studies, sociology, social work, anthropology are encouraged to apply.  Preferred: Interviewing skills, research experience, multimedia-expertise – i.e. knowledge of video, audio, editing and transcription.

Interested applicants should email a brief statement of interest addressing background and experience and a resume/c.v. to Dr. Kirk at jfk2@uwm.edu by Thursday, May 24, 2012.

Job Opportunity for Summer 2012--May 24 Deadline

JOB OPPORTUNITY

Summer Graduate Research Assistant

(This is an unclassified – student hourly help position)

The Department of Africology is seeking an individual grounded in the field of Africology with research experience and working knowledge of 20^th C. African American history to document the history of the Program for Black Studies (now Department of Africology) at UWM from the mid-1960s to the present.

SUPERVISING FACULTY: Professor D. McClure & Professor J. Kirk

SALARY: Commensurate with graduate level and experience (This is an unclassified, student hourly help position)

APPOINTMENT PERIOD: June 1 2012 to August 31, 2012

PERCENT OF TIME: Approximately 10-15 hours per week

JOB SUMMARY: The research assistant will review sources, conduct a literature review and collect documents related to the institutionalization of Africology (Black Studies) nationwide. With the assistance of supervisors, he/she will identify relevant persons, schedule and conduct interviews.  Interviewees will include former students, faculty members, administrators and community activists.  The study will compile relevant documents, a literature review, an annotated bibliography and oral histories of those involved in the development of the Program of Black Studies (now Department of Africology) at UWM.

OTHER SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS AND CONDITIONS: Must be a graduate student with at BA or MA, or relevant experience in History, Africology (Black Studies) or related discipline. Preferred: Interviewing skills, research experience, multimedia -expertise – i.e. knowledge of video, audio, editing and/or transcription.

Interested applicants should email a letter of interest (addressing grounding in Africology, African American history and/or related area) and c.v. to Eve Hubbart at hubbart@uwm.edu by Thursday, May 24, 2012.

Update from the UW-Milwaukee Graduate Program (5/8/12)

Greetings from the Director of Graduate Studies (History Department/UW-Milwaukee), 

In this message, please find a list of upcoming events, deadlines, and other items of interest to graduate students and faculty in the History Department at UW-Milwaukee. More information can be found at the UW-Milwaukee History Graduate Program Blog:
http://uwmhistorygradprog.blogspot.com/ 

I. Upcoming Events

II. Kudos

III. Calls for Papers (CFPs)

IV. Job Opportunities

V. Upcoming Deadlines--Enrollment

VI. Upcoming Deadlines--Applications and Departmental Funding

VII. Upcoming Deadlines--Graduation

I. Upcoming Events

* Phi Alpha Theta Undergraduate History Conference, May 11, 2012, 1:30 p.m.-4:00 p.m.

http://uwmhistorygradprog.blogspot.com/2012/05/phi-alpha-theta-undergraduate-history.html

* Spring Party, Alliance of History Graduate Students, May 11, 2012, 6:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. 

http://uwmhistorygradprog.blogspot.com/2012/04/spring-party-51112-alliance-of-history.html

* Retirement Party for Prof. John Schroeder, May 15, 2012 @ 3 p.m. 

http://uwmhistorygradprog.blogspot.com/2012/05/retirement-party-for-john-schroeder.html

* Graduation, May 20, 2012

http://www4.uwm.edu/secu/com_cer/

* Talk by Historian Prof. Robin Judd, May 22, 2012 @ 7 p.m.

http://www4.uwm.edu/jewishstudies/news_events/index.cfm

II. Kudos

* to John Terry (PhD student) for winning a fellowship from the Black Metropolis Research Consortium 

http://uwmhistorygradprog.blogspot.com/2012/05/congratulations-to-john-terry-black.html

* to Lucas (Luke) Wolff (MA student--Urban Historical Studies) for winning an Advanced Opportunity Program Fellowship from the UW-Milwaukee Graduate School for 2012-2013

* to Dawson Barrett (PhD student) for winning a Dissertation Fellowship from the UW-Milwaukee Graduate School for 2012-2013

* to Matt Prigge for the publication of his recent article in Film History

http://uwmhistorygradprog.blogspot.com/2012/03/jstor-film-history-vol-24-no-1-2012-pp.html

III. Calls for Papers (CFPs)

Loyola U. Graduate Student History Conference

http://uwmhistorygradprog.blogspot.com/2012/05/call-for-papers-ninth-annual-loyola.html

In Circulation--Archives and Memory

http://uwmhistorygradprog.blogspot.com/2012/05/call-for-papers-515-in-circulation.html

H-Net (Online Compendium of CFPs)

http://www.h-net.org/announce/group.cgi?type=CFPs

IV. Job Opportunities

* UW-Milwaukee's Writing Center seeks tutors for Fall 2012. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. The sooner you apply, the more likely you are to obtain a position for Fall 2012. In recent years, several graduate students in History have worked as tutors. For more information, see the following link:
http://www4.uwm.edu/writingcenter/becoming.cfm 

V. Upcoming Deadlines--Enrollment

http://www4.uwm.edu/des/registration/ 

* Course Descriptions for Fall 2012 can be found at the following link:

http://uwmhistorygradprog.blogspot.com/2012/04/course-descriptions-for-history.html

* May 6, 2012--Start of Open Enrollment for Fall 2012

* May 29, 2012--First Day of Classes for Summer (1st Summer Term)

* July 29, 2012--Approximate Date when Tuition Assessments will appear in PAWS

* August 3, 2012--Last day to register for Fall 2012 without paying $200 minimum tuition deposit

* August 28, 2012--Last day to withdraw from Fall 2012 courses without charge or for full refund. Deadline for students registered by August 3 to pay full fees or a minimum $200.00 tuition deposit to hold classes.

* August 29, 2012--Cancellation of registration of students who fail to meet August 28 payment deadline.

* August 29, 2012--September 17, 2012--Late Registration Period

* September 4, 2012--First Day of Classes for Fall 2012

VI. Upcoming Deadlines--Applications and Departmental Funding

* December 1, 2012--Deadline for Receipt of All Application Materials for Admission to Graduate Program in Fall 2013

* December 15, 2012--Deadline for Receipt of Applications for Teaching Assistantships in History (2013-2014)

VII. Upcoming Deadlines--Graduation

http://www.graduateschool.uwm.edu/students/current/graduation/deadlines/

* May 14, 2012--Deadline to Submit a Thesis or Dissertation to the Graduate School (for individuals graduating in Spring 2012)
* June 1, 2012--Deadline to Apply to Graduate in Summer 2012
* June 8, 2012-- Informal Deadline to Verify Thesis/Dissertation Format with the Graduate School (for individuals graduating in Summer 2012 who previously applied to graduate in Spring 2012)
* June 15, 2012—Deadline to Defend a Thesis, Dissertation, or Comprehensive Exam (for individuals graduating in Summer 2012 who previously applied to graduate in Spring 2012)
* June 22, 2012—Deadline to Submit a Thesis or Dissertation to the Graduate School (for individuals graduating in Summer 2012 who previously applied to graduate in Spring 2012)
* August 6, 2012— Deadline to Defend a Thesis, Dissertation, or Comprehensive Exam (for individuals graduating in Summer 2012)
* August 13, 2012—Deadline to Submit a Thesis or Dissertation to the Graduate School (for individuals graduating in Summer 2012)
* September 18, 2012--Deadline to Apply to Graduate in Fall 2012
* December 3, 2012— Deadline to Defend a Thesis, Dissertation, or Comprehensive Exam (for individuals graduating in Summer 2012)

***Visit the UW-Milwaukee History Graduate Program Blog!

You can find more information about all the items listed here on the
History Graduate Program’s blog. Use the labels (“Events,”
“Deadlines,” Calls for Papers,” etc.) located on the right side of the
blog to identify the blog posts that are of greatest interest to you.
I recommend that graduate students visit the blog on a regular
basis—at least once per week during the school year.
http://uwmhistorygradprog.blogspot.com/

Congratulations to Luke Wolff--AOP Fellowship for 2012-2013

Congratulations to Lucas (Luke) Wolff for winning an Advanced Opportunity Program Fellowship for 2012-2013 from the UW-Milwaukee Graduate School!

Congratulations to Dawson Barrett--Dissertation Fellowship for 2012-2013

Congratulations to Dawson Barrett for award of a Dissertation Fellowship for 2012-2013 from the UW-Milwaukee Graduate School!

Congratulations to John Terry--Black Metropolis Research Consortium

Congratulations to John Terry (PhD student), who has received a fellowship from the Black Metropolis Research Consortium!

http://www.blackmetropolisresearch.org/programs.html

Call for Papers Ninth Annual Loyola University Chicago History Graduate Student Conference

Call for Papers
Ninth Annual
Loyola University Chicago History Graduate Student Conference
November 3, 2012
Loyola University, Water Tower Campus, Chicago, IL
Masters and doctoral graduate students in any field of historical study are invited to submit proposals to present individual research papers at Loyola’s Ninth Annual History Graduate Student Conference. Panel applications and individual papers focusing on borderlands and transnational studies, urban history, gender history, and public history projects are especially encouraged. The goal of this conference is to provide an opportunity for students to gain experience presenting original research papers and receiving feedback from their peers on their work.
Prizes of $150 and $50 will be awarded to the top two conference presentations. Loyola graduate students are ineligible for these monetary awards, but an honorable mention will be given to the top Loyola presentation.
Individual proposals should include: submitter’s name, contact information, institutional affiliation(s), a one page abstract of the paper (with a title), and a brief biographical statement indicating your academic status along with a return address and current e-mail address. Panel proposals should include the above as well as a brief description of the panel itself. Please note that submissions will be accepted as time and space permit. For more information please visit http://loyolahistoryconference.com/ or our department webpage at http://luc.edu/history/hgsa.shtml.
Deadline for submissions is Monday, August 13th, 2012. E-mail proposals as an attachment to Laura Johns, Conference Committee Chair at: HGSA@luc.edu or mail to:
History Graduate Student Association
c/o Laura Johns
Loyola University Chicago
History Department
1032 West Sheridan Rd.
Chicago, Illinois 60660
For more information about the conference, please contact Laura Johns at: HGSA@luc.edu
Sponsored by the History Graduate Student Association, Loyola University Chicago

Call for Papers (5/15): In Circulation--Archives and Memory

Call for Papers from "In Circulation," a journal about archives and memory. The deadline is May 15, 2012. See the link for more details....
http://incirculation.wordpress.com/

Deadline to Apply for Summer Graduation: June 1, 2012

If a graduate student originally applied to graduate in May 2012 but still has degree requirements to complete over the summer, the graduate student must reapply to graduate by June 1, 2012 if the student wishes to graduate in August.

The deadline to defend an MA or PhD thesis for Summer Graduation is: August 6, 2012

The deadline to submit a final, signed thesis for Summer Graduation is: 8/13/12

For more information, see the following message from Cristi Lynn Bergles, Masters Graduation Specialist in the Graduate School (cristi@uwm.edu):

"If you already applied to graduate in May 2012 but will be finishing your degree requirements in the Summer, please contact me, as you will be considered an August Graduate and we will need to remove you from May graduation.

If you applied to graduate in a past semester but didn't finish, you will need to re-apply for graduation when you wish Graduate School to review your records again in the future. You will NOT be billed another $40 fee if it has already been billed.

TO APPLY FOR GRADUATION, PLEASE FOLLOW THESE STEPS:

Go to www.paws.uwm.edu
Enter your E Panther ID & Password
On your Student Center Page, under the Academics Section, click on "other academic" drop down listing
Select "Apply for Graduation" and then click on the arrow
Simply follow the instructions to complete the online graduation process. A confirmation page will appear following the submission of your application.
If you have trouble applying this way or you get kicked out of the PAWS form, go to our website form:  http://www.graduateschool.uwm.edu/forms-and-downloads/students/grad_masters_app.cfm 

For students submitting a formal thesis, formatting guidelines are available on the Graduate School website  http://www.graduateschool.uwm.edu/students/current/thesis-and-dissertation-formatting/  as well as in Graduate School, Mit 261. 

Thesis deadlines for August 2012 are: Defend by 8/6/12 and submit final, signed thesis by 8/13/12

August graduates are invited to the DECEMBER COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY
Details are provided on the commencement website: http://www4.uwm.edu/secu/com_cer/
Commencement is run by the Office of the Secretary of the University so questions should be directed to the contacts in that office, listed at the bottom of the Commencement website.

Be sure to read our graduation procedures:
http://www.graduateschool.uwm.edu/students/current/graduation/

Job Opportunity--Writing Center Tutor

UW-Milwaukee's Writing Center seeks tutors for Fall 2012. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis. The sooner you apply, the more likely you are to obtain a position for Fall 2012. In recent years, several graduate students in History have worked as tutors. For more information, see the following link:
http://www4.uwm.edu/writingcenter/becoming.cfm

Bay View Tragedy Commemoration Sunday, May 6, 2012 @ 3 p.m.

What? 126th Anniversary Commemoration of the Bay View Tragedy
When? Sunday, May 6, 2012 @ 3 p.m.
Where? Intersection of S. Superior St. and East Russell Ave., Bay View Milwaukee
Featuring:

• Stephanie Bloomingdale, Secretary-Treasurer, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO
• Larry Penn, Folksinger
• Re-enactment of 1886 incident
• Milwaukee Public Theatre and Milwaukee Puppet and Mask Theatre

Open Discussion 4 p.m. Club Garibaldi Featuring John Gurda, Milwaukee Historian, moderator
FREE! OPEN TO EVERYONE!
Sponsored by the Wisconsin Labor History Society

Event Flyer

Museum Studies Exhibit Opening--Thursday, 5/3 @ 3pm

Please join us for the opening reception of this important exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum featuring the work of our own students in Museum Studies/Public History!

What? Exhibit by Graduating Museum Studies Students--'Harnessing the Elements: Earth, Wind, Fire, and Water"
When? Thursday, 5/3 starting at 3pm
Where? Milwaukee Public Museum, 3rd Floor
Cost? Entrance to the Museum is free for people bearing an invitation to the reception.

The reception is hosted by the UW-Milwaukee Museum Studies Class of 2012, including Adam Smith, Amanda Strobel, Amy Kaczmarek, Anne Gaynor, Arianna Murphy, Ben Hopp, Diane Newbury, Emily Rock, Erin TerBeek, Jason Morrison, Katie Maxwell, Maria McEachran, Maria Cunningham, Michelle Nash, Morgan Sawicki, Robert Ahlrichs, Sara Miller, and Sarah Schneider.

Historian Marc Rodriguez on Campus 5/1 @ 12pm--Latino Politics in Wisconsin

“The History and Prospects for Latino Politics in Wisconsin: From the Chicano Movement to the Present” by Marc Rodriguez, Ph.D., historian and UWM Alumus
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 • 12:00-1:00 p.m. • Golda Meir Library, Fourth Floor Conference Center • 2311 E. Hartford Ave.

Dr. Rodriguez will give the same presentation on Tuesday, May 1, 2012 • 5:30 p.m. • UMOS, Inc., Board Room • 2701 S. Chase Ave.

Both Presentations are Free & Open to the Public.

Dr. Rodriguez will discuss the Latino political topics explored in his book _The Tejano Diaspora_ with an eye to the development of Latino/a Politics in Wisconsin since the 1960s and offer some reflections upon the current state of Latino/a politics in Wisconsin.

"Occupy and Organize: Can Social Movements Fix the Urban Crisis?" Saturday, 4/28 @ 3PM

What? Keynote by Prof. Peter Dreier (Occidental College)
Title: "Occupy and Organize: Can Social Movements Fix the Urban Crisis?""
When? 3 p.m. Saturday, April 28, 2012
Where? UW-Milwaukee's Zelazo Center, 2419 E. Kenwood Ave.

Student presentations for this year's Urban Studies Forum start at the Zelazo Center at 9:15 AM. For a full program, go to the following link: UW-Milwaukee | Urban Studies Programs | Forum 2012

Friday, 4/27 @ 2p.m. Lecture--"Why Women Went Unseen at Treaty Negotiations: Material Culture Artifacts in the Social Construction of Ojibwe Treaty Sites"

You are invited to a lecture....

Title? "Why Women Went Unseen at Treaty Negotiations:  Material Culture Artifacts in the Social Construction of Ojibwe Treaty Sites"
Who? Dr. Rebecca Kugel, University of California-Riverside
When? Friday April 27, 2:00pm 

Where? UWM Student Union Room 240

In addition, you are invited to attend a brown-bag lunch with Rebecca Kugel, University of California-Riverside, and Cary Miller, UWM to discuss the Role and Significance of American Indians in US History on Friday April 27 at 12:00 to 1:30pm Friday April 27th in Holton Hall room 357.

Sponsored by the Department of American Indian Studies, the Department of History, and the Women’s Resource Center.

Tuesday, 4/24 @ 6pm: Lecture on George Washington and Maps + Noon Brown Bag

What? "Mapping a Life, Mapping a Nation: George Washington and His Vision of America"--Lecture by Historian Barnet Schecter
When? Tuesday, April 24 @ 6pm (reception at 5pm)
Where? American Geographical Society Library (Golda Meir Library Building, 3rd Floor, East Wing)
Cost? Free
Related events? Brown Bag Lunch on Tuesday, April 24 @ 12pm in the American Geographcial Society Library

New York author and lecturer, Barnet Schecter ( George Washington’s America: A Biography Through His Maps ), who also leads walking tours of New York City, will present " George Washington's New York ," based on his walking tour of Lower Manhattan, at noon in the AGS Library. The talk will be tied to the 1766 map of New York by John Montresor as a sort of trail guide for discovering the many features that still remain from the 18th century.

Mr. Schecter is in town to deliver the annual Holzheimer Maps and America lecture , which will be held Tuesday evening (talk at 6 pm, reception at 5 pm)

We cordially invite you to join us to hear Mr. Schecter, Tuesday noon, but also for the Maps and America talk in the evening.

Graduate Student Essay Prize--Michigan Historical Review (due July 2, 2012)

The Michigan Historical Review announces competition for the 2012 Graduate Student Essay Prize. The winning essay will be published in the Review and awarded a cash prize of $1,000.00. The Review accepts essays written by graduate students relating to Michigan and Great Lakes history. We welcome essays on American, Canadian, and midwestern history that directly or indirectly explore important themes related to Michigan's past.  Submissions are due by July 2, 2012.

For more information, see the following link.....Graduate Student Essay Prize--Michigan Historical Review

Grad Student Presentations, 4/24 @ 5:30pm

From the Alliance of History Graduate Students:

"Come hear graduate students Monica Drake and Steven Colagiovanni present their research on the Socinians, power in the archive, and more."

When?: Tuesday, April 24 @ 5:30pm-6:30pm
Where?: Wisconsin Room Lounge

Milwaukee Civil Rights Museum Exhibition Opening on April 20, 4-8pm--"March To Equality-200 Nights In Milwaukee"

See the following link for more information about "March to Equality--200 Nights in Milwaukee"

Gallery Night: March To Equality-200 Nights In Milwaukee - 4/20/2012 - Milwaukee Public Schools:

"The 1960s-the years of seeking equality. Learn and witness the 1960s, a time when Father Groppi, Vel Phillips, the NAACP Youth Council and other activists changed Milwaukee's history forever. The exhibition, created by Nova High School students, will leave you filled with knowledge about the Milwaukee Civil Rights Movement. You will see the city of Milwaukee from different perspectives and realize that Milwaukee's future, with the help of its youth, can be infinitely brighter.

-Experience the 1967 March on Milwaukee.
-Learn about how much people sacrificed for equality.
-Experience what it's like to live through 200 nights.

Friday, April 20th, 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. & Saturday, April 21st, 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Gallery @ Large
908 S. 5th Street, Milwaukee WI, 53204"


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This Week! Annual Meeting of Organization of American Historians/National Council on Public History

The annual meeting of the OAH/NCPH will be held this week (April 18-22) in Milwaukee. For a program including a complete list of events and registration information, go to the following link:

http://annualmeeting.oah.org/

I recommend that all graduate students, regardless of field, attend at least some portion of this event.

Our own PhD student, Joe Walzer, will be leading a special reception and tavern tour for graduate students attending the conference:

http://uwmhistorygradprog.blogspot.com/2012/04/special-opportunity-for-grad-students.html

Graduating in Spring 2012 (or Summer or Fall 2012)?

Do you aspire to graduate soon?

You can find a detailed list of graduation procedures here:

http://www.graduateschool.uwm.edu/students/current/graduation/

You can find a list of upcoming deadlines here:

http://www.graduateschool.uwm.edu/students/current/graduation/deadlines/

Important upcoming deadlines include the following:

* May 1, 2012—Informal Deadline to Verify Thesis/Dissertation Format with the Graduate School (for individuals graduating in Spring 2012)

* May 7, 2012—Deadline to Defend a Thesis, Dissertation, or Comprehensive Exam (for individuals graduating in Spring 2012)

* May 14, 2012—Deadline to Submit a Thesis or Dissertation to the Graduate School (for individuals graduating in Spring 2012)

* May 20, 2012—Graduation for Spring 2012

* June 1, 2012--Deadline to Apply to Graduate in Summer 2012

* June 8, 2012-- Informal Deadline to Verify Thesis/Dissertation Format with the Graduate School (for individuals graduating in Summer 2012 who previously applied to graduate in Spring 2012)

* June 15, 2012—Deadline to Defend a Thesis, Dissertation, or Comprehensive Exam (for individuals graduating in Summer 2012 who previously applied to graduate in Spring 2012)

* June 22, 2012—Deadline to Submit a Thesis or Dissertation to the Graduate School (for individuals graduating in Summer 2012 who previously applied to graduate in Spring 2012)

* August 6, 2012— Deadline to Defend a Thesis, Dissertation, or Comprehensive Exam (for individuals graduating in Summer 2012)

* August 13, 2012—Deadline to Submit a Thesis or Dissertation to the Graduate School (for individuals graduating in Summer 2012)

* September 18, 2012--Deadline to Apply to Graduate in Fall 2012

* December 3, 2012— Deadline to Defend a Thesis, Dissertation, or Comprehensive Exam (for individuals graduating in Summer 2012)

Enrolling in Fall 2012?

Please check your PAWS (UW-Milwaukee’s online database) account for news regarding your "enrollment appointment.” This enrollment appointment represents your first opportunity to enroll in courses in the fall semester of 2012. You can find a link to PAWS on the UW-Milwaukee homepage:

http://www4.uwm.edu/

Enrollment appointments start on April 16, 2012.

The online schedule of fall courses can be found at the following link:

http://www4.uwm.edu/schedule/index.cfm?a1=subject_details&subject=HIST&strm=2129

A list of course descriptions for graduate courses offered by the History Department can be found at the following link:

https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/smia/public/Grad%20Courses%20Fall%202012.pdf

Message from Alliance of History Graduate Students

Message from John Terry of the Alliance of History Graduate Students:

"Hello grad students,

The Alliance of History Graduate Students has booked the Wisconsin room for 4:00 on Tuesday, April 24.  We are wondering if anyone is interested in presenting any work or research.  Our intention is to give students who haven't done many (or any) conferences a chance to put a line on their CV and get comfortable with presenting in front of a friendly crowd.  If we get some responses we can plan from there, if not we can try find another way to use the room (we are open to suggestions).  If anyone has a paper they could present or is interested at all please email John Terry (jrterry@uwm.edu) as soon as you can.  Thank you!

AHGS"

Baseball History Events at Marquette--Thursday, 4/12 @ 6:30pm

There will be a showing of "El Juego de Cuba" ("The Cuban Game"), a Spanish documentary about baseball in Cuba and US-Cuban relations on Thursday, April 12 at 6:30pm  Marquette University, Cudahy Hall 001. The director will be present. The evening kicks off with a roundtable of scholars at 6:30pm followed by a film showing at 7:30pm, which will be followed in turn by a "talk-back" with the director. For more information, see the link:
http://www.marquette.edu/fola/documents/ElJuegodeCubacorr.pdf

"Pre-Occupy" Symposium, Friday, 4/13 @ 1:30pm

Friday, April 13  1:30 pm, Curtin 175


"Our Pre-Occupy symposium addresses how earlier occupations and protests in California (particularly surrounding Oscar Grant and the University of California) and in Wisconsin (especially the occupation of the state capitol) set the stage for the current occupations across the globe. Such pre-occupations, we would contend, acted as forms of pre-acceleration or incipient movement without which Occupy Wall Street may never have happened."

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's Center for 21st Century Studies:

Poetry reading by Joshua Clover
Saturday, April 14
7:00 pm Woodland Pattern Book Center
720 E Locust Street, Milwaukee
Free of charge

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Special Opportunity for Grad Students at the OAH/NCPH, April 20

A message regarding a special opportunity for graduate students at the annual meeting of the OAH/NCPH on April 20--
from PhD Student Joe Walzer--jbwalzer AT uwm DOT edu:

RSVP by 4/13/12 to  jbwalzer AT uwm DOT edu:

"The OAH Annual Meeting in Milwaukee is fast approaching! There will be many events to attend, but only one social event especially for Graduate Students to socialize and network with their graduate student colleagues - the Graduate Student Reception and Tavern Tour of Milwaukee’s Riverwest neighborhood on Friday, April 20, from 5:00pm-11:00pm.

A significant nineteenth century industrial, German and Polish ethnic neighborhood, Riverwest is today home to many cultural organizations, collectively owned businesses, and large numbers of students – including many history graduate students.

A reception will be held at the meeting hall of the Milwaukee branch of the Polish Falcons of America – a Polish-American social organization that has had a branch in Riverwest for over ninety–five years. Beverages and a meal will be included with your ticket to this reception, highlighting some of the neighborhood’s unique flavors.

After the reception, there will be a walking tour of Riverwest, featuring a couple of the neighborhood’s distinct taverns. Drink purchases will be on your own during this portion of the event.

The deadline for preregistration through the OAH was April 1. This included bus transportation to and from the event. However, we would like to see as many graduate students from Milwaukee there as we can. If you are interested in attending the reception and have your own means of transportation, but were unable to sign up before the deadline, please contact Joe Walzer (jbwalzer AT uwm DOT edu) no later than Friday, April 13. The fee for the reception, without transportation included, will be $10. We need an accurate count for the caterer, so an RSVP to Joe before April 13 is necessary for this portion.

Otherwise, if you are unable to join us for the reception, you are more than welcome to meet us out at the tavern stops at any time. We will be making two stops, listed with rough times below:

Riverwest Public House (8:45-9:45)
815 E. Locust St.

Art Bar (10:00-11:00)
722 E. Burleigh St.

Alliance of History Graduate Students Meeting on Friday, April 13 @ 5:30pm

Friday
April 13th
Paddy's Pub
5:30 PM

From Jacob Glicklich:
"I hope you can join us this Friday for the last Alliance meeting and social of the semester this Friday, April 13th. Our meeting will start at 5:30 PM in the upper level of Paddy's Pub, 2339 N. Murray Ave. On the agenda is planning end of the semester party, building up to the pending AHGS movie night, report on the series of pedagogy and cv workshops, and deciding on faculty awards for the holiday party. Should be a lot to talk about. Come for the meeting, stay for the socializing."

Come hear Andrew Kahrl, assistant professor of history at Marquette University, discuss his recently released book, The Land Was Ours: African American Beaches from Jim Crow to the Sunbelt South (Harvard University Press).

When: Wednesday, April 18th, 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Where: Sweet Water Organics, 2151 South Robinson Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, 53207
Questions: carriere@msoe.edu
This is a pay-what-you-can benefit for Sweet Water Foundation. All proceeds will help the foundation create a hybrid community science-art space on the grounds of Sweet Water Organics.

Course Descriptions for History Graduate Courses in Fall 2012

Please find course descriptions of the History Department's graduate courses for Fall 2012 at the following link:

https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/smia/public/Grad%20Courses%20Fall%202012.pdf

Enrollment appointments begin on April 16.

Picturing Milwaukee--2012 Summer Field School

Please see the link below for more information regarding this excellent opportunity for any graduate student interested in the history of Milwaukee or public history more generally.

http://www.blcfieldschool.blogspot.com/

Apocalypse Now? Mayan Astronomy Lecture, 4/16/12

Prof. Anthony Aveni (Colgate University) will speak on the Mayan calendar and supposed predictions of the world's end in 2912. Prof. Aveni is an expert on ancient and cultural astronomy. 

Date/Time: Monday, April 16, 2012, 7:30 PM

Place: Emily Clark Hall 111, Marquette University

Parking Available in the Wells Street Parking Structure, located at 1240 W. Wells St.

Identification of Important Historical Document from Mexico in the American Geographical Society Library (UW-Milwaukee)

An intrepid group of people including the staff of the American Geographical Society Library (AGSL) at UW-Milwaukee, Prof. Laura Matthew (Marquette U.), and Dr. Michel Oudijk (Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) has succeeded in identifying a 300-year-old document found in the collections of the AGSL. Please read more about this fascinating story on Prof. Matthew's blog:
http://marquettehistorians.wordpress.com/

Grant Opportunity for PhD Students at Newberry Library--Applications due May 1, 2012

Please see this link for more information, including an application for the Newberry Library's "Graduate Scholar-in-Residence" fellowship. Applications are due on May 1.
http://www.newberry.org/graduate-scholar-residence-program

Workshop on CV Writing

April 6th
1:00-2:30 PM
Holton 355
Alliance of History Graduate Students workshop on building one's curriculum vitae
Session lead by PhD candidate Bill Reck

There have now been two sessions on applied teaching methods, well-attended and with interesting exchanges. There will be more sessions in this theme to come, but more immediately AHGS is addressing another item of concern to surveyed membership, how to build experience relevant to one's cv, and how to effectively present it.

Bring your questions, your experiences and your concerns. We'll be meeting at 1:00 in Holton 355, the common room. Hope to see you there Friday.

Regards,
Jacob

Congratulations to Pete Janecky!

On Friday, March 30, 2012, Pete Janecky successfully defended his dissertation, "Mayors and the Media: A History of Their Symbiotic Relationships in Milwaukee, 1948-1988." In June, Pete will become the fifth graduate student to earn a PhD in History from UW-Milwaukee since the foundation of the PhD program in 2003. Congratulations, Pete!

Friday, 3/30--Pedagogy Workshop

How Can We Make Teaching Work?
March 30th
1:00-2:30 PM
Holton 190

From Jacob Glicklich-- glickli2 [AT] uwm [DOT] edu:

Thanks to everyone who came to the first installment of the AHGS Pedagogy Workshop, it seemed well attended and useful, both conceptually and hearing from different specific experiences. There was interest at the end of that discussion in continuing this space, and following up more specifically on successful strategies for getting students to talk and bringing multimedia and other tech into the classroom. So that's what we'll be doing this Friday, starting at 1:00 PM. We'll be basing out of a classroom to better explore what's possible inside the teaching speech. I hope that all interested individuals can make it out to this.

The following week will see AHGS start workshops on another topic very popular in the AHGS survey--CV Building. Look for upcoming emails and flyers in early April. If you have a strong interest in being able to attend this or any other workshop write to me with your available times to influence selection of subsequent times.

Regards,
Jacob

"Progressive Appleton" Exhibition/Congratulations to Public History Alum Nick Hoffman

Congratulations to alumnus Nick Hoffman (MA--Public History & Museum Studies) for "Progressive Appleton: Through the Lens of W.D. Schlafer," an exhibition that opened at Appleton's History Museum at the Castle on November 15, 2011. Based on the photographs of the hardware store proprietor, W.D. Schlafer, the exhibit explores how the Progressives brought changes to the city and altered work places, education, transportation, local government, and much else.

The History Museum at the Castle:

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Deadline: April 2 Chancellor's Golda Meir Library Scholar Awards

Dear Graduate Students (and PhD students in particular),

The deadline for applications for the "Golda Meir Scholar Award" is April 2, 2012. Please find details at the following link:

UW-Milwaukee Graduate School | The Chancellor's Golda Meir Library Scholar Awards


"The Chancellor's Office at UWM announces graduate student awards of $5,000 for the 2012-'13 academic year. Applications are invited from current UWM doctoral students; applications from advanced doctoral students and dissertators will be given priority consideration. Finalists may be asked to provide a letter of recommendation from their major professor. Submissions will be judged by a subcommittee of the University Libraries Committee. Members of the subcommittee include faculty, academic staff, and a representative of the Graduate School. The award recipients will be notified before the end of the spring semester, 2012."



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Staff members of the University of Pennsylvania Press are looking for help in their
booth at the OAH/NCPH book fair (April 19-April 22, 2012). If you are
interested, contact Prof. Jasmine Alinder at jalinder [at] uwm [dot] edu.

Kudos to Matthew Prigge for a prestigious publication!

Congratulations to MA student Matthew Prigge for his recent publication in Film History! See this link for an image of the first page of the article, "Dangers in the Dark: Motion Picture Reform in Progressive-Era Milwaukee, " Film History 24, 1 (2012): 74-81.

JSTOR: Film History, Vol. 24, No. 1 (2012), pp. 74-81:

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Online Course Schedule for Fall 2012 Available Now

The online course schedule for Fall 2012 is now available at the following link:

UWM Online Schedule of Classes: Results

Enrollment appointments start on April 16, 2012. To ascertain the date
and time of your own enrollment appointment, please consult your
account in PAWS.

Please find a list of enrollment deadlines from the Department of
Enrollment Services at the following link:

http://www4.uwm.edu/faculty_staff/instructional_support/registrars_calendar.cfm?term=2129

Sincerely,
Aims


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