“Hemispheric Jamestown”

In support of good scholarship and our fellow History grad students:
The third Local Americanist talk for 2007-8 will be on Friday December 7, 3:30pm, in 1101 Susquehanna Hall. Anna Brickhouse, Associate Professor of English at the University of Virginia, will speak on “Hemispheric Jamestown.” Professor Brickhouse is the author of Transamerican Literary Relations and the [...]

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Colloquium reminder Wednesday, October 17 at 1 p.m.

Starting at 1.00 p.m. in TLF 2110 on Wednesday, October 17, Malia McAndrew, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Maryland, will present her paper “‘But You Don’t Look Like a Negro’: The Transnational and Domestic Business Ventures of African American Female Entrepreneurs in the Fashion, Modeling, Charm and Cosmetology Fields during the Mid-Twentieth Century.”
Andrew Kellett, Ph.D. Candidate, [...]

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In Memoriam: Roy Rosenzweig, 1950-2007

Links: GMU announcement, Center for History and New Media, Washington Post obituary

Professor Rosenzweig graciously agreed to give the keynote address at our graduate student conference last year, even as he underwent treatment for his illness. We are saddened by his death but grateful to have basked in the glow of his enthusiasm for history.
From George [...]

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First HSGA meeting of 2007-08

We will meet for the first HGSA Meeting of the 2007-08 school year on Monday, 10 September at 3.30 p.m. Please make every effort to attend!

Topics of discussion will include:
Upcoming DGS-HGSA ‘Town Hall’
Fall social activities
HGSA finances (always a crowd pleaser)
Graduate Colloquium
HGSA t-shirt contest
Conference report, featuring S. Myers
The Maryland Historian
… and other excitement!
Remember your $5 dues!

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End-of-the-year B-B-Q (a hypen-friendly event)

Join your friends and colleagues for one last get-together before the semester ends.
Saturday, May 12
3 p.m.
E-mail mkravetz at umd.edu for directions
Please bring drinks and/or a side dish (and spouses, partners, dependents, and Independents). The HGSA will provide burgers and hot dogs (including a vegetarian option).

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