News and Announcements:
Erika Kuhlman
Erika Kuhlman, Ph.D., department of history, has published her book Reconstructing Patriarchy after the Great War: Women, Gender, and Postwar Reconciliation between Nations, (New York: Palgrave Macmillan). The book is the first to examine women’s historical involvement in peacemaking between nations after war.
Praise for Reconstructing Patriarchy after the Great War "Kuhlman's transnational perspective broadens our understanding of the role of women activists in the post-war period while also providing original insights into how forces at work on the ground ‘normalized’ civilian life in Germany during that time. The book confirms in many ways the work of earlier scholars of the subject, while moving beyond that work to investigate the success of America in Germany and its reliance upon patriarchal norms to ensure peace. Kuhlman successfully balances the attempts made at reconciliation by some women’s organizations and the ongoing perpetuation of wartime animosities by other groups. By essentially embedding women into the reconciliation process, she reveals both how they attempted to ensure that process but also, in other ways, how they perpetuated disharmony." --Maria Luddy, Professor of History, University of Warwick
Laura Woodworth-Ney
Laura Woodworth-Ney, Ph.D., Department of History chair at Idaho State University, has written a new book detailing how women played significant roles in the development of the western United States. Women in the American West is Woodworth-Ney’s third book on Idaho history.
Women in the American West offers vivid portrayals of women as pioneers, prostitutes, teachers, disguised soldiers, nurses, entrepreneurs, immigrants, and ordinary citizens caught up in extraordinary times. Organized chronologically, each chapter emphasizes important themes central to gender and women's history, including women's mobility, women at home, wage labor, immigration, marriage, political participation, and involvement in wars at home and abroad. With this revealing volume, readers will see that women had a far more profound effect on the course of history in the Western United States than is commonly thought.
TIG Grant awarded to Barry Maheras
A Technology Incentive Grant of $97,800 was awarded to Barry Maheras of the History department for the redesigning of History 118, United States History and Culture. Maheras will be creating an interactive approach to studying history including role playing activities and adventures.
Professor Jack Owens awarded $394,000 grant for ISU's role in an international, collaborative research program.
- The research community he assembled includes more than 40 researchers in 16 countries on five continents.
- Owens’ research group will examine the evolution of cooperation among merchants and between merchants and other groups, with particular attention to the commercial networks of importance to the global domains of Iberian monarchies during the first global age, 1400-1800.
- For more information, read the recent article from ISU Headlines: http://www2.isu.edu/headlines/?p=664.