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Faykosh Presents at Alcohol and Drugs History Society Conference
25 Thursday Jun 2015
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Joe Faykosh, doctoral candidate in the Graduate Program in Policy History at BGSU, presented at the Alcohol and Drugs History Society conference, titled “Borders, Boundaries, and Contexts: Defining Spaces in the History of Alcohol and Drugs,” held at BGSU from June 18-21. Faykosh presented “A Place in the Party: Wets, Drys, and the Klan at the 1924 Democratic Convention,” part of his dissertation research, on a panel titled “Perspectives on US Prohibition” that also included Dr. Michael Brooks’ “‘Ham-Strung, Shackled, and Tied’: the Ku Klux Klan and Prohibition Enforcement in Wood County, Ohio.”
Among other BGSU faculty participating in the conference were: Dr. Scott Martin, Dr. Amilcar Challu, Dr. Apollos Nwauwa, Dr. Beth Griech-Polelle, Dr. Walt Grunden, Dr. Don Rowney, and Dr. Shirley Green, who chaired panels and served as commenters.
Faykosh Presenting “A Place in the Party” at the ADHS Conference
BGSU History Department well represented at Alcohol and Drugs History Society Conference (this weekend!)
17 Wednesday Jun 2015
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The Department of History at Bowling Green State University will be well-represented when the Alcohol and Drugs History Society Conference meets this weekend (Thursday, June 18-Sunday, June 21) at Bowling Green State University’s Bowen-Thompson Student Union (BTSU). The conference includes panelists from all over the world, on a wide array of topics related to Alcohol and Drugs History.
Dr. Scott Martin, chair of the History Department at BGSU, serves as president of the Alcohol and Drugs History Society and is the coordinator of the conference. In addition, he is leading a plenary session on Thursday from 7-9 pm in 201 BTSU on “The Heroin/Opioid Epidemic in Northwest Ohio.” He will also chair a panel on “Medical Responses to Substance Abuse” on Saturday from 4-5:30 in 318 BTSU.
Dr. Don Rowney, professor emeritus at BGSU, will chair a panel on “Alcohol Policy in Soviet Russia and Beyond” on Friday from 9-10:30 in 318 BTSU.
Dr. Amilcar Challu, professor at BGSU, will chair a panel on “Drugs in North American Borderlands” on Friday from 9-10:30 in 315 BTSU.
Dr. Shirley Green, instructor at BGSU and Ph.D. alum, will chair a panel on “Crime and Law Enforcement in the History of Alcohol and Drugs” on Friday from 9-10:30 in 316 BTSU, with Dr. Matthew Daley, professor at Grand Valley State and Ph.D. alum of BGSU, presenting “Prohibition’s Hangover: Murder, Gangsters, and Gambling in Toledo, Ohio, 1920-1970.”
Dr. Apollos Nwauwa, professor at BGSU, will chair a panel on “International Drug Control: Colonialism and Its Aftermath” on Friday from 10:45-12:15 in 314 BTSU.
Dr. Beth Griech-Polelle, professor at BGSU, will chair a panel on “Gendered Spaces in Alcohol and Drugs History” on Saturday from 10:45-12:15 in 314 BTSU.
Dr. Walt Grunden, professor at BGSU, will chair a panel on “Defining Intoxicants and the Intoxicated” on Saturday from 10:45-12:15 in 316 BTSU.
Joe Faykosh, doctoral candidate at BGSU, will present a paper titled “A Place in the Party: Wets, Drys, and the Klan at the 1924 Democratic National Convention,” and Dr. Michael Brooks, professor at BGSU, will present a paper titled “‘Ham-Strung, Shackled, and Tied’: the Ku Klux Klan and Prohibition Enforcement in Wood County, Ohio” on a panel titled “Perspectives on US Prohibition” on Sunday from 9:30-10:45 in 318 BTSU.
For more on the Alcohol and Drugs History Society Conference, visit the conference site. For the detailed conference program, please click here.
Graduate Program Welcomes New Students!
22 Friday Aug 2014
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The Graduate Program in Policy History at BGSU welcomed a new cohort of Masters students into the department!
Students were presented University-mandated sessions on issues like disabilities, counseling services, training for teaching and research asssitantships. History Graduate Students had sessions on Academic Requirements and Time Management, Ethics and Professionalism, What to Expect in Assistantships, and Graduate Faculty and Graduate Student Roundtables. Students received information from Dr. Michael Brooks, Graduate Coordinator for the Department of History, as well as a roundtable with Dr. Nicole Jackson, Dr. Benjamin Greene and Dr. Scott Martin, Chair of the Department of History. Dr. Ruth Herndon provided materials in her absence on professionalism as graduate students. Rachel Pawlowicz, a returning Masters student, served as Department Leader for the week, and coordinated each session.
New Masters students participating in GSO week were: Alexandra Schmidt, Travis Snyder, Anthony Pearson, Liz Adamo, Lanna Demers, Hannah Caton, Aaron Lewis, Joe Lueck, Verena Holler, Victoria Harwood, Ashley Stevens, and Brian Yeager.
Excellence in History: The Graduate Awards
08 Thursday May 2014
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Graduate Award Winners: Sherri Bolcevic, Honorable Mention Research Paper; Christian Lengyel, Outstanding Thesis; Alex Sycher, Honorable Mention Research Paper; Joe Faykosh, Outstanding Graduate Teaching; and Rachel Pawlowicz, Outstanding Departmental Service. Missing are Megan Cross, Nate Kuehnl, and Chloe Kosheva-Scissons, and Katie LaPlant.
The Graduate Awards for the Department of History at BGSU were given on Friday, May 2nd in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union as part of the Department of History’s Excellence in History celebration.
The Lawrence Friedman Thesis/Dissertation Award was presented to Christian Lengyel for his Outstanding Thesis, “Pictures of a Forgotten Past: The Socio-Historic Significance of Wartime Vignettes on Confederate Currency,” advised by Dr. Scott Martin and Dr. Ruth Herndon.
Honorable Mention for Outstanding Thesis were: Megan Cross for her thesis, titled “Formulas for Cultural Success: Behavioral Prescriptions in Early American Translations of Perrault’s Classic Fairy Tales,” advised by Dr. Ruth Herndon and Dr. Thomas Barden (University of Toledo); Katie LaPlant for her thesis, titled “Katherine Chidley, Damaris Masham, and Mary Wollstonecraft: The Development of a Liberal Feminist Tradition,” advised by Dr. Beth Griech-Polelle, Dr. Douglas Forsyth, and Dr. Susan Shelangoskie (Lourdes University); and Nate Kuenhl for his thesis, titled “Establishing Professional Legitimacy: Black Physicians and the Journal of the National Medical Association,” advised by Dr. Walter Grunden and Dr. Nicole Jackson.
The Outstanding Graduate Research Paper was presented to Chloe Koscheva-Scissons for her paper, titled “‘Puritan Indoctrination’ – The Politics of Publication in Mary Rowlandson’s and John Williamson’s Captivity Narratives,” written for the History 6210 seminar with Dr. Ruth Herndon.
Honorable Mention for Outstanding Graduate Research Paper were: Sherri Quirke Bolcevic for her paper, titled “Walk Lights, Goodnights, and Cardboard Cars: German Unification, the Culture of the GDR, and the Creation of Ostalgie,” written for her History 6540 seminar with Dr. Douglas Forsyth; and Alexander Sycher for his paper, titled “The Origins of the Final Solution in Europe: The Intentionalist vs. Functionalist Historiographical Debate,” for his History 6540 seminar with Dr. Douglas Forsyth.
The Bernard Sternsher and Edward & Xin-Zhu Chen Award for Graduate Teaching was presented to Joe Faykosh. Dr. Michael Brooks highlighted Faykosh’s teaching evaluations and observations, as well as mentoring of fellow graduate students. Faykosh has taught both American History survey sections.
The Outstanding Departmental Citizen Award was presented to Rachel Pawlowicz, with Dr. Michael Brooks highlighting Pawlowicz’s willingness to help out with departmental events, serving as student orientation leader for Graduate Student Orientation, and her service with Phi Alpha Theta.
For more on the Graduate Awards presented by the Department of History at BGSU, please click here.
For a list of previous winners, please click here.
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- Joe Faykosh Awarded Outstanding Graduate Teaching
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- Rachel Pawlowicz Awarded Outstanding Departmental Citizen
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- Christian Lengyel Awarded the Lawrence Friedman Outstanding Thesis Award
Coverage of Dr. Brooks’ presentation on KKK in the Sentinel Tribune
11 Tuesday Mar 2014
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An article by our talented alum Peter Kuebeck on Brook’s fascinating work unveiling the history of KKK in Wood County since the 1920s: http://www.sent-trib.com/front-page/county-s-kkk-history-unmasked
Brooks on the KKK in Wood County
21 Friday Feb 2014
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Dr. Michael Brook’s presented his research on the Ku Klux Klan in Wood County, OH in the brown bag research series of the History Department on February 26th, titled “Klan in the Cornfields: History of the Ku Klux Klan in Wood County, OH”
The Klan emerged in Wood County in late 1922, and at its peak the white supremacist group boasted nearly 1400 members in the county. Klan members occupied many municipal and county elected positions, and nearly 40 percent of the Protestant ministers of Wood County joined the Klan in the 1920s. Cross burnings, public marches, and even vigilante activity were among the forms of political expression used by Klan members during the 1920s in Wood County.
Unlike Klan chapters in other parts of the country, many of which faded after a brief flurry of activity in the mid-1920s, the Wood County Ku Klux Klan remained active until at least 1941.