Craig Wilder visiting the Walsh library
PhD student Salvatore Cipriano reports on Craig Wilder’s talk at History Day 2014.
Monthly Archives: February 2014
History Day Highlights: Craig Wilder
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What is Digital Literacy and Why Does it Matter to History?
This session will introduce faculty and graduate students to key concepts of digital literacy in the humanities. Johnathan Pettinato will discuss digital literacy and its relation to a range of literacies, as well as to new information and communication technologies. Alisa Beer will present on the state of digital literacy in library instruction for the humanities. Both presenters will discuss the ways in which developments in the field of digital literacy can be adapted to fit the needs of the History classroom, and participants are strongly encouraged to share their ideas and concerns in this interactive session.
Light refreshments will be provided, and attendees are welcome to bring food of their own.
Thursday February 27, 1:00pm, Dealy 102.
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Major New Article Explores Race, Sexual Exploitation, and Anti-Colonial Nationalism in Colonial Ghana
“Unidentified Group Portrait, Ghana,” photographer
unknown, ca. 1915.
In a new article published this month in the American Historical Review, Carina Ray explores the connections between racialized sexual exploitation and anti-colonial nationalism.
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Third Annual History Day = Thursday!
Ever wondered what historians do? Why it might be useful, even valuable, to study history?
Join us this Thursday, the 20th of February, in the Campbell Multipurpose Room!
Events begin at will explore how historians think about issues of contemporary importance. We will get a taste of what members of the Fordham community are studying. We will learn how history can get you a JOB. (We are not kidding about that!)
And there will be free food! All day. You can find the full annotated schedule below… Continue reading
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Historians Win Prestigious Teaching Awards
Rosemary Wakeman and Héctor Lindo-Fuentes
The History Department are proud of faculty members Rosemary Wakeman and Héctor Lindo-Fuentes, who both won teaching awards at Fordham University’s 2014 Arts & Sciences Faculty Day.
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Grace Shen Explores Geology and Nationalism in New Book
Congratulations to Grace Shen on the publication of her first book, Unearthing the Nation: Modern Geology and Nationalism in Republican China. Go check it out at the University of Chicago Press website. We asked Grace to tell us a bit about the book and how it relates to her teaching at Fordham and her new research… Continue reading
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First Science, Technology, Environment, and Medicine Seminar to Focus on Race and Science in India
This semester, the History Department at Fordham University will be holding a seminar series on the topic of Science, Technology, Environment, and Medicine. The seminar highlights exciting new areas of research and brings together Fordham faculty with strengths in these fields with outside speakers and commentators. Our first meeting will on at 4:30PM on February 14 in room 1019 of the Lowenstein building on the Lincoln Center Campus. Our discussion will focus on the work of Dr. Projit Mukharji of the University of Pennsylvania, whose paper (abstract and paper below) is entitled “Race by Another Name: Vernacular Race Science, Caste and the Making of Serosocial Identities in India, c. 1918-60”. Continue reading
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New Book Confronts Bestiality, Society, and the Law in Early American History
The Fordham History Department celebrate the publication of an exciting new book by one of our most distinguished faculty, Professor Doron S. Ben-Atar. Taming Lust: Crimes Against Nature in the Early Republic, which Professor Ben-Atar wrote together with Richard D. Brown, begins as an inquiry into two separate cases of bestiality brought before the courts in Massachusetts and Connecticut in the 1790s. Continue reading
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Footnoting History Anniversary Podcast
Fordham graduate students behind the popular “Footnoting History” podcast are celebrating its first anniversary. Having discussed such topics as the history of dogs, medieval conspiracy theories, France during the revolution, and running, the team use this special podcast to introduce themselves, talk about how they got interested in studying history, and what they love about history.
You can listen to the anniversary podcast at this link.
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Craig Steven Wilder, our History Day Keynote Speaker
The History Department is excited to welcome back Fordham College Alum Craig Wilder, who will deliver the keynote address at our Third Annual History Day. His talk is entitled: “How Slavery Shaped Schools: Northern Opposition to Black Education in Pre-Civil War America.” The talk will beheld on Thursday, February 20, at 6PM in Flom Auditorium on the Rose Hill Campus. Continue reading
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