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Department of History Newsletter
SPRING 2020
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Moments in history spring 2020 contents History has its eyes on you Achieving Publishing & Presenting Practicing History Training Historians Learning History Random moments FUTURE MOMENTS
Photos by John T. Consoli/University of Maryland, Sabrina Alcorn Baron, Natalie Linebach, Helena Wangfeldt Ström, Phil Soergel, and Stefano Villani unless otherwise noted. Copyright University of Maryland Department of History, 2020.
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History has its eyes on you
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Sumida Awarded Samuel Eliot Morrison Prize
Jon Sumida, UMD Professor of History Emeritus, has been notified by the Society for Military History, that it is awarding him the 2020 Samuel Eliot Morison Prize. The Prize recognizes his "signal contributions to the fields of military and naval history. This is the Society's highest honor for scholarly achievement,. . ." Jon Sumida is extremely deserving of this award recognizing his scholarship and work in the field. Congratulations on this well-deserved recognition.
Cameron, Muncy, Rowland, and Williams Recognized for Research
Four members of the History Department--Sarah Cameron, Robyn Muncy, Leslie Rowland, and Daryle Williams were honored with over 200 scholars and researchers at the Maryland Research Excellence Celebration on February 26, 2020 at The Hotel at the University of Maryland. The Celebration is an annual, event co-hosted by the Office of the Vice President for Research in collaboration with the Office of the Senior Vice President and Provost to honor the distinct and notable accomplishments of UMD researchers. Up to 15 honorees were nominated by the dean of each college or school for demonstrably elevating the visibility and reputation of the UMD Research Enterprise in one or more ways:.
ACHIEVING
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Rowland Service on American Historical Association Committees
Leslie Rowland has been appointed by the American Historical Association to a new committee charged with advising the AHA Council on issues related to the National Archives and Records Administration. In other professional service, she recently concluded a term on the AHA's J. Franklin Jameson Prize Committee and in 2020 is chairing the C. Vann Woodward Dissertation Prize Committee for the Southern Historical Association.
Michel Painting Dedicated
Sonya Michel's painting Donetsk, a gift to the History Department, was dedicated on Monday, February 24. Michel gifted the painting to the Department as part of the redecoration of the History Common Room. The painting is based on a photo taken during the civil war in Ukraine of the destroyed airport. Mikhail Dolbilov provided a short talk on the war in Ukraine and the significance of the destruction of the airport and depredations of the war.
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PUBLISHING
Chris Bonner's new book, Remaking the Republic: Black Politics and the Creation of American Citizenship was published by the University of Pennsylvania Press in March 2020. The book considers the pros and cons of the ambiguities surrounding Black citianeship in the early American Republic, See the publisher's page here. Sonya Michel has published an essay in The American Interest about recovering from our current situation. The essay contemplates what may happen to the social safety net in the US after the COVID19 pandemic is under control. Michel's observations are based on the aftermath of WWII. Read the essay here. Ting Zhang has published Circulating the Code: Print Media and Legal Knowledge in Qing China, with the University of Washington Press. The book debunkx the myth that Chinese legal codes were published only by a government monopoly. Her work shows they were in fact commercially produced, which put the law in many hands and helped establish legl precedents. See the publisher's page here.
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