A NEWSLETTERFOR UNDERGRADUATESFROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

VOL.9. NO.2 THE OHIO SPRING 2004

GREETINGS

As the springterm begins andthe weatherturns wanner,it seemsappropriatetoacknowledgethe many accomplishmentsofour department’sfaculty, graduate students,andundergraduates.Togetherwe haveallworkedhard to advancethe HistoryDepartment’smissionin research, teaching,andoutreach.In this issueof Taking Time,however,I would like to focuson someofour exciting teachingandoutreach activitiesandalso our celebrationof the distinguishedcareerof a distinguishedformer facultymember,Wilbur H. Siebert.

The centerof our teachingandoutreachinitiatives remainsthe HarveyGoldbergProgramfor Excellencein Teaching. TheGoldbergProgramhousesan instructionalcenter, locatedin Dullcs Hall, whichcontainsthe latesttechnological resourcesand history digital databasesfor our facultyandgraduatestudents,who usetechnologyin undergraduateclasses.Moreover, itservesas a sitewhere faculty andstudentscanmeetto discussteaching,sharinginsightsandinnovations. TheGoldbergProgramalso housesthe History TeachingInstituteHTI, which works with K-12teachersfrom aroundthe stateto developcurriculumandto incorporatethe bestpracticesof usingtechnologyin theirclassrooms.The HTI sponsorsour million-dollar grant fromthe U.S. Departmentof

Educationin partnershipwith the OhioHistorical Societyandthe Columbus PublicSchoolsto providecontinuingeducationtoall of the district’s middle andhighschoolteachersof American history over threeyears In fact, the AmericanHistoricalAssociationcited the HarveyGoldbergProgramas a leadingmedia andtechnologycenterin its reporton graduateeducation,The Education ofHistorians for the Twenty-first Centuty. The GoldbergProgramalsooverseesa recentgifi from a formeralumnus,Scott Laidig, of a large,commercialhistory web site,eHistory.com,which has over 100,000pagesof primarysource materials, thousandsof digitalimages,andawealthof other historicalmaterials. Thesenew resourceswillenhancedramaticallythe teachingandoutreachcapabilitiesof the GoklbergProgram!

Taking Time

STATE UNIVERSITY

The fl’illjur H. Sic/pert Collection historicalmarker on the eastendof Dulles Hall

This pastSeptemberwe hada ceremonyattendedby PresidentHolbrook tocommemoratethe installation of an OhioBicentennial marker,honoringthe careerofDr. Wilbur H. Siebert. ProfessorSieberttaughtat Ohio State from1881 to 1935, andhe wrote the pioneeringstudyof theUndergroundRailroad,a network ofAfrican-Americanandwhite peoplewhohelpedSouthernslavesescapeto freedomintheNorth. On thatbeautiful autumn day,membersof our departmenthonoredacolleaguefrom our past. That day’scelebrationremindsme onceagainthat ourfuture reputationrestson theongoingaccomplishmentsof our faculty andstudents,bothpast andpresent.

KennethJ. AndrienProfessorandChair

THE NEXT STEP--ed. note: Marie Hajjar graduatedfrom OhioStatein spring 2003 with majors in history andinternational studies.

Spendinga quarterin Washington,D.C. wasthe bestdecisionI evermade. I heard aboutthe WashingtonAcademic InternshipProgramthrough the JohnGlennInstitutefor Public Serviceand Public Policyfrommy advisor. As a senior,I knewthat I hadto do somethingto facilitate my transitionfrom "student," to "young professional,"andthe JohnGlennInstitute providedanexciting alternativeto spring in Columbuswith a program promisingto challengeandinspire. I decidedto apply andhopedI’d be on my way to Washingtonto figureout what I wasgoing to dowith my Historyand InternationalStudies majors.

After an intenseapplicationprocess,Ilearnedthat I hadbeenacceptedalong withthirteen otherOSU juniors andseniors. Thenext monthwasa blur, busywithinformational meetingsandotherarrangements,and then,before I knew it, Iwas in Washington,and within a week or soI felt like a Washingtonian.The Institute’s

staffmadegreateffort to get usassimilatedinto the fastpaceof the city.

Theprogramis designedto accommodateeachstudent’spersonalinterests,encourageunderstandingof the political andculturalenvironmentin Washington,andpromptgreaterawarenessof our responsibilityin thepublic sphere. My internship sitewasdowntownwith the Africa Project at theWoodrowWilson InternationalCenterforScholars.My backgroundin French andinterestin conflict resolution placedme withDr. HowardWolpe, former PresidentialSpecialEnvoy to the Great LakesRegioninAfrica in the Clinton years. Dr. Wolpe andhis team wereworking on a CapacityBuilding Programin war-tornBurundi,secondto Rwandafor deathsby genocide.

Although I hadno backgroundin AfricanStudies,my focusin the history major on theAncient NearEast andthe Middle East,coupledwith the prestigeof the JohnGlenn

Institute andits director,Dr. ElizabethBoles,helpedme securea positionwith theAfrica Project,and I washonoredto bedoing suchimportantwork. I wasresponsiblefor translating documentsfromFrenchto English andvice versa,attendingmeetingsthroughoutWashingtonon issuesrangingfrom child soldiers in Africa towomen’s roles in post-conflict Iraq. IrepresentedDr. Wolpe andthe Center,tooknotes,andwrote reports,oneof which was

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published. I also helpedDr. Wolpe withresearchfor a book he iswriting on hisexperiencesin Burundi andthe GreatLakesRegion. I learnedmorein thoseten weeksthan I could haveever imagined.

The Fellows workat their internship sitesfour daysa week with Wednesdaysreservedfor seminarandstudytours. Our seminar,led by Dr. Boles,wasdesignedto engageusin challengingdialogueandrequiredustoreada variety of literature that exploredissuessuchas citizenship,privacy inAmerica,andrebel warsin SierraLeone. Inaddition, Dr Bolesinvited scholarsandpublic servantsto share theirexperiences.We visited suchplacesas theSupremeCourt, the National Galleryof Art, the AirandSpaceMuseum,and theNewAmericaFoundation. OneSaturday wespent inhistoric Annapolisvisiting sitesincludingthe Naval Institute. We hadeveningengagementsat the Institutewith SenatorGlennand his wife Annie Glenn,policysalons, andan End of the Term receptionwith our internshipsupervisors. As busyaswe were,we still managedto haveplenty of"playtime"-in the fUn city of Washington.

So today,as I sit at the computerstill tryingto figure out what the next step is, I realizethat I’ve startedto seemy life through a lenscoloredwith picturesfrom Washington. Itprovidesinsight to see pastthe surfaceofpolitics, and it providesenergyto makeapositive contributionto societywith theconfidencethat getting therewill be worththe struggle.Throughthe vision andgenerosityof SenatorandMrs. GlenninestablishingThe JohnGlerm InstituteforPublic Serviceand Public Policy,theWashingtonAcademicInternshipProgramoffers OSUjuniors and seniorstheopportunityto witnessthe diversity of thisnation,to participatein our citizenshipbychallengingour conventional understandingsof domesticandinternationalpolitics,andtotruly appreciate ourdemocraticresponsibilitiesin the public sphere,all inthe effort "to form a moreperfectunion."--by Marie Hajjar

NEW FACULTY

FIVE new faculty membershaveenrichedthe Departmentthis yearandwill continueto do so in yearsto come. StephenKernjoins us after manyyearsat NorthernIllinoisUniversity. He’s a specialist in modernEuropeancultural andintellectual historyandthe authorof severalbooks, includingThe Culture ofTime and Space,1880-1918.He’s readinga lot of mysterynovelsnow ashe works on hisnext book, "A CulturalHistory of Causality:Science,MurderNovels,and Systemsof Thought." Prof

!! HISTORY CAREERNIGHT U

Be sure to join us on Thursday, May 6,at 7:00 p.m. in EA 170 for the sixteenth

annual History Career Night.Representatives from the private sectorand various campus offices will discussa range of topics and oppôttunities foryou. You don’t have to be a history

major to attend.

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Kern stressesthe writing of papers,andheruns a week-longwriting tutorial in everyclasshe teaches.The studyof historyisprofessionally valuable,he believes,becauseit gives studentsan opportunity to developthe oneskill that everyonein the work forcewill need-theability to hold people’sattention.The only way to improve thatskill, he hasfound, is to do one’sbest on apaper,submitit for criticism, receivequalified anddetailedcriticism, takethatcriticism seriously, andwork to makethenext paperbetter."That scenariocreateswhat I call intellectualmuscle,"he says,"which is the surestway to improve one’s

verbalskills, which are the most reliableindex of intelligenceanda necessityforsuccessin the university andbeyond."

Kevin Boyle who receivedhis PhD fromthe University of Michigan but claims tolove the buckeyesand who taughtpreviouslyat the University ofMassachusetts,is a specialist in 20th centuryUnited Stateshistory, with a focuson race,class,andpolitics. Amonghis publicationsis his book, The UA Wandthe HeydayofAmericanLiberalism, 1945-1968. Hiscurrentresearch,tentatively titled"TheArc

of Justice:A Story of Race,Rights, andMurder in Jazz-AgeAmerica," hashiminvestigating the story of an African-Americandoctor, amomentof violence,andthe subsequentmurdertrial, to explore

racismandsegregationin the urbannorth ofthe 1 920s. Eversincehe was anundergraduate,Prof. Boyle lovedtheintellectualexcitementof university life:hearingnewideas, readingnewbooks,anddiscussingimportantissues.As a teacher,his goal is to bring that excitementinto theclassroom."I want studentsto really engagewith the material," he says,"partly so theymight feel the sameexcitementI felt whenIwassitting in the backof the rQom, partly sothat I canlearnfrom them.History is a greatvehicle for doingthat becauseit dealswiththe humancondition.And there’s nomoreimportanttopic than that."

Beforecoming to Ohio State,HasanJeffriestaughtat The UniversityofAlabama. Prof Jeffries is a specialist in 20tI

centuryAfrican Americanhistory, withexpertisein the Civil Rights Movement. His

article, "Organizing for More than the Vote:The Political Radicalizationof Local PeopleinLowndesCounty,Alabama,1965-1966"will appearthis autumnin a book,Groundwork: the Local BlackFreedomMovementin America. His currentresearchfocuseson the Black freedomstruggle inLowndesCounty,Alabama,bestknown forgiving birth in 1966 to theLowndesCounty

FreedomParty, an all Black, independent,political partypopularly knownas theoriginal Black PantherParty. "Goodteaching,"saysJeffriesis acollaborativeeffort betweenthe teacherandthe student,"andin all his classeshe solicits studentopinion through classdiscussions,direct

Prof. HasanJeffries

Prof. Kevin Boyle

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questioning,andwriting assignments.Getting studentsto think for themselvesabout the pastis what he enjoysmostaboutteachinghistorybecause learningabouttheway thingswere helpsexplain the waythings are.

StephanieSmith strengthens our alreadyrobust field of Latin Americanhistory,where shespecializesin the history ofMexico andissuesof gender. She comestoOhio State aftera year teachingat IndianaStateUniversity. Her study, "If LoveEnslaves...Love Be Damned!’, Divorce andRevolutionaryState Formationin Yucatan,Mexico," will soonappearin the book,EngenderingRevolution:Gender, the State,and EverydayLè in 20th JentutyMexico.Currently sheis working on a book titled"Engenderingthe Revolution: WomenandStateFormationin Yucatan, Mexico,1872-1930" that analyzesthe statusandtransformationof genderrelationsduring theperiodof the MexicanRevolution. Herapproachto teachingis one thatincorporatesmanydifferent ways of learning,especiallyfor the survey courses,where sheusesPowerPoint,online lectureoutlines, lectures,films, texts, andsupplementary readingmaterials,suchas fiction. Sheasks thatstudentsdiscusscomplexissues,suchas themeaningsof cultural practicesthat maybedifficult for studentsto understand.Sheattemptsto compareandcontrastdifferentculturesover time to presentthe studentswith a balancedsenseof history, andto helpthem understandtheir presentworld better.

Jennifer Siegel,who last taughtat theUniversityof Pennsylvania,will addto ourstrengthin diplomatichistory for shespecializesin modernEuropeaninternationalrelationsandmilitary history,with a focuson the British andRussianEmpires. She is theauthorof Endgame:Britain, Russiaandthe Final StruggleforCentralAsia. Currently sheis working onan explorationof British and French privateandgovernmentbankloansto-Russiain thelater imperial periodto 1921 as well asarticleson Afghan intelligenceat the endofthe I 9°’ centuryandon anaspect oftheRusso-Japanesewar of 1904-05. Shebelievesthe studyof history gives studentsthe bestpreparationto do anything in life: itteachesyou how to think critically; itteachesyou howto readcritically; it teachesyou how to handlevast amountsof material;it teachesyou how to expressyourselfin acoherentand articulatefashion. Theseareall skills a personneedsto hone for almostany professionor path theyhope to pursue."And, of course,"she concludes,"it’s justplain fascinating."

Prof. StephanieSmith

Prof. Jennifer Siegel

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seveninstoryAutumn 2Scholarshipdepartmenthaseverfunds will be usedtotheir SeniorHonors‘1 neses.will usehis awardto support"Discrimination andRecognitionmBuckeyeLand: A Historical CaseStudyolGay andLesbianActivism at The Ohio StatcUniversity, with Prof Birgitte Solandasadviser.Prof. ChristopherReedis theadviserfor Mark Bardwell who won for hiL

thesis,"MethodistMissionariesin Euzhou,1847-1947."ChristopherBernhardtwill usehis awardto fhrther his project, ‘Promiseand Threat:Community ActionAgenciesinClevelandandColumbus,Ohio," with ProfKevin Boyle as adviser.SamanthaCardenas’awardwill help supportherstudyof "Bad Medicine:A Studyof the 1925OSUPoisonings,"with the Department’sexperton crime,Prof RandolphRoth,asadviser. With heraward,Paige Kohnwillfind progresseasiertoward completionofherthesis,"The Developmentof theHumanitarianInterventionConcept:Theoryand Practice."Prof Peter Hahnis Paige’sadviser. Working with Prof Austin Ken,MeganMcGoughwill useherawardtostudy"The EnemyWithin: RaceandAxisPrisonersof War in the United StatesduringWorld War Two." Rubina Salikuddin,withProf StephenDale as adviser,will makeuse

of herawardto support the completionof"Conceptionsof Identity CreationamongMuslim Nationalistsin India."

The History Department applaudsJames,Mark, Christopher, Samantha,Paige,Megan,and Rubinafor the hardworkthatbroughtthemto this point.

to SEVEN awardwinners.

ThE HUMANITIES SCHOLARSPROGRAM

--ed. note: ChristopherAdamsis a seniorhistory major who enteredOhio Stateinautumn 2001.

As long as I haveattendedOhio State,Ihave beenamemberof the HumanitiesScholars program,andit hasmadeall thedifference. As a seniorin high school, Iponderedthe difficult decision.Qf wheretoattendcollege. I looked at different kinds ofschools,andwasbothattractedto and scaredaway by the sizeandcity-like atmosphereofOhio State. Therewasplenty that I likedaboutOSU, but whatreally distinguisheditfrom my otherchoices?As the time tomake a decision approached,I looked forsomethingthat would give one schoolan"edge" overthe others.

That "edge" came in the form of aninvitation to join the Humanities Scholarsprogram. I hadnot heardmuch abouttheprogram,as it was onlyin its secondyearofexistence. Afler learningmore aboutit, Idecidedto give Ohio State andthe Scholarsprograma try. Upon the conclusionof myfirst week, I realizedthat I hadmadetheright decision.

The benefitsofferedby Humanities Scholarsare numerous. Fromday one, the scholarsprogramhelpedme tobecome partof asmall conununitywithin this large campus.I was partof a living-learningprogramwhich placedme with fellow studentswhowould all be enrolled in the sameclassesinour first quarter. The living-learningcomponentto the scholarsprogramhelpedme build a closegroup of friends, inside andoutsideof the classroom.Many of thesepeopleremainclose friends to this day.Therewere also fun-filled eventsofferedthroughthe programsuchas communityserviceevents,movie nights, an overnightretreat,dinnerat Buca-di-Beppowith agroup of eighty-five friends,anda trip toChicago.

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The academicbenefitsof being aHumanitiesScholarare alsogreat. Inadditionto scholars-onlyclasssectionsmyfirst quarter,therewere opportunitiesin laterquartersfor special seminars,which weresmall in size, taughtby faculty members,and helpeddevelopresearchandwritingskills. Above all, the advising I receivedfrom Humanities ScholarscoordinatorGloria Eyerly andacademicadvisorDr.Larry Greenfieldwas exceptional.GloriaandLarry are always willing to do anythingthey can for their students.At a school thesizeof Ohio State, strongadvisingmakesallthe difference, andI feel the advisingIreceivedas a HumanitiesScholaris the

reatestbenefit of the am.

In the past two years,enrollmentin theHumanities Scholarsprogramhas growngreatly, with an incomingclassof around130 scheduledfor this fall. The studentshaveformedan active leadershipcouncilthat ischargedwith planningeventsfor theyear. We havehadmany groupdinners,takenpart in campusevents,rentedout theColumbusZoo for a retreat,andtakena tripto New York City. With trips toWashingtonD.C. andParis in theworks,

2004 promisesto be thebestyearyet for theprogram. Beinga member oftheHumanities Scholarsprogramhasgreatlybenefitedmy collegeexperience,and hasgiven me theopportunityto bepart of asmall community, while still takingadvantageof all thatOhio Statehasto offer.---by ChristopherAdams

JoannaAnderson, RichardBarga,MatthewBaringer,MatthewBartley, Ryan Birt, JasonCarter,Richard Cervantes.JosephChristensen,SeanCochran, LeedaCopley,ChristopherDever,David Dick, Jr., KeeganDwyer, StevenEstes,RichardForzano,Adam Friemoth,NoahGangi,RichardGatz,Ian Gordona,Brent Hajek, Brad Hall, LukeHassinger,AmandaHuges,SeanIreland,DouglasKoppel, SerenaLett, Kevin Locker,Linda Long-VanBrocklyn,Robert Martin,Gregory McDowell, MaureenMcNamara,BrendaMellett, StephenMercurio, TerranceMiller, Adam Muehlenbruch,BrianNewcomb,Amanda Norman,MichaelNorton, SamuelPetrides, JamieSears,DarinSiley, MarcellaSmith, Justin Sorrell, JensoSoto,Nikola Stepanovich,ElizabethStewart,Michael Stuckey,LinE Ta, JeremyThornburg,PatrickWeider,JamesWorcester,JamesZarzeczny,TaraZinslen

Autumn 2003

Timothy Anderson,Rachel Belflglio,ToddBurns,JackieLee CollinsII, MatthewCooney, LindaCox, ScottDearth,WilliamDunn, SeanFerris, MatthewHageman,RebeccaHaldi, Ginny Hook, Justin Johnson,Tracy Lanum, Shawn Likley,KevinMcClellan, Carl Miller, Ty Miller, EricMorris, MichaelMurphree,NathanPhillips,Gillian Rawling, JohnRiegel, CarolSmithhisler,JeffreySnell

Summer2003

ChristopherAdams

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