Fall 2023 Course Offerings
02 Friday Jun 2023
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Undergraduate and Graduate Course Offerings, Spring 2023
01 Sunday Jan 2023
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New Course: Slave Resistance, Fugitivity and the Underground Railroad
18 Wednesday Apr 2018
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The Department of History is pleased to announce that Dr. Jackson will be offering a new course in the fall: HIST 3910, “Slave Resistance, Fugitivity and the Underground Railroad.”
The course counts as an elective in the History major and minor, it is cross-listed with Ethnic Studies 3000, and fulfills the upper-division requirement of the Multidisciplinary Core of the College of Arts and Sciences. It will meet on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays 11:30-12:20.
From Dr. Jackson:
There are only a few well known instances of slave rebellion in the United States, and only one successful revolution in the Americas, a fact that slave owners often used to assert that enslaved people were happy with their bondage. But as Harriet Tubman allegedly said, “There were two things I had a right to, liberty or death; if I could not have one, I would have the other.” Enslaved people constantly resisted the dehumanization of their enslavement in any way they could, even if it cost them their lives. This course looks at the history of slavery through the eyes of people who refused to let the institution of slavery rob them of the large and small freedoms all humans crave. We will consider slave narratives, rebellions and representations of slave resistance in popular culture (films, novels, television). The course will also investigate the important role that Ohio, especially northwest Ohio, and Michigan, in particular Detroit, played in the history of the Underground Railroad and free Black communities.
Dr. Jackson interviewed on removal of confederate statues on 13ABC
17 Thursday Aug 2017
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This Sunday at 11:00 AM on 13 ABC, “Conklin & Company” will address the removal of confederate monuments. The show invited Dr. Nicole Jackson to answer questions such as are statues bad for future generations? What do we owe our kids and grandchildren when it comes to history? Watch the show this Sunday on 13ABC and find out! The tape will be posted online during next week in this link.
Jackson Article Published in African and Black Diaspora
11 Thursday Jun 2015
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Dr. Nicole Jackson had an article published in African and Black Diaspora: An International Journal. Her article, “‘A nigger in the new England’: ‘Sus’, the Brixton riot, and citizenship” appeared in the most recent volume, available for download here. From her abstract, “This paper situates the Brixton riot within the context of Section IV of the 1824 Vagrancy Act, which shaped the lives of Black youth in the 1970s and early 1980s, and demonstrates the level to which Black people were historically marginalized in English society in the post-World War II period.”
For more on Dr. Jackson’s research and interests, please visit her faculty page.
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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
Faykosh/Jackson Appearance on BG24 Released
07 Wednesday May 2014
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- Joe Faykosh appearing on BG24’s Public Affairs on President’s Day
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- Dr. Nicole Jackson discussing Black History Month on BG24’s Public Affairs
Excellence in History: Undergraduate Research Symposium
05 Monday May 2014
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The Undergraduate Research Symposium for the Department of History at BGSU was held on Friday, May 2nd in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union as part of the Department of History’s Excellence in History celebration.
Six undergraduate were chosen to present their original scholarship as part of the Symposium, chosen by faculty based on research papers turned in to seminars.
Elizabeth Casto presented “New Women: The Impact of Evolving Social Reforms on Women in Weimar and Nazi Germany” from Dr. Beth Griech-Polelle’s History 3670: Hitler’s Germany.
Kasie Durkit presented “Let’s Put Smokey’s Fire Out: The Repercussions of a Flawed Fire Prevention Campaign” from Dr. Amilcar Challu’s History 4790: Research Methodology and Historiography.
Joseph Lueck presented “‘Paying the Penalty for Lawlessness’: Major Stephen Cabot’s Account of the Boston Draft Riot” from Dr. Ruth Herndon’s History 4800: Research Seminar.
Alema Heywood presented “Overlooked but Heroic: A Biography of Daisy Bates” from Dr. Nicole Jackson’s History 4320: Aspects of African American History.
Devin Proudfoot presented “From Border Ruffian to Abolitionist Martyr: William Lloyd Garrison’s Changing Ideologies on John Brown and Antislavery” from Dr. Ruth Herndon’s History 4800: Research Seminar.
Megan Sympson presented “New World Propaganda: Pigafetta’s Journal, World Maps, and New European Ideologies, 1525-1556” from Dr. Ruth Herndon’s History 4800: Research Seminar.
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- Devin Proudfoot Presenting on William Lloyd Garrison at the Undergraduate Symposium
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- Alema Heywood Presenting on Daisy Bates at the Undergraduate Research Symposium
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- Megan Sympson Presenting on Pigafetta’s Journal at the Undergraduate Research Symposium
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- Kasie Durkit Presenting on Smokey the Bear at the Undergraduate Research Symposium
Jackson Presents at PAT Research Forum
21 Monday Apr 2014
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Dr. Nicole Jackson presented on her dissertation research at the Phi Alpha Theta Graduate Research Forum on April 17th. Several faculty and a large number of graduate students attended the forum to hear Dr. Jackson explain the process of turning an idea into a dissertation project, and then into a potential monograph. Dr. Jackson is currently working on the subject of black British feminist writers throughout the latter twentieth century.
The Phi Alpha Theta Research Forum was designed to showcase the research process, and in particular, how to turn an idea into a research project. Future sessions will include both faculty and graduate students at different stages of the writing process and how they approach the process. Suggestions for future forums are welcome, and should be directed to Alex Sycher at sychera@bgsu.edu or Joe Faykosh at jdfayko@bgsu.edu.
For more on Dr. Jackson’s research, please visit her faculty page
Nicole Jackson Research Forum