Mariam Williams, our public history certificate student who is also in the MFA program, has published an essay on the MARCH Insights Blog about her first visit to the new National Museum of African American History and Culture:
https://march.rutgers.edu/2016/10/two-kings-and-the-nmaahc/
Our graduate peer-reviewed journal, the Madison Historical Review, is now accepting submissions for our Spring 2017 issue. We would greatly appreciate it if you would distribute our information (see attachments) to your graduate students.
The journal highlights work from graduate students in the fields of American, Public, and World History. All MA students and first and second year PhD students enrolled in any history program, including but not limited to history, art history, historical archaeology, and public history, may submit articles for publication. Article submissions may include original research, historiographies, book reviews, exhibit reviews, and website reviews. The deadline for all submissions is January 1, 2017.
For additional information please visit our website at https://commons.lib.jmu.edu/mhr/.
There is a lot of terrific material here!
https://gencat.eloquent-systems.com/phillyseaport-public.html
Are we overstating it to say he delivered a knockout punch with his entry “Boxing and Boxers” in the Encyclopedia of Greater Philadelphia. Congratulations Matt.
Course registration begins soon. Here are our course offerings for spring 2017
Readings in Early America to 1763, Dr. Shankman, M 6-8:40
Topics in Global History I, Dr. Mokhberi, T 6-8:40
Women & Gender in U.S. History, Dr. Golden, W 6-8:40 *counts for Public History track & American history track
Research Colloquium U.S. 1945-Present, Dr. Kapur, Th 6-8:40* for students who have taken Readings 1945-Present
