USF Ancient Studies Lecture on ‘The Discovery of Ancient Battle Landscape off Sicily’– Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Dr. Jeff Royal, Archaeological Director of RPM Nautical Foundation, will discuss the recent underwater discovery of the wreckage from a battle between the Romans and the Carthaginians in 241 BCE. He will talk about the significance of his finds and possible future discoveries in the larger part of the battle zone that is yet to be investigated.
6:00 - 8:00 PM, MSC Oval Theater-- Refreshments 5:30
"We Were Here": documentary about AIDS epidemic Tuesday, January 24, 7:00 pm
The Department of History is hosting a screening of the documentary "We Were Here: The AIDS Years in San Francisco". The film chronicles San Francisco's response to the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.
7:00pm, Grace Allen Reading Room, Tampa Campus Library-- Light refreshments served.
USF researchers, including History Department Professor and Chair Fraser Ottanelli, have returned to Nigeria this Fall to seek witnesses to the 1967 slayings in Asaba. Follow their reserach at: http://asabamemorial.wordpress.com/
History professor Brian Connolly is the co-editor of History of the Present, a ground-breaking new journal devoted to history as a critical endeavor published biannually by the University of Illinois Press: http://www.press.uillinois.edu/journals/hop.html
Severan Database Project Undergraduate Researchers win big! USF History alumna and former Severan Project Researcher, Erin Iosa, won first place in the Humanities for her oral presentation, “Imperial Cult in Ephesus: Expressions of Inferiority, Superiority, or Isopolity?” at the 9th Annual Undergraduate Research Symposium. Click here for the whole story!
Department of History Professor Golfo Alexopoulos received a prestigious year-long NEH Fellowship to support the completion of her book, A Gulag History: The Violence of Everyday Life. Based largely upon recently declassified Gulag archival documents, the work examines everyday life and practices in the Stalinist camps.
Both 2nd year Ph.D. students in the Department of History have recently published articles in prestigious scholarly journals. Brittany Vosler’s article, "'Making his way to the heart of India': British Missionaries, Indian Nationalism, and Religious Belonging in Post-World War I India" was accepted for publication by the journal British Scholar, and appeared in the September 2010 issue (Vol. 3, Issue 1). Deborah L. Bauer’s article entitled "'...in a strange place...": The Experiences of British Women during the Colonization of East and West Florida" will be featured in the Fall 2010 edition of the Florida Historical Quarterly (Volume 89, Number 2). This represents a 100% success rate in publication for the first class of the Ph.D. program in History at USF!
"Lavender Scare on the Silver Screen"-- USF History Professor David Johnson's ground-breaking book to be made into a documentary by filmmaker Josh Howard. Read the Oracle article here!: http://www.usforacle.com/lavender-scare-on-the-silver-screen-1.2278045
HISTORY ALUMNI: Reconnect with your History Department! B.A. graduates send us your updates at barrios@usf.edu--- M.A. graduates send your updates to jlknight@usf.edu!
Department of History Professor Graydon Tunstall publishes acclaimed new book Blood on the Snow: the Carpathian Winter War of 1915
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