History Department Seminars and Lectures, 2009
“California’s Postwar Suburban Cooperatives: Race, Design and the FHA”
Dr. Anthony Denzer, assistant professor of architectural engineering at UW who teaches courses in architectural history, spoke Nov. 10 on “California’s Postwar Suburban Cooperatives: Race, Design and the FHA.” The program was the first UW History Department Colloquium for 2009-2010. This year's series is organized by Dr. JoAnna Poblete-Cross, UW Department of History..
The Susan B.Horton Cone Distinguished Lecturer this year was Dr. Leslie Brown (left). Shown visiting with Dr. Brown after her Oct. 12 lecture are Profs. Ron Schultz (center) and Michael Brose. Dr. Brown gave a public presentation on civil rights. She was guest at several informal gatherings with faculty and graduate students in history and African American studies. Dr. Brown is on the faculty of history at Williams College in Massachusetts, specializing in 20th century African American history. She is the author of Upbuilding Black Durham: Gender, Class, and Black Community Development in the Urban South (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2008), winner of the 2009 Frederick Jackson Turner Prize from the Organization of American Historians.
Dr. Leslie Brown (third from left) was the 2009 Susan B. Horton Cone Family Distinguished Lecturer in the Department of History Oct. 12. She presented a lecture and also spoke to two history classes, including the graduate level course taught by Dr. Ron Schultz (2nd from left) on American Encounters. Pictured with Drs. Schultz and Brown are history graduate students Evan Gjovik (left) and Meggan Bilotte (right).
Awards Banquet, Spring 2009
Dr. Michael Brose, chair of the History Department, is shown with Garret Lym and Jessica Cenedese, the two recipients of the Wilma Pugh Fellowship. The awards were announced at the history awards dinner at the Historic Laramie Railroad Depot April 22. Phil Roberts photo
Four history graduate students were awarded Larson-McGee research fellowships. Pictured with Dr. Michael Brose (left), department chair, are: Meggan Bilotte, Tiffany Wilson, Kellyn Younggren, and Jeremy Yates. The awards are made possible through the generosity of veteran Casper broadcaster Jack Rosenthal and named in honor of two professors of history at UW. The late Dr. T. A. Larson, taught Western history and was the acknowledged expert on Wyoming history. Dr. Gale McGee taught U. S. history and, after a dozen years on the history faculty, was elected to the United States Senate in 1958. The awards were announced April 22 during the History Department awards dinner held at Historic Laramie Railroad Depot. Phil Roberts photo
Dr. David Messenger (second from right) stands with the three MA students who completed their master's degrees this semester under his direction. Left to right: Sarah Rundall, Adam Blackler, Messenger, and Ramazan Oztan. Phil Roberts photo
Three history undergraduate students were awarded William Steckel scholarships. Shown with History Department chair Dr. Michael Brose are (left to right): Brose, Trenton Agee, Braxton Beemer, and James Herr. Phil Roberts photo
Dan White (right), history major from Evanston, Wyoming, was this year's recipient of the Mary Lou Pence history award.
Three history students were awarded Siren Memorial scholarships, named in honor of Sylvester Siren and made possible through the generosity of his children.. Shown is Dr. Michael Brose with one of the recipients, Emmet Daunt. Carly Jones and Amie Lenderink, the other two awardees, are not pictured.
Jean Palfrey received the Findeisen award. She is pictured here with Dr. Michael Brose, history department chair. Phil Roberts photo.
Graduate students Adam Blackler and Emily Arendt were recognized for their efforts in organizing the annual regional conference of Phi Alpha Theta, the national history honorary, held in Laramie earlier this month. Both will be awarded MA degrees in history during graduation ceremonies at UW on May 9. Phil Roberts photo.
Seven graduate students completed studies for the master's degree in history during the spring semester, 2009. Pictured are (l to r): Miles Matthews, Sarah Rundall, Adam Blackler, Ramazan Oztan, Chris Eells, Emily Arendt, and Karl Snyder.
Emily Arendt and Kellyn Younggren received Wyoming Almanac Public History international travel fellowships. In March, they traveled to the United Arab Emirates and participated in a project to develop a public history/museum studies program at a university in that Middle East country.
Adam Blackler (left) is pictured with adjunct professor Peter Hobson. Blackler served as Hobson's teaching assistant in a class in European history during the spring 2009 semester. Phil Roberts photo
History Department Scholarship, Fellowship Award Winners, 2009
Sidney Barsky Memorial Scholarship: Tyler Eastman
Agnes Matilde Wergeland Memorial Scholarship: Rebecca Morley
Mary Lou Pence History Scholarship: Dan White
Siren Memorial Scholarships: Emmet Daunt, Carly Jones, Amie Lenderink
William Steckel Scholarships: Braxton Beemer, James Herr, Trenton Agee
Wilma Pugh Fellowships: Jessica Cenedese, Garret Lym
Findeisen Award: Jean Palfrey
Larson-McGee Graduate Fellowships: Meggan Bilotte, Gregory Nickerson, Tiffany Wilson, Matthew Jeremy Yates, Kellyn Younggren
Public History International Travel Fellowships: Emily Arendt, Kellyn Younggren
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History Department Seminars by Visiting Scholars, 2008
"Brief History of the Environmental Movement"
Brock Evans, attorney and long-time environmental activist, visited with students and faculty at an informal brown-bag on Oct. 16. Evans, on campus as the George Rentschler Distinguished Lecturer at the American Heritage Center, spoke later at the AHC on "The Endangered Species Act."
"Russia, Pipelines and the Great Game"
Susan B. Horton Cone Family Distinguished Lecture
Steve LeVine, Foreign Affairs and Energy Correspondent, author of The Oil and the Glory: The Pursuit of Empire and Fortune on the Caspian Sea (2007) and Putin's Labyrinth: Spies, Murder and the Dark Heart of the New Russia (2008)
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Author and foreign correspondent Steve LeVine (center) was this year's Susan B. Horton Cone Family Distinguished Lecturer. The lecture program, in its 12th year, is sponsored by the UW Department of History. Dr. Michael Brose (left) is chair of the UW Department of History. Dr. Marianne Kamp (right) introduced Mr. LeVine at the lecture held before a large crowd in the UW Education Auditorium on Oct. 3. Dr. Kamp, associate professor of history at UW and director of the Women's Studies program, has known Mr. LeVine since the early 1990s when both were working in Uzbekistan, Dr. Kamp on history projects and Mr. LeVine as a foreign correspondent for American newspapers.
"Germans in Russia, Germans from Russia"
Roundtable, Prof. Dr. Nina Vashkau, Volgograd State University
Dr. Nina Vashkau (center), professor from Volgograd State University,
Russia, presented a round-table August 6 at UW to a group, including
several Department of History faculty. She discussed her research
concerning Germans who relocated to Russia in the 18th century and
how they fared in later centuries. Phil Roberts photo
History Department Annual Awards Dinner, April 2008
The Department of History held its annual awards dinner April 29. The department
recognized outstanding graduates and presented awards to numerous undergraduates
and graduate students. The event was held in the historic UP Depot in Laramie.
Pictured, above left: Emily Arendt, graduate student award winner, and Dr. Mark
Potter, head of the History Department.
Six of the 2008 history graduate students who will be receiving their M.A.
degrees at graduation ceremonies May 10 were honored along with a
number of undergraduates and first-year graduate students at the Department
of History awards dinner April 29. Pictured, left to right: Joe McCarty,
Jacob Amend, Brandi Hilton-Hagemann, Matt McIntosh, Julie Stidolph,
and Xiaoyan Zhou.
Six Department of History graduate students were awarded Larson-McGee fellowships,
allowing each of them to conduct research on their thesis topics. Receiving the awards
this year were (left to right): Adam Blackler, Paul (Chris) Eells, Emily Arendt, Miles
Mathews, Karl Snyder, and Ramazan Oztan.
History Department Seminars by Visiting Scholars, 2006-2007
"Chinese Liberal Intellectuals and European Fascism in the 1930s: A Seminar"
Presented by Dr. Xu Youwei, visiting scholar in the Department of History, Autumn Term, 2007, from China
Dr. Xu Youwei (right) is deputy head of the
History Department at Shanghai University,
China. He presented results of his research
at a lunch hour seminar on November 20, 2007,
in the UW History Department lounge. During
the course of his visit to the University of Wyoming
Department of History in the fall of 2007, he visited
other scholars, conducted specialized research on
his main areas of teaching and, also, researched
and wrote an article about the first Chinese
exchange student to attend the University of
Wyoming from 1929-32. He is pictured with Phil
Roberts (left) who teaches the History of Wyoming
and writes on UW history. Dr. Xu was hosted in the
UW History Department by Dr. Michael Brose who
specializes in Chinese history.
"Teaching American History to University Students in Uzbekistan: A Seminar"
Presented by Yulia Tegay, a visiting scholar in the Department of
History in the spring semester, 2006, from Uzbekistan
Yulia Tegay holds a Bachelor’s degree
from Namangan State University and a
Master’s degree from Uzbek State World
Languages University (USWLU). Her
teaching career started at a lyceum in
Tashkent teaching the 5th, 6th, and 7th
grades. In 2003, she began to teach second
year Philology students at USWLU. In
September, 2003, she began teaching in
the IELTE (Institute of English Language
Teacher Education) program. Her teaching
interests include: Vocabulary, Integrated
Skills, American history and Methodology.
The seminar was presented April 11, 2006, and
an informal lunch was held afterward at a local
restaurant. Pictured at the lunch are (left to right):
Dr. Marianne Kamp, Yulia Tegay, Leila Kiknadze
(visiting scholar from the Republic of Georgia),
Phil Roberts, Dr. Peggy Bieber-Roberts. For more
information about this seminar and future ones in
this series, contact Dr. Phil Roberts or the Depart-
ment of History, philr@uwyo.edu