Four St. Mary’s College history students – Caitlin Schoen ’18, Abigail Rose ’20, Megan Root ’19, and Sara Casper-Woodhead ’19 – presented their papers at the Phi Alpha Theta (National Honors History Society) Regional Conference. Two students won awards for their papers. Root won second prize in the world history category. Schoen’s paper prompted the judges Find out more »
Brodsky Gives Keynote Address at Annual ucLADINO Judeo-Spanish Symposium
Associate Professor of History Adriana M. Brodsky, gave the keynote address at the 7th Annual ucLADINO Judeo-Spanish Symposium titled “New Directions, Old Roots.” In the talk, “Translating” Israel: Sephardi Zionist Youth in Argentina, 1948-1970,” Brodsky discussed the artistic events that young Zionist Sephardim in Argentina organized in order to explain to the older generations why Find out more »
Brodsky Awarded Fulbright Senior Scholar Fellowship to Conduct Research in Israel
Adriana M. Brodsky, associate professor of history at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, was recently awarded a Fulbright Senior Scholar Fellowship to conduct research for four months at Tel Aviv University in Israel during the next academic year. The Fulbright program in Israel is administered by the United States-Israel Educational Foundation (USIEF). The award is Find out more »
St. Mary’s College Faculty and Staff Present at “Universities, Slavery, Public Memory, and the Built Landscape” Conference
Members of St. Mary’s College’s faculty and staff participated in the conference, Universities, Slavery, Public Memory, and the Built Landscape, which took place at the University of Virginia, Oct. 18 – 20, 2017. More than 500 people attended the three-day conference, which also included speakers from the National Museum of African American History and Culture, Find out more »
Associate Professor Charles Musgrove Recently Published in Scholarly Journal
Associate Professor of History Charles Musgrove recently had published an article in the scholarly journal Twentieth-Century China vol. 42, no. 3. Titled “Taking Back Space: Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall and Taiwan’s Democratization,” the article explores the relationship between public space and the emergence of democracy in Taiwan by focusing on the transformation of Chiang Kai-shek Find out more »
Dennie attends historic opening for airport at St. Vincent and the Grenadines
On February 14, 2017, Associate Professor of History Garrey Dennie attended the historic opening of the first international airport in his home country of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. For the occasion, Dennie wrote an article, “An Apex Moment: From Diamond Airstrip to Argyle International, an Illustrated History of the Airports of SVG, 1932-2017,” published Find out more »
Recent graduate continues work started at St. Mary’s College
Recent St. Mary’s College graduate Alison Curry ’16 (double major history and anthropology) is continuing her work first begun as a St. Mary’s Project on the remembrance of Jewish material culture in Poland, specifically focusing on Jewish cemeteries and mezuzah impressions (the marks left on the doorposts from the removal of mezuzot). Curry is currently Find out more »
Andean Summer Study Tour
On May 14, St. Mary’s College of Maryland students and faculty set out for South America on the Andean Summer Study Tour. Led by Dr. Adriana Mariel Brodsky, associate professor of history, and Dr. Ruth Anne Phillips, visiting assistant professor of art history, the group explored the culture and history of Peru. Some of these Find out more »
Professor Christine Adams Publishes New Book with Cambridge Scholars Press
Professor of History Christine Adams recently published the book “Female Beauty Systems: Beauty as Social Capital in Western Europe and the United States, Middle Ages to the Present” (Cambridge Scholars Press, 2015). The book is a collection of nine essays. St. Mary’s College Professor of English Jennifer Cognard-Black and Professor of History Gail Savage were contributors.
St. Mary’s College Professors Secure Fulbright Grants
Two St. Mary’s College of Maryland professors have received Fulbright Scholar grants for research and teaching abroad. Kenneth Cohen, associate professor of history and coordinator of the Museum Studies program, has been selected for a Fulbright grant for the 2015-16 academic year. Cohen will teach graduate courses in American Studies at Félix Houphoüet Boigny University Find out more »