GEORGETOWN H ISTORY NEWSMAGAZINE FALL 2012

The past is never dead. Its not even past. William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun 1951 Chair Carol A. Benedict Director of Doctoral Studies Adam Rothman Director of MA Programs Bryan McCann Director of Undergraduate Studies Tommaso Astarita Administrative Officer Djuana C. Shields Manager of Graduate Programs Miriam Okine Davies IGH Program Coordinator Website Manager Kathleen Gallagher Administrative Assistant Janice M Liverance 2 FALL 2012 HISTORY NEWSMAGAZINE 3

The past is never dead. Its not even past. William Faulkner, Requiem for a Nun 1951 Chair Carol A. Benedict Director of Doctoral Studies Adam Rothman Director of MA Programs Bryan McCann Director of Undergraduate Studies Tommaso Astarita Administrative Officer Djuana C. Shields Manager of Graduate Programs Miriam Okine Davies IGH Program Coordinator Website Manager Kathleen Gallagher Administrative Assistant Janice M Liverance 2 FALL 2012 HISTORY NEWSMAGAZINE 3

Message from the Chair Four New Faculty Members Join History Mustafa Aksakal PhD, Princeton University 2003 of Arabia. Dr. Aksakal is currently working on a book that he hopes will go beyond these betterknown aspects of the war, focusing on both the wars immediate, devastating impact and its longerterm social, political, and cultural consequences. Aksakal joined the department in August 2011 and teaches courses in Ottoman and Modern Turkish history. He comes to Georgetown from American Universi

Message from the Chair Four New Faculty Members Join History Mustafa Aksakal PhD, Princeton University 2003 of Arabia. Dr. Aksakal is currently working on a book that he hopes will go beyond these betterknown aspects of the war, focusing on both the wars immediate, devastating impact and its longerterm social, political, and cultural consequences. Aksakal joined the department in August 2011 and teaches courses in Ottoman and Modern Turkish history. He comes to Georgetown from American Universi

Michael DavidFox PhD, Yale University 1993 A ssociate Professor of Russian and Soviet History, Michael DavidFox joined the department in August 2011. PROFESSOR MICHAEL DAVIDFOX He comes here from the University of Maryland, where he taught since 1994. Much of his research, following the collapse of communism and the opening of the archives, has focused on politics, culture, and ideology during the first decades of the Soviet new regime. He earned his doctorate in history from Yale University

Michael DavidFox PhD, Yale University 1993 A ssociate Professor of Russian and Soviet History, Michael DavidFox joined the department in August 2011. PROFESSOR MICHAEL DAVIDFOX He comes here from the University of Maryland, where he taught since 1994. Much of his research, following the collapse of communism and the opening of the archives, has focused on politics, culture, and ideology during the first decades of the Soviet new regime. He earned his doctorate in history from Yale University

Faculty News Honors G ve Askeri G Strategy and Military Power in the Ottoman Empire was published in February 2012 by one of Turkeys leading publishing houses, Tima. goston was also awarded a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies ACLS for 201213 for the completion of his book project, War, Empire and the Making of Europe Ottomans, Habsburgs and Russians, 15001800. The book will examine how Ottoman expansion, HabsburgOttoman imperial rivalry and Russias Turkish wars shaped the

Faculty News Honors G ve Askeri G Strategy and Military Power in the Ottoman Empire was published in February 2012 by one of Turkeys leading publishing houses, Tima. goston was also awarded a fellowship from the American Council of Learned Societies ACLS for 201213 for the completion of his book project, War, Empire and the Making of Europe Ottomans, Habsburgs and Russians, 15001800. The book will examine how Ottoman expansion, HabsburgOttoman imperial rivalry and Russias Turkish wars shaped the

continues to serve as the director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown. J articles or book chapters, the most interestingly titled of which was Homogeneity, Heterogeneity, Pigs, and Pandas in World History, Cliodynamics The Journal of Theoretical and Mathematical History, 21 2011. His work appeared in journals in China, Scotland, Italy, and Germany, and most implausibly in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, which published a piece called

continues to serve as the director of the Kalmanovitz Initiative for Labor and the Working Poor at Georgetown. J articles or book chapters, the most interestingly titled of which was Homogeneity, Heterogeneity, Pigs, and Pandas in World History, Cliodynamics The Journal of Theoretical and Mathematical History, 21 2011. His work appeared in journals in China, Scotland, Italy, and Germany, and most implausibly in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, which published a piece called

Professor Bryan McCann Recognized for Excellence in Teaching The Georgetown College Deans Award for Excellence in Teaching, first awarded in 1996, recognizes up to three faculty members each year for their outstanding contributions to the undergraduate educational experience. This year, Associate Professor of History, Bryan McCann is one of three recipients of the award. students with community artists. Every year, in collaboration with the Department of Performing Arts and Georgetowns Music Pro

Professor Bryan McCann Recognized for Excellence in Teaching The Georgetown College Deans Award for Excellence in Teaching, first awarded in 1996, recognizes up to three faculty members each year for their outstanding contributions to the undergraduate educational experience. This year, Associate Professor of History, Bryan McCann is one of three recipients of the award. students with community artists. Every year, in collaboration with the Department of Performing Arts and Georgetowns Music Pro

New Scholary Publications continued from page 11 Making a New World Founding Capitalism in the Bajo and Spanish North America, by John Tutino Duke University Press, 2011. Explores the early origins and rise of capitalism in New Spain. The book analyzes the political economy of Bajo, a region of Central Mexico that extends across modernday Sierra de Guanajuato and the state of Queretaro, and explores the cultural conflicts that have animated this region and Spanish North America from 1500 to 18

New Scholary Publications continued from page 11 Making a New World Founding Capitalism in the Bajo and Spanish North America, by John Tutino Duke University Press, 2011. Explores the early origins and rise of capitalism in New Spain. The book analyzes the political economy of Bajo, a region of Central Mexico that extends across modernday Sierra de Guanajuato and the state of Queretaro, and explores the cultural conflicts that have animated this region and Spanish North America from 1500 to 18

Russias Uncharted History Moving from the Imperial to the Local A Conversation with Professor Catherine Evtuhov Interview by Michael DavidFox MICHAEL DAVIDFOX Lets start This brings me to my own ambitions in the book. Its kind of a long story, since I first conceived the project twenty years ago. My original motivation was simple and perhaps a bit nave. There are few things more exciting than studying history at a time of momentous historical change, and this was most definitely the case for his

Russias Uncharted History Moving from the Imperial to the Local A Conversation with Professor Catherine Evtuhov Interview by Michael DavidFox MICHAEL DAVIDFOX Lets start This brings me to my own ambitions in the book. Its kind of a long story, since I first conceived the project twenty years ago. My original motivation was simple and perhaps a bit nave. There are few things more exciting than studying history at a time of momentous historical change, and this was most definitely the case for his

strikes me is the great range of topics you have taken on, from religious and Silver Age philosophy to material culture and provincial life, with many publications that tackle a range of intellectual, religious, political and international topics. Can you reflect on the core concerns that tie your work together time in my early twenties deciding what to study I have always loved languages, and seriously contemplated linguistics or maybe philosophy or literature as a field of specialization. One

strikes me is the great range of topics you have taken on, from religious and Silver Age philosophy to material culture and provincial life, with many publications that tackle a range of intellectual, religious, political and international topics. Can you reflect on the core concerns that tie your work together time in my early twenties deciding what to study I have always loved languages, and seriously contemplated linguistics or maybe philosophy or literature as a field of specialization. One

Since that time he has coedited two volumes, written numerous articles for major journals, and held various editorial positions at labor journals. He has also found time for family life with wife Diane and two daughters. Over lunch and by email, I asked Prof. McCartin about his views on labor history and his relationship to unions. publicsector movement was about organizing women and people of color, ...and yet PATCO the Air Traffic Controllers Union is the most prominent conflict that comes ou

Since that time he has coedited two volumes, written numerous articles for major journals, and held various editorial positions at labor journals. He has also found time for family life with wife Diane and two daughters. Over lunch and by email, I asked Prof. McCartin about his views on labor history and his relationship to unions. publicsector movement was about organizing women and people of color, ...and yet PATCO the Air Traffic Controllers Union is the most prominent conflict that comes ou

6 T Doctoral Students Win Prominent Fellowships the islands dependency on imported energy shaped the origins, development, and outcomes of the Revolution in Cubas foreign and domestic relations. The idea of using Cubas longstanding dependence on imported oil first under U.S. and British, then Soviet, and most recently Venezuelan control as a window into this larger inquiry came about in Professor David Painters seminar, Oil and World Power. This year Gettig also received smaller grants from t

6 T Doctoral Students Win Prominent Fellowships the islands dependency on imported energy shaped the origins, development, and outcomes of the Revolution in Cubas foreign and domestic relations. The idea of using Cubas longstanding dependence on imported oil first under U.S. and British, then Soviet, and most recently Venezuelan control as a window into this larger inquiry came about in Professor David Painters seminar, Oil and World Power. This year Gettig also received smaller grants from t

Student Research Stories Profile Thanks to your generosity, the Piepho Fund, established in honor of the late Irma Piepho G71, continues to facilitate doctoral student research and field work by supporting student travel where possible. Grants from the fund support doctoral candidates who seek to pursue language study or archival research. The following story is shared by one of our funded students who conducted independent archival research this past summer. Javier Puente visits the community o

Student Research Stories Profile Thanks to your generosity, the Piepho Fund, established in honor of the late Irma Piepho G71, continues to facilitate doctoral student research and field work by supporting student travel where possible. Grants from the fund support doctoral candidates who seek to pursue language study or archival research. The following story is shared by one of our funded students who conducted independent archival research this past summer. Javier Puente visits the community o

Student News Honors J Lawrence, Massachusetts, and the Trade Liberalization Protest of 1938 at the Southern Labor Archives housed at Georgia State University, in February, and at the History Graduate Student Association conference held at Louisiana State University, in March. The Georgia State presentation was in conjunction with the Reed Fink Award in Southern Labor History, which he was awarded in 2011. The paper was written under the direction of Professors Joseph A. McCartin and Adam Rothman

Student News Honors J Lawrence, Massachusetts, and the Trade Liberalization Protest of 1938 at the Southern Labor Archives housed at Georgia State University, in February, and at the History Graduate Student Association conference held at Louisiana State University, in March. The Georgia State presentation was in conjunction with the Reed Fink Award in Southern Labor History, which he was awarded in 2011. The paper was written under the direction of Professors Joseph A. McCartin and Adam Rothman

New Ways of Seeing Matthew Bowman,PhD11 Explores the Life of the Nation through the Lens of Faith I t is typical for histories of Protestantism to focus on theology and ideology remarks Matthew Bowman, Ph.D. 11, now Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion at HampdenSydney College. Bowman continues, this is an area where other disciplines anthropology and religious studies can help us better understand the influence of religion on the ways people behave. Bowman, who received his doctorate in

New Ways of Seeing Matthew Bowman,PhD11 Explores the Life of the Nation through the Lens of Faith I t is typical for histories of Protestantism to focus on theology and ideology remarks Matthew Bowman, Ph.D. 11, now Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion at HampdenSydney College. Bowman continues, this is an area where other disciplines anthropology and religious studies can help us better understand the influence of religion on the ways people behave. Bowman, who received his doctorate in

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Toshihiro Higuchi, PhD 11 Appointed ACLS New Faculty Fellow at University of WisconsinMadison r. Toshihiro Higuchi PhD 11, who recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, has accepted the appointment of ACLS New Faculty Fellow with the History of Science Department at the University of WisconsinMadison for 201213 and 201314. During the twoyear appointment Higuchi will complete his first book and

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Toshihiro Higuchi, PhD 11 Appointed ACLS New Faculty Fellow at University of WisconsinMadison r. Toshihiro Higuchi PhD 11, who recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship with the Center for International Security and Cooperation at Stanford University, has accepted the appointment of ACLS New Faculty Fellow with the History of Science Department at the University of WisconsinMadison for 201213 and 201314. During the twoyear appointment Higuchi will complete his first book and

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Anand Toprani, PhD12 Lands Prestigious Ernest May Fellowship at Harvard Kennedy School nand Toprani, a doctoral student who defended this past summer, has been chosen as a 2012 Ernest May Fellow with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. The new fellowship initiative was established to help build a new generation of scholars who will bring professional history to bear on strategic studies and m

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Anand Toprani, PhD12 Lands Prestigious Ernest May Fellowship at Harvard Kennedy School nand Toprani, a doctoral student who defended this past summer, has been chosen as a 2012 Ernest May Fellow with the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. The new fellowship initiative was established to help build a new generation of scholars who will bring professional history to bear on strategic studies and m

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT 1992 Michael R. Fischbach, PHD92, professor of history at RandolphMacon College, attended two meetings associated with track two IsraeliPalestinian negotiations. The first was a conference held by the Frenchbased Aix Group in Rabat, Morocco, in February 2011, and the second was a meeting hosted by Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, in Oxfordshire, England in October. He also delivered an academic paper at the Trajectories of Partition in South Asia and

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT 1992 Michael R. Fischbach, PHD92, professor of history at RandolphMacon College, attended two meetings associated with track two IsraeliPalestinian negotiations. The first was a conference held by the Frenchbased Aix Group in Rabat, Morocco, in February 2011, and the second was a meeting hosted by Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, in Oxfordshire, England in October. He also delivered an academic paper at the Trajectories of Partition in South Asia and

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Tao Wang, PhD 12 Wins Presitigious Henry Chauncey Jr. 57 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Yale D r. Tao Wang has won the prestigious Henry Chauncey Jr. 57 Postdoctoral Fellowship with the International Security Studies Program at Yale University for 201213. At Yale Wang will be revising his dissertation, Isolating the Enemy USPRC Relations, 195356, under the direction of John Lewis Gaddis, the Robert A. Lovett Professor of History, and Paul M. Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Pr

ALUMNI SPOTLIGHT Tao Wang, PhD 12 Wins Presitigious Henry Chauncey Jr. 57 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Yale D r. Tao Wang has won the prestigious Henry Chauncey Jr. 57 Postdoctoral Fellowship with the International Security Studies Program at Yale University for 201213. At Yale Wang will be revising his dissertation, Isolating the Enemy USPRC Relations, 195356, under the direction of John Lewis Gaddis, the Robert A. Lovett Professor of History, and Paul M. Kennedy, the J. Richardson Dilworth Pr

Reflections Class of 2006 Thomas B. Philipps, C08 has returned to New York to continue teaching at a KIPP school in the Bronx, after completing Teach for America in Los Angeles where he recently finished his second year teaching 5th grade at Aspire Huntington Park Charter School. Cassandra Virgin, C08 is a masters student in the History and Education Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is also pursuing an advanced certificate in Cooperation and Conflict Resolution offered by th

Reflections Class of 2006 Thomas B. Philipps, C08 has returned to New York to continue teaching at a KIPP school in the Bronx, after completing Teach for America in Los Angeles where he recently finished his second year teaching 5th grade at Aspire Huntington Park Charter School. Cassandra Virgin, C08 is a masters student in the History and Education Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. She is also pursuing an advanced certificate in Cooperation and Conflict Resolution offered by th

Welcoming Our New Graduate Students 20122013 MA Ryder A. Dschida Humboldt State University Rose K. Hallett Washington University Jordana L. Hoyt Wesleyan University Emily C. Koo Claremont Mckenna College Elizabeth Miller University of California Berkeley Jonathan Morales Oberlin College Carmen R. Munoz dual SFS University of California Berkeley Joanna Palmer Williams College Nicholas P. Roberts Syracuse University Bryan Schwartz Sonoma State University Thomas R. Simpson American University Nat

Welcoming Our New Graduate Students 20122013 MA Ryder A. Dschida Humboldt State University Rose K. Hallett Washington University Jordana L. Hoyt Wesleyan University Emily C. Koo Claremont Mckenna College Elizabeth Miller University of California Berkeley Jonathan Morales Oberlin College Carmen R. Munoz dual SFS University of California Berkeley Joanna Palmer Williams College Nicholas P. Roberts Syracuse University Bryan Schwartz Sonoma State University Thomas R. Simpson American University Nat

Undergraduate Program Director s Notes T he undergraduate program currently has about 110 junior and senior history majors in the College, and 20 junior and senior international history majors in the School of Foreign Service. The department offers a variety of courses in the history of all regions of the world, and courses that present diverse approaches, formats, and topics. Each semester we also offer numerous and varied colloquia and seminars, including many with a thematic, global, or

Undergraduate Program Director s Notes T he undergraduate program currently has about 110 junior and senior history majors in the College, and 20 junior and senior international history majors in the School of Foreign Service. The department offers a variety of courses in the history of all regions of the world, and courses that present diverse approaches, formats, and topics. Each semester we also offer numerous and varied colloquia and seminars, including many with a thematic, global, or

Phi Alpha Theta News contnued from page 44 national biennial meeting of Phi Alpha Theta in Orlando, Florida in the first week of January 2012. At the biennial convention five GU students compared to only one the previous time presented their finest history papers. These students joined over 500 other students and faculty who presented on, or heard, 137 different panels a most invigorating preprofessional experience. Four of our students were from main campus one came from our Qatar campus. The

Phi Alpha Theta News contnued from page 44 national biennial meeting of Phi Alpha Theta in Orlando, Florida in the first week of January 2012. At the biennial convention five GU students compared to only one the previous time presented their finest history papers. These students joined over 500 other students and faculty who presented on, or heard, 137 different panels a most invigorating preprofessional experience. Four of our students were from main campus one came from our Qatar campus. The

Andrew Robarts, PhD 10 Named 2012 Glassman Dissertation Award in Humanities Winner r. Andrew Robarts PhD 10 has won the 2012 Harold N. Glassman Dissertation Award in Humanities given by ANDREW ROBARTS, PHD. 10 the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for the best dissertation in the humanities, continuing the departments impressive record of wins. His dissertation, A Plague on Both Houses Population Movements and the Spread of Disease across the OttomanRussian Black Sea Frontier, 17681830s, was

Andrew Robarts, PhD 10 Named 2012 Glassman Dissertation Award in Humanities Winner r. Andrew Robarts PhD 10 has won the 2012 Harold N. Glassman Dissertation Award in Humanities given by ANDREW ROBARTS, PHD. 10 the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences for the best dissertation in the humanities, continuing the departments impressive record of wins. His dissertation, A Plague on Both Houses Population Movements and the Spread of Disease across the OttomanRussian Black Sea Frontier, 17681830s, was

GIGH 201112 Seminar Series 19THCENTURY U.S. HISTORY Monday, March 19, 2012 MILLINGTON W. BERGESONLOCKWOOD Department of History, George Mason University A Womans Place is Where She is Needed AfricanAmerican Women and the Politics of Gender, Race, and Party in Boston MA during the late 19th Century Monday, February 06, 2012 AMY S. GREENBERG Department of History, Penn State University Imperial Amnesia Forgetting the U.S. Mexico War and Its Veterans Monday, January 23, 2012 SETH ROCKMAN Department

GIGH 201112 Seminar Series 19THCENTURY U.S. HISTORY Monday, March 19, 2012 MILLINGTON W. BERGESONLOCKWOOD Department of History, George Mason University A Womans Place is Where She is Needed AfricanAmerican Women and the Politics of Gender, Race, and Party in Boston MA during the late 19th Century Monday, February 06, 2012 AMY S. GREENBERG Department of History, Penn State University Imperial Amnesia Forgetting the U.S. Mexico War and Its Veterans Monday, January 23, 2012 SETH ROCKMAN Department

THE AMBUSH, ROBIN BECKER DANCE PHOTO JOHN MANIACI INTO SUNLIGHT cementary piece in particular, evokes this sense of immense loss and personal tragedy. We, as onlookers, are asked to view these events and understand this history as a site of trauma and healing there is unbearable pain here, and yet the process of remembering, however disillusioning and nonlinear, is what offers us some restoration or at least what gets us to the point where we can begin to heal and mend. Associate Professor of

THE AMBUSH, ROBIN BECKER DANCE PHOTO JOHN MANIACI INTO SUNLIGHT cementary piece in particular, evokes this sense of immense loss and personal tragedy. We, as onlookers, are asked to view these events and understand this history as a site of trauma and healing there is unbearable pain here, and yet the process of remembering, however disillusioning and nonlinear, is what offers us some restoration or at least what gets us to the point where we can begin to heal and mend. Associate Professor of

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