This month, President Trauth announced that History Professor Kenneth Magerison has been named a Piper Professor by the Minnie Stevens Piper Foundation. Each year the Foundation awards 10 professors from around the state this distinction. The awards are given to professors whose outstanding teaching has had a significant impact on their students and community.
History faculty and students have long known of Professor Margerison’s ability to mentor, challenge and educate students; we are thrilled to have him acknowledged with this prestigious award.
The first-ever Post-PACE transition event for Liberal Arts majors has just concluded. We had a very successful turnout with 120 students coming and browsing the majors and university services available to them in Liberal Arts and across the campus. People too numerous to mention helped to ensure the event was coordinated and successful. So, “thank you” to everyone single one of you who helped bring this event to fruition. Please thank the individuals in your area who stepped up and assisted with the event. The door prize winners were:
2nd Prize – Bobcat Embroidered Messenger Bag = Dezmond K. Thomas
Grand Prize – Kona Dew Bicycle and Accessory Package from The Hub Bicycle Lounge, paid for by Dean and Academic Departments of Liberal Arts = Evan Ingersoll
Date/Time: April 17, 2013, 12:30 p.m.
Location: TMH 105, Swinney Conference Room
Join Dr. Elizabeth Makowski and Mr. Dan Utley for a book signing of their most recent publications.
Dr. Makowski will be signing, English Nuns and the Law in the Middle Ages.
Mr. Utley will be singing two recent publications, Faded Glory: A Century of Forgotten Texas Military Sites, Then and Now, & History along the Way: Stories Beyond the Texas Roadside Markers.
Guest lecturer Dr. LeeAnn Whites examines the many roles women played during the Civil War.
Dr. Whites is a Professor of History at the University of Missouri-Columbia, and author of:
The Civil War as a Crisis in Gender: Augusta, Georgia, 1860-1890 (1995)
Gender Matters: Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Making of the New South (2005)
Occupied Women: Gender, Military Occupation, and the American Civil War (2009)
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What is the “American Empire”? While historically the term has been applied to both the colonial era and the age of the superpower dominance after 1945, it is both correct and incorrect. A perspective from imperial history compels a reassessment of the long period between 1783 and 1945. This lecture explores the acquisition of a territorial empire, the decolonization after 1945, and the misnomer of labeling the United States as an empire. It also delves into America as a superpower, and brings the discussion current by reviewing the invasion of Iraq, and how it was doomed to failure before it started.
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Dr. Elizabeth Makowski give her Ingram Professorship lecture.
The Middle English word ‘sometime’ might have been coined for Mary Felton (circa 13561398). At one point or another during her short life she was married to Edmund Hemgrave, Thomas Breton, Geoffrey Worsley, and John Curson , consecutively, though not always exclusively; she was also ‘sometime’ widow, mistress, divorcée, nun, apostate, and mother. Mary’s story parallels and finally surpasses that of her more famous contemporary, the Fair Maid of Kent, in terms of matrimonial intrigues and legal entanglements. In this article, I present some of my findings concerning the ecclesiastical response to Mary’s alleged apostacy in the context of her complex life.
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Between the 1940s and the 1970s the European colonial empires almost entirely disappeared. Theorists and advocates of the process - and of subsequent 'postcolonial' and 'decolonial' moments - believed this would or should be followed by a global intellectual transformation, a decolonization of minds and of being. Professor Howe asks how far and in what ways - mainly in the fields of historical and political studies - these expectations and hopes have been fulfilled.
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The Muslim Student Association promotes open dialogue at their fourth-annual “Hijab for a Day” event, the afternoon of 26 March 2013.
Fashion-forward MSA stylists offered a selection of modish scarves, transforming anyone who would like to see what it's like to wear hijab-- if only for a day. Texas State University-San Marcos is a public, student-centered, doctoral-granting institution dedicated to excellence in serving the educational needs of the diverse population of Texas and the world beyond. In pursuing our mission as a university, we value diversity of people and ideas, a spirit of inclusiveness, a global perspective, and a sense of community as essential for campus life. The MSA program acknowledges the support of "A Global Odyssey: Exploring our Connections to the Changing World" Common Experience mini-grant. Dr. Elizabeth Bishop is faculty advisor for this group; for information on future events, you can email her at eb26@txstate.edu.
Ten Texas State students and a faculty member returned from the Bilateral University Model Arab League event at the University of Houston Honors College with awards. Ten universities (among them Louisiana State University, Stephen F. Austin State University, Texas A&M University, University of Arkansas - Little Rock, and the University of Houston - Clear Lake) were represented at the competition, which took place 16-17 February 2012.
The Bilateral US/Arab Chamber of Commerce and the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations organize these events at which students debate in five councils: Palestinian Affairs, Social Affairs, Political Affairs, Economic Affairs, and Joint Defense. At these competitions, students sharpened their skills in diplomacy and public speech. For this year's competition, Texas State students took the added challenge of representing Syria's government, and three individuals brought home honors
Bita Razavimaleki and Nora Lisa Cavazos received "Outstanding Delegation" for their representation of the Syrian Arab Republic on the Social Affairs council. Razavimaleki described one of the team's resolutions in response to the ongoing crisis in Syria: "While it had to convey the importance of human rights and security and safety of Syrian civilians, refugees and affected people in neighboring countries, we also had to preserve our rights and interests." She acknowledged, "It is a challenge to protect the rights of the country you represent in the Model and cooperate with other countries at the same time!"
Matt Korn received "Outstanding Chair" for his leadership of the Joint Defense council. Of his contribution, Korn remarked, "the role of the Chair is to ensure the Model runs smoothly." While delegates representing differing states worked together, Korn enjoined them to "craft well-written resolutions that address real-world situations."
Reflecting on this particular competition, he said; "I enjoy the chance to help this process and see the novel ways delegates propose to tackle these issues: delegates to the real Arab League might do well to follow some of their advice."
The MAL program acknowledges the support of the College of Education, the College of Liberal Arts, the Office of Equity and Access, the Anthropology Department, the History Department, and the Political Science Department. Dr. Elizabeth Bishop, of the Department of History, mentors Texas State University-San Marcos's program. For further information, you can email her at eb26@txstate.edu.
Ten Texas State students and a faculty member returned from the Northeast Regional Model Arab League event at Northeastern University with awards. Nineteen universities (among them Bard College, Colby College, Converse College, Simmons College, the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, and two campuses of the University of Massachusetts in Boston and Lowell) were represented at the competition, which took place 2-4 November 2012.
The Bilateral US/Arab Chamber of Commerce and the National Council on U.S.-Arab Relations organized this event, at which students debated in five councils: Palestinian Affairs, Social Affairs, Political Affairs, Economic Affairs, and Joint Defense. In this way, students sharpened their skills in diplomacy and public speech. For this year's competition, Texas State students took the added challenge of representing Syria's government, and four individuals brought honors back home. In alphabetical order, Nora Lisa Cavazos, Jay Judeh, Bita Razavimaleki, and Lauren Michelle Roig received "honorable mention" awards for their representation of this controversial country's regional policies.
When the Council of Social Affairs discussed media policy in member states regarding press freedom, shifts in digital, print, and new media, delegates Cavazos and Roig advanced a resolution "based on the concept of uniting Arab journalists, communicators, academia professionals." Cavazos explains, "to highlight the positive things happening in the Arab world. We felt that because bad press is always surrounding the Arab world, we need to change the perceptions of outsiders with insuring positive work from our very own region."
The MAL program acknowledges the support of the College of Education, the College of Liberal Arts, the Office of Equity and Access, the Anthropology Department, the History Department, and the Political Science Department. Dr. Elizabeth Bishop, of the Department of History, mentors Texas State University-San Marcos's program. For further information, you can email her at eb26@txstate.edu.
As the Ingram Professor of History, Dr. McWilliams will work on a book to be titled A Graceful Distance: The Cultural Origins of Animal Factory Farming in the United States, 1750-1906. This work ultimately demonstrates how the convergence of culture, science, and ideas influenced the human-animal bond in a critical way and at a critical time in American agricultural history.
Dr. McWilliams has been a member of the Texas State faculty since 2000, teaching Early American and Environmental history in the Department of History and in the Honors Program. He is the author of numerous articles, book chapters, and five previous books, including Just Food: Where Locavores Get it Wrong and How We Can Truly Eat Responsibly (Little, Brown 2009) which won the 2009 Books for a Better Life Award. In 2009, he won both the Presidential Award for Scholarly Research and the Hiett Prize in the Humanities.
The Ingram Professorship, which carries a $10,000 research stipend, was established by Mrs. Callie Ingram and family to recognize a faculty member’s scholarly contribution to the discipline of history and to further the study of history at Texas State. Mr. Ralph Ingram, longtime senior lecturer in the department, explained that this professorship is another way to honor his father’s belief that education was the key to the future.
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