Professor R. Thomas publishes new book
Retired faculty member, Richard W. Thomas, has published with Joe T. Darden, Detroit: Race Riots, Racial Conflicts, and Efforts to bridge the Racial Divide (MSU Press, 2013). Congratulations Rich!
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Department Speaker Series Spring 2013
What’s coming up this semester in History? We have a series of exciting lectures this Spring. There’s a lot of variety in topics, ranging from French Indochina to New Tourism in South Africa. Be sure to check out the flyer below. Dept. History Speaker Series… Continue Reading Department Speaker Series Spring 2013
Lewis Siegelbaum has just published “Those Elusive Scouts: Pioneering Peasants and the Russian State, 1870s-1950s,”
Lewis Siegelbaum has just published “Those Elusive Scouts: Pioneering Peasants and the Russian State, 1870s-1950s,” in Kritika: Explorations in Russian and Eurasian History, vol. 14, no. 1 (Winter 2013): 31-60. “Those Elusive Scouts” refers to the peasant practice of sending out members of their community to inspect… Continue Reading Lewis Siegelbaum has just published “Those Elusive Scouts: Pioneering Peasants and the Russian State, 1870s-1950s,”
Professors Fine and Fermaglich in NYT
Professors Lisa Fine and Kirsten Fermaglich edited early this year a 50th year edition of Betty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique. Their W.W. Norton edition is featured in the New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/02/19/books/50-years-of-reassessing-the-feminine-mystique.html?hp&_r=0
Dr. Susan Sleeper-Smith receives a NEH award
The National Endowment for the Humanities Committee on Awards has voted to offer Professor Susan Sleeper-Smith a fellowship for her project “Gender, Race and Empire: Mapping State Formation through the Lives of Indian Women.” The fellowship is for research at the Newberry Library in Chicago… Continue Reading Dr. Susan Sleeper-Smith receives a NEH award