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FROM THE DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

VOL. 13,NO. I

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THE OHIO

GREETINGS

Greetingsfrom the Departmentof History atOhio StateUniversity! And a warmwelcometo our majors and minorsreturningto classes thisfall. I also hopethat thisseasonfinds our recentgraduatesenjoyingprofessionalsuccess.

I am pleasedto reportthat theDepartmentremains in excellentshape. In 2006-2007,we enrolled 17,873students,makingthe Departmentoneof the mostpopularat Ohio State. Werecently gainedapprovalof threenew courses:History 362Technology;History 368.02Native American

Peoplesof theAndes; andHistory543.04ContemporaryIndia andSouth Asia. Iencourageyou to considertaking thesenewcoursesor any of the dozensof otherswewill offer this year.

Congratulationsto severalstudentswhoearnedprestigiousawardsin recentmonths.In spring 2007,the DepartmenthonoredLeannaPackardEvansScholarship,Erich

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Bittner Hafther Scholarship,SethRokoskyZahniserScholarship,Sarah DouglasFisherPrizeandKen Award, andDavidHoward,PaulMangold,andTaraStephanGuthrie Scholarships.Congratulationsalso toSarahDouglas,Laura Herbert,andNoel Voltz forparticipatingin the DenmanUndergraduateResearchForum in spring 2007. Moreover,two studentswon competitive"ResearchonResearch"grantsissuedby the DigitalUnion for work conductedin conjunction

with membersof the faculty.Kristin HayesadvisedbyProfessorRichardShiels andProfessorLucyMurphy ofOSU-Newarksecuredsucha scholarshipin summer2006 and

Adam Heideradvisedby ProfessorKevin

Boyle followed suit in summer2007.

I ampleasedto report that we will welcomefour newfaculty to our Departmentthis fall:ProfessorsTheodora DragostinovaeasternEurope,ChristopherOtter British, andKristina Sessalate antiquity on the

PeterHahn, Chairof the Departmentof History, with JohnRoberts,Deanof the CollegeofHumanities

ColumbuscampusandTiyntje HelfferichmodernEuropeanat OSU-Lima. Thearrival of thesefour new colleagueswillbring the total of our faculty on all campusesto 79. I encourageyou to take advantageofthis deepreservoirof brainpowerby takingcoursesfrom andotherwiseinteractingwithas many faculty membersas feasible.

I remaincommittedto enhancingtheexperienceof history studentsat Ohio StateUniversity. I encourageyou to takeadvantageof our annualcareernight,designedto help studentssort out their post-graduationoptions and opportunities. Pleasealso takea look at our internshipoptions.Iwas pleasedto set upa meeting lastspringbetweena groupof majors andan alumnawho hiresuniversity gradsfor positionsinthe financial servicesindustry, andI hope tofind otheropportunitiesto help our studentssucceedin the realworld beyond campus.

ProfessorRandy Rothhas agreedtocontinueas UndergraduatePlacementOfficer. If you aspireto earna M.A. or aPh.D. in history, then youshouldcontacthim roth.5 for advice on coursescheduling,languagetraining, testpreparation,andso forth. The sophomoreyear is not too earlyof a time to start!

Best wishesfor a successfulyear.

PeterL. HahnProfessorandChair

CLIO AWARD WINNERS

At the Department’sspring receptiononMay 29, theZetachapterof Phi AlphaTheta,the national history honorary,presentedits Clio Award for DistinguishedTeachingin History to Prof StephenDale,andto GraduateTeachingAssociateJamesBennett. Thishonor is one highly regardedin the Department, notleastbecausePhiAlpha Theta membersestablishedthe awardthirteen yearsago andeachyearselectthehonorees.

MESSAGE FROM THE IJHO

Hereare usefulUps andrernmdersfrom ManaMazon directorof theUndergraduateHistoryOffice in Dulles Hall 110

--You mayonly addor drop a coursevia theWEB until the first Fndayf the quarter Todrop a classafter thatdateyou must go to yourcollegeoffice in person Note the last day todrop a classand receivea "W’ is November2for AutumnQuarter2007

- if you hase anassignedfaculty adviser pleasetry to meetwith him or her dunng theirscheduledoffice hourspnorto registering for anupconung quarter

-if you needto see Ms Mazon the bestway tomake anappointmentis sunply through email at

mazon lcäosuedu

--If you are graduatmgin Autumn Quarter2007you mustfile for graduationby November2Thus you must emailMs Mazonfor anappointment priorto that dateto have yourmajorprogramapprovedandhavethe major portionofyour degreeaudit entered Note your historycoursesarenotenteredin to themajorportion ofyour degree audit untilyoubaceuiledamajorprogram w*hMs. Mazon.

Professor Stephen Dale

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WORKING AT THE OHIOHISTORICAL SOCIETY

ed.note: this articlewas written by AnnaVanko, a third year historymajor.

My internship with the Ohio Social StudiesResource CenterOSSRCbeganin Januaryof 2007. In the autumnI hadreceivedanemail advertisinga numberof availableinternshipsthroughthe Ohio HistoricalSocietyOHS, anddecidedtherewasnotime like the presentto apply. With the helpof a studentworker anda counselorin theArts and SciencesOffice of CareerServices,I updatedandimprovedmy resumeas wellas createda cover letter. CareerServicesalso tookcareto sendin my applicationonce I had completedit.

I appliedfor threedifferent positionswiththe OHS, but whenthe volunteercoordinator reviewed myresume,shebelievedI would be mosthelpful to Amber

Hufford, the coordinatorof the OSSRC. Iinterviewedwith Ms. Hufford andthenwentthroughan orientationin time to startworkat the beginning of winter quarter.

The purposeof the OSSRCis to provideteacher-reviewed web-basedresourcesthatalign with the Ohio Social Studieseducationstandardsfor gradesK-12. Resourcesaredesignedto fulfill social studiesstandardsinhistory, peoplein societies, geography,economics,government, andcitizenshiprights and responsibilities. Myjob as anintern wasto try andidentify 96instructional resources and192 contentresourcesfor eachof the six areasfor grades3-5. Thebiggeststruggleof the entireprocesswas to find resourcesfrom crediblesites. If Wikipedlawas consideredacredible source, thisjob would havebeenmuch easier.

I internedfor 12-15 hoursa week dependingon my own andAmber’s schedule,Theinternshiptechnicallywent through onlywinter quarter;however,the project I hadbeenassignedwas not due tobe finisheduntil May. I decidedto see theprojectthrough to the end. While I wasworking ongrades3-5, the decisionwas madefor theOSSRCto begin work on grades9-10. Aspart of the grades9-10 project, Amberallocatedmoney for hiring an assistantto dodataentry. Sheoffered me the job first,sayingthat I would be paid $12 perhour forup to 200 hours.

In the middle of April, I beganlogginghoursas anofficial employeeof the OSSRC.Working on grades9-10 wasquite differentfrom grades3-5, mostlybecausethe criteriafor the new resourceswere sodifferent. TheOhio Departmentof Educationhadrecentlycreateddifferent teachingmodelsin whichwe weresupposedto separateresourcesintovarious themes andfind additional onestofill in the gaps. Though it was notnecessarilypart of my job, I also continuedto help identify resourcesas well as helpgraderesourcesandwrite reviews. Thisjobcontinuedthroughoutthe summer,in which

H HISTORY CAREERNIGHT I!

The DepartmentheldanothersuccessfulCareerNight lastspring on May 10. Severalspeakersdiscussedwith studentsopportunitiesin a varietyof occupationalfields andgave guidanceon preparingforgraduateschoo!andjobs in teaching.Studentsevaluatedthe programhighly. Onefound it usefulbecause"there are a numberof careeropportunitiesfor history majorsthat many peopledo not consider."Anotheragreed,saying "thereare manymore optionsout therethan I thought."

Be sure tojoin usnext spring in May for thetwentieth annualHistory Career Night.Representativesfrom the private sectorandvarious campusoffices will discussa rangeof topics andopportunitiesfor you. Youdon’t haveto be ahistory majorto attend,sofeel free to invite friends.

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my hoursrangedfrom 10-20 hours a week,dependingon how much neededto befinished within a given time frame.

While it is not my intentionto go intoeducationafter college,I still havefound animmenseamountof accomplishmentandsatisfactionwith what I havelearnedandhavebeenableto accomplish. I have beentold that I understandandknow moreaboutthe social studies educationsystemthanmostOhio social studiesteachers! It was anexcellentfirst internship. I know that I havea wonderful personfor a recommendation,and I havebeentold that I am the go-topersonwhen moredataentryjobs comeupfor the OSSRC.

EVANS SCHOLARSHIP andFISHER PRIZE

This year’s recipientof the Lloyd RobertsEvansScholarshipin History is seniorLeannaPackard.The Evans Scholarshipwasestablishedin 1999with gifts from thesisterof Lloyd Evans,who receiveda B.A.degreein history from Ohio State andwholed a distinguishedcareeras aphysicianspecializingin internalmedicine.The awardgoesto a studentofjunior or seniorrankwho is majoring in history andwho hasbothexcelledacademicallyand exhibiteda widerangeof interests.

The SidneyFisherPrize for the bestpaperwritten by ahistory major was awardedthisyear to SarahDouglaswho wrote "ThoseDamn Rebels:British Commemorationofthe American Revolution,"for ProfHoffmann’sHistory H598 class. The Prize,co-sponsoredby Phi Alpha Theta,honorsProf Fisher,a former facultymemberof theDepartmentwho specializedin Islamiccivilization andthe OttomanEmpire.

DOING HISTORY:UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH

FORUMS

Last yearseveralhistory studentstookadvantageof opportunitiesto engageinoriginal researchprojectsandbecomehistoriansthemselves.Oneopportunitytomakea public presentation ofresearchfindingswasat the Collegeof HumanitiesEleventhAnnual UndergraduateResearchColloquiumon May 2. Giving oralpresentationswere Sarah Douglas,whodiscussedher thesis,"GovernmentControlof CatholicRecusancyin ElizabethanEngland,"Ryan Mason, whopresented"Rapeas aTool of War: a Historical andLiterary Perspective,"andhistory minor,Noel Voltz, who spokeon "Black FemaleAgency and Sexual Exploitation:QuadroonBalls andPlacageRelationships."

On May 16, SarahandNoel displayedtheirresearchfindingson postersat theDenmanUndergraduate ResearchForumin theFrenchField House. They werejoinedbyLauraHerbert, whoexhibitedher findingson "The History of ArgentineJewishYouthunder the 1976-1983Dictatorshipas SeenthroughTestimonialLiterature." Sponsoredby RichardJ. and MarthaD. Denman,thiswasthe 12thannualforum with morethanthreehundred studentsparticipating.Congratulationsare in order to all of theparticipantswho nowhavethe satisfactionof havingcreatedsomeoriginal history.

K. AUSTIN KERR PRIZE

At the Department’sreceptionin May,SarahDouglasreceivedthe K. Austin KenAward for the secondconsecutiveyear. Theawardis givento anundergraduate historymajor for the bestinternet-relatedprojectduringan academicyear. The $500 prize,awardedin honor of Prof AustinKen whoretired threeyearsago,comesfrom the] generosityof Mr. Scott Laidig, a departmentbenefactorwho also donated ehistory.comto

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PHI ALPHA THETA and theHISTORY CLUB

ed.note: this articlewaswritten by ErichBittner, a seniorhistory major andpresidentofPhi AlphaTheta.

Everyspring outstandinghistory majorsarehonoredwith an invitation to join Phi AlphaTheta. Forthoseof you who are unfamiliarwith the organization,it is a nationalhistoryhonorsociety.OSU ishome to the ZetaChapter,one of the oldest chaptersin thecountry. Phi Alpha Thetais responsibleforprogramssuchas our quarterly schedule-athon, which notonly offers studentsanopportunityto get help with their schedulesbutalso tomeet otherhistory majors andenjoy some free food as well, andtheHistory BookClub. Last year’sbookselectionwasA WeliRegulatedMilitiabyOSU’s own Saul Cornell,andwewerefortunate enoughto have ProfessorCornelltake sometime to discusshis book with usoverdinner.

If you don’t find free food andintellectualdiscussionexciting, then youmight beinterestedto know that not everythingPhiAlpha Thetadoesis purely academic.Forexample,through our role as the HistoryClub, wehold movie nights where weviewmajor motion pictureswith a historicalfocus, andalso go onday trips to historicalsites throughoutOhio. Most recentlywevisited the Ohio Historical Societyconvenientlylocatednearcampuswherewe playedbaseballby 1 860srules.Whilethe trips tendto be informative, they areaboveall much fun for everyonewhoattends.

In the coming year, we hope to expandonour rich tradition of entertaining activitieswith somepossiblenew programssuchas avisit to GermanVillage during Oktoberfest,a Halloweenghosttour of Columbus,avisitto Ohio Village to experienceaVictorianChristmas,museumtrips, statehousevisits,socials,andalso bysendinga delegationtothe Phi Alpha ThetanationalconventioninAlbuquerque,NewMexico in January.Thebest part is you don’t even haveto be a

At theball game:Cale Garber,Anait Grigoryan, ChrisMazon,Erich Bittner,Drew Bunker, and Graham Beckwith

memberof Phi Alpha Thetato attendmostof theseevents.Almost all of our eventsareopento all OSU undergradsthrough our role

Congratulations...

to historymajor KeithRathbonewhowon an award in the Spring2007Undergraduate ResearchScholarshipcompetition. The funds will be usedtosupportresearch forhis SeniorHonorsThesis,"Coming Home:PoliticalRadicalizationin Europe’s ‘FrontGeneration’,"with Prof Alan Beyerchenasadviser. Keith will usesomeof the fundsfor a researchtrip to the HooverInstitutioncollectionat Stanford University.

The History DepartmentapplaudsKeith forthe hardwork that brought himto this point.The SeniorHonors Thesisis aneducationalopportunitythat many outstandinghistorymajors shouldconsider.

to an award whiner.

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as the History Club. Many of theseprogramsare held at no costto thosein attendance.

For thoseof you interestedin membershipinPhi Alpha Theta, invitations to membershipare sentout in the latter part of the winterquarter. To be invited you must haveearnedat least20 credit hours of collegehistorycourses,hold at leasta 3.15g.p.awithinyour history courses,andmaintainat leasta3.00 g.p.aoverall. We hopethat many ofyou will acceptthe invitation to join us inour exciting programs.

HAFFNER SCHOLARSHIP

Erich Bittner is the recipientthis yearof theMarjorie Haffner Memorial Scholarship.Marge Haffner wasfor manyyearsadedicated andbelovedmember oftheDepartmentof History’s staff Thescholarshipwasestablishedin honorofMargeby her husband,Tom Haffher, inappreciationfor the hardwork andfmancialobligations students takeon whilecompletingtheir degrees. It is a fittingmemorial to Marge’s life.

MAJOR AWARDS FOR FACULTY

The University honoredthreemembersofthe Departmentof History with majorawardsfor 2007. Prof. Kevin Boyle wasnamedDistinguishedUniversity Lecturer for2007-2008. The University DistinguishedLecture Seriesannuallyrecognizestwoseniorfaculty membersfor their outstandingacademicachievementin research,scholarship,or creativeactivity..

Prof Geoffrey Parkerreceivedthe title ofDistinguishedUniversity Professor,a titleawardedpermanentlyto no morethan threeexceptionalfaculty peryear. It recognizesaccomplishmentsin research, scholarlyorcreativework, teaching,andservicethat areboth distinguishedanddistinctive.

Also honoredwas Prof CaroleFink whoreceivedThe DistinguishedScholarAward,establishedin 1978,which recognizesexceptional scholarlyaccomplishmentsbyseniorprofessorswho havecompiledasubstantialbody of research,as well as thework of youngerfaculty memberswho havedemonstrated greatscholarlypotential.

Congratulationsto them all!

Someof the Department’sstaffanda visitor on the left outsidethe17th Ave. entranceto Dulles Hall

TheExcellenceinScholarshipA ward

is given each spring by the Collegesof the Arts and Sciences to seniors whoare recognized for superior performancein scholarship Recipients not only havehigh grade point averages but also havecompleted curncula of exceptionalstrength At an award ceremony in theBlackwell Hotel last April 24, eightstudents majonng in history were amongthose given the Excellence inScholarship Award.- They are SaraFeldenkris, Adam Heider, LauraHerbert, John Knapke, JuliaLeb, AbbieObenour, Zach Popoff, and Seth

Rokosky.We congratulate them all.

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GUTHRIE SCHOLARSHIP

Thanksto the generosityof Mrs. CecileGuthrie, the Departmentof History this yearwas ableto awardscholarshipsto DavidHoward,PaulMangold, andTara Stephan,who all enteredOhio Statethis autumnquarter. Thescholarshipis amemorial toMrs. Guthrie’sson, Gerry D. Guthrie, whoworkedfor University Libraries at OhioState,andwho hada specialinterest inAmerican Civil War history. Thescholarshipis awardedeachyearto one ormore high school students committedtomajoring in history at Ohio State,or to afirst- or second-yearstudentwho iscommittedto majoring in history. Mrs.Guthrie diedtwo yearsago atage ninety-seven.

ZAHNISER SCHOLARSHIP

SethRokosky is thisyear’s recipientof theAdrienneA. andMarvin R. ZahniserScholarship,an awardthat helpsto supporthistory majorsenteringor soonto enterthesenioryear at Ohio State. Faculty membersof the Departmentof History selectthecandidateon the basisof superioracademicachievement.Marvin Zahniseris a formerChair of the Departmentof History.

COtJQRATULATIONSTORECENT GRAVUA itS

Winter2007

Kevin Canali, DamonChengelis, RobertCorby III, Arthur Curley,Lara Ford, AshleyGould, GregoryGould, Joshua Grischow,BrennanHowell, Melissa Howell, AndrewJohnson, ChadKarg, JerradLancaster,MelissaLittleton, RachelLogan RobertMarconi, JoeMcCallum, Lisa Meringolo,JosephMonroe II, William Noble IV,MichaelO’Brien, ChadPatterson,ShawnPaynter,Matthew Poolos, MarkPuttick,NathanReedy,TamaraRobertson,BetsyShiff, Ryan Solether,RachelSwisher,

William White, MatthewWilliams, JoshuaYoung, KristinaZonnevylle

Spring2007

StephanieAlbaugh, BrianAmes, EdwardAmstutz, Celia Angelo, ElizabethBausman,JoshuaBeardsley, ValerieBerardo, TeenaBerberick, KristinaBlame, PaigeBlunt, ErikBrinker, JacquelineBrockman, NolenBunker,David Cain, RachelCaldwell,Matthew Clayton,ForrestCoen, DavidCook, JasonCorner, ChristopherCyr, SarahDavis,Paul De Los Santos,MatthewDietz,KatharineDonnellan,SarahDouglas, DavidDrees,Andrew Dyer, DavidEvans,SaraFeldenkris,Nicole Filoso, Cale Garber,NicholasGeruntino, PeterGilmore,JohnnyGinter, JordanGlavinos,BrandonGravett,Ryan Gregg,ThomasGuncik, Gillian Hall,BenjaminHamilton, ChristineHamlet,LauraHerbert,JamesHolt, JohnHuffman,Bailey Jackson,ThomasJaworek,JaclynJones,ShawnKasych,Timothy Keck,JasonKing, JohnKnapke,AmandaKoeth, AliciaKosko, Peter Kresge,BrendanKroIl, JuliaLeb, MatthewLeroy, JoshuaLink, AndrewLittle, ChristopherLochinski, BenjaminMarcum, IanMartin, Philip Maxon,MikeMcCann, SarahMcClure, MatthewMcConnell, NathanielMoore, BenjaminMurphy, Adam Musselman,MatthewNickley, Abbie Obenour,Luke O’Brien,Bryan O’Connell, MatthewOnstott, AndreaPack,Kelly Parks, BrianPfau, ZachariahPopoff,Daniel Reeder,Joseph Reilly,EmilyRismiller, Thomas RyanIV, Caleb Schafcr,JohnSchaible,SulemanSheikh, JeanetteSherman,SagalShirdon,ChaseSimon,Bradley Starcovic, Joseph Staser,AlanStuker, RobertSturgesII, Ryan Such,WesleySutermeister,David ThomasII,Rochelle Thomas,MichaelTones,SadieVance, DustynVanzant,Walter Vavrek,Dustin Warne,ChristineWegner,ArthurWelton, JosephWengerIV, NathanWhittaker,JeffreyWilbert, KimberlyWilhelm, ChristopherWilliams, LaurenWinfree, Tyler Winslow,EvanWitkowski,BenjaminWorsowicz, AndraZadnik,AlisonZastk

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