Faykosh presenting PAT Forum on Teaching a Course for the First Time

19 Thursday Mar 2015

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Phi Alpha Theta will continue its series “So, You Want to Be a Historian?” with its next forum: “So, You Want to Teach History?” on Wednesday, March 25 at 1 pm in the History Conference Room. Joe Faykosh, current Ph.D. student, will lead a discussion on identifying texts, developing syllabi, creating assessments, and the other fun/scary aspects of teaching on your own for the first time.

All are welcome to attend; food and drink will be provided!

Phi Alpha Theta’s Professionalism Forum “So, You Want to Be a Historian?” previously covered presenting at conferences and applying for doctoral programs, with future sessions planned for preparing for the job market, and public history opportunities.

Faykosh Presenting on Conferences

Faykosh Presenting on Conferences

Grunden and Pawlowicz featured in “The History Teacher”

18 Wednesday Mar 2015

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Rachel Pawlowicz, a Masters student in the Graduate Program in Policy History at BGSU, and Dr. Walter Grunden had a featured article in The History Teacher, the journal from The Society for History Education. “Teaching Atrocities: The Holocaust and Unit 731 in the Secondary School Curriculum” was published in the February 2015 issue. The article can be found here. For more on The History Teacher and for other articles in the issue, click here.

For more on Dr. Grudnen’s scholarship and teaching, please visit his faculty page.

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Grad Students Judge BGSU’s District History Day

17 Tuesday Mar 2015

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Several members of Phi Alpha Theta judged the entrants of local students in the Northwest Ohio District History Day, held at the Bowen-Thompson Student Union on BGSU’s campus on Saturday, March 14. Students could enter junior or senior level projects around the theme “Leadership and Legacy,” sponsored by the Ohio History Connection. Projects ranged from papers, performances, exhibits, websites, and documentaries.

Representing Phi Alpha Theta and the Graduate Program in Policy History at BGSU were students Joe Faykosh, Alex Sycher, Rachel Pawlowicz, Michael Ginnetti, and Alexandra Kuznicki. Judges interviewed students about the projects and assessed the entries for further competition at the state level in Columbus. The judges had a great time and were excited to share a love of history with the next generation of scholars!

Alex Sycher, Rachel Pawlowicz, Joe Faykosh, Michael Ginnetti, and Alex Kuznicki serving as History Day judges

Alex Sycher, Rachel Pawlowicz, Joe Faykosh, Michael Ginnetti, and Alex Kuznicki serving as History Day judges

Rachel Pawlowicz and Joe Faykosh judging History Day exhibits

Rachel Pawlowicz and Joe Faykosh judging History Day exhibits

Alex Sycher judging History Day exhibits

Alex Sycher judging History Day exhibits

Michael Ginnetti judging History Day exhibits

Michael Ginnetti judging History Day exhibits

Faykosh Presents at Southern American Studies Association Conference in Atlanta

26 Thursday Feb 2015

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Joe Faykosh, Ph.D. candidate in the Graduate Program in Policy History at BGSU, presented at the Southern American Studies Conference, titled “Reconstruction: 2015-1965-1865,” held from February 19-21 in Atlanta, Georgia. Faykosh presented his paper, titled “A Party Fractured: Franklin Roosevelt and the Democratic Solid South of the 1920s” in a panel titled “The Longue Durée of White Supremacy.” Faykosh studies 20th century political history and is writing his dissertation on the FDR Circular Letter of 1924.

For the conference program, click here.

Joe Faykosh, Ph.D. candidateFaykosh Presenting

Adamo and Demers Present at BGSU Africana Studies Conference

17 Tuesday Feb 2015

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Liz Adamo and Lanna Demers, Masters students in the Graduate Program in Policy History at BGSU, presented at the “Emerging Perspectives in Africana Studies” Conference hosted by the Africana Studies Program at BGSU on Friday, February 13th at Olscamp Hall. Adamo presented her paper, titled “Germaine Tillion’s Colonial Writing: Complicity and Resistance” as part of the panel titled “Artistic Expression in Africa and its Diaspora.” Demers presented her paper, titled “Bloody Ivory: The Story of Illegal Poaching and its Global Influence” as part of the panel titled “Christianity, Empire, and Economic Exploitation.”

Dr. Apollos Nwauwa, professor of history, also serves as director of the Africana Studies department, and gave opening remarks at the event.

Lanna Demers and Liz Adamo at the Africana Studies conference

Lanna Demers and Liz Adamo at the Africana Studies conference

Many Inspired, Moved by Leslie Schwartz’s Story of Survival

12 Thursday Feb 2015

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Hundreds of students, faculty, and BG community members came to hear Leslie Schwartz’s presentation on his experience during and after Dachau and Auschwitz concentration camps on Thursday, February 5th in the Math Sciences Building. “An Evening with Holocaust Survivor, Leslie Schwartz,” was a joint effort between the BGSU History Department and BGSU Hillel, and was so packed with participants that two presentations were needed.

For more on the event, please read the BGNews article on the presentation. For our previous article announcing the event, please click here.

Included are Joan Eardly’s photos from the event:

Leslie Schwartz surrounded by: Tina Thomas, Dr. Beth Griech-Polelle, Joan Eardly, Michael Ginnetti, Travis Snyder, and Judge Fred Pepple

Leslie Schwartz surrounded by: Tina Thomas, Dr. Beth Griech-Polelle, Joan Eardly, Michael Ginnetti, Travis Snyder, and Judge Fred Pepple

Leslie Schwartz and Dr. Beth Griech-Polelle

Leslie Schwartz and Dr. Beth Griech-Polelle

Teaching Forum featuring Professor Emeritus Ed Danziger-Wed. February 11th

10 Tuesday Feb 2015

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The Undergraduate Curriculum Committee of the Department of History will host a Teaching Forum on “Mastering the Art of Teaching and Developing Strategies for a Productive Classroom Experience” on Wednesday, February 11th at 12:30 in the History Conference Room (Williams 141). The session will feature Dr. Stephanie Gearhart from the Department of English and Professor Emeritus Ed Danziger from the BGSU History Department. All are welcome to attend; light refreshments will be served.

For more on Dr. Danziger’s teaching and research, please click on his faculty pageIMG_7429.

Nwauwa edited “Nigerian Political Leaders” Published

04 Wednesday Feb 2015

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Dr. Apollos Nwauwa, History professor at BGSU and director of the Africana Studies Department, has co-edited a book, Nigerian Political Leaders, recently published.

From the publisher: “Nigerian Political Leaders is a collection of comprehensive and well-researched essays on selected political leaders, both civilian and military written by notable scholars. While many leaders have ruled Nigeria since 1960, not all have made significant contributions to good governance and nation building. Because of leadership challenges, the search for sustainable democracy and political stability has been quite elusive. These problems have been compounded by the vastness of the country as well as its multi-ethnic composition, religious divide, and the recurrent intervention of the military in politics. Thus, the result has been an unending difficulty in establishing a workable political schema for an enduring unity. Given the series of political and religious disturbances, civil war, economic meltdown, plundering of national resources, and frequent change of government, are Nigerians as a people simply ungovernable or is poor governance the result of the failure of leadership? These are some of the questions that this book addresses.”

For more on Dr. Nwauwa, his teaching, and scholarship, please click on his faculty page

Nigerian Political Leaders.

An Evening with Holocaust Survivor, Leslie Schwartz, hosted by BGSU History Department February 5th

29 Thursday Jan 2015

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Leslie Schwartz, a Holocaust survivor and co-author of the new book, Surviving the Hell of Auschwitz and Dachau: A Teenage Struggle Toward Freedom from Hatred, will speak in the Math Science Building, Room 210 on Thursday, February 5th, at 7:30. The event is free of charge and open to all. Books will be made available for signing after the event, for those interested. The event is a collaboration between the History Department at BGSU, the BGSU History Society (advised by Dr. Beth Griech-Polelle), and the BGSU Hillel.

Born in Hungary in 1930, Leslie Schwartz was a teenage survivor of the horrors of Auschwitz and Dachau who lost his entire immediate family in the Holocaust. His lifelong search for wholeness has led him back to Germany where his dream now is to leave a legacy of healing and conflict resolution. The book, Surviving the Hell of Auschwitz and Dachau, documents Leslie’s experiences as a survivor of the Holocaust. In 2013, Schwartz was awarded Germany’s highest civilian honor, the Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. For more on Leslie Schwartz, please read this interview, conducted in 2014.

For more on Dr. Beth Griech-Polelle’s research and teaching, please visit her faculty page.

Surviving the Hell of Auschwitz and Dachau

Martin edits new SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol

28 Wednesday Jan 2015

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Dr. Scott Martin has edited the new SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives, published in January 2015. From the publisher’s website, “The SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol: Social, Cultural, and Historical Perspectives examines the history of alcohol worldwide and goes beyond the historical lens to examine alcohol as a cultural and social phenomenon, used both for good and for ill. While these roots are traced back through nearly all human societies for the past thousands of years, many results are still present in today’s society. Some examples include Germany’s repute of being known as a “beer culture” and France’s as a “wine culture.” With alcohol having many purposes and significance, it has become a strong part of cultures around the world as usage ranges from religious purposes to a simple toast to a seal business deal.”

A copy of the encyclopedia has been purchased for the department and is on display in the case at 128 Williams Hall. For more on the encyclopedia, please visit the publisher’s website here.

For more on Dr. Scott Martin’s research and teaching, please visit his faculty page.

SAGE Encyclopedia of Alcohol

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