Category: What’s New?

The vibrant variety of history activity in the South Jersey / Philadelphia region is the subject of the Public History Year in Review website, which grows each year with new stories by history graduate students at Rutgers-Camden and other invited partners. Students who participate receive professional editing to sharpen their writing skills and training in creating a WordPress website. During Fall 2015, graduate students produced new stories covering historic preservation and community development projects; the exhibit at the National Constitution Center to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the Reminder Days demonstrations for LGBT rights; the creation of the new First State National Historical Park; the 100th anniversary of the Justice Bell used to campaign for women’s suffrage; the progress of the Museum of the American Revolution soon to open in Philadelphia; living history programs at the Colonial Pennsylvania Plantation; and the discovery of a Revolution-era cannon through archaeology at the Red Bank Battlefield.

We are now accepting applications for membership in Phi Alpha Theta (PAT), the National History Honor Society.The society has over 350,000 members, with about 9,500 new members joining each year through 860 local chapters.”

To qualify for membership, undergrads must have a 3.5 GPA in at least four graduate courses.

Induction of new members  will take place at a soon-to-be-scheduled date in March or early April 2016, and iwill feature a keynote speech by award-winning historian Kathleen Brown, of the University of Pennsylvania. Following the talk, the Department of History will have the honor of officially inducting eligible students into Phi Alpha Theta and celebrating with excellent food and beverages. The family and friends of new inductees are invited. 

If you are interested in and qualify for Phi Alpha Theta membership, please hand in the three following things to Ms. Sharon Smith, the secretary of  the History Department, no later than Monday, February 15, 2016:

1)  A check made out to Phi Alpha Theta in the amount of $40 (for lifetime membership). 2)  A copy (unofficial is fine) of your Rutgers-Camden transcript 3)  A sheet of paper with your current home and email address.

     The Graduate School is proud to announce the first annual Celebration of Graduate Research and Creative Activities, a part of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences new Research Week.  This is an opportunity for graduate students across all of our disciplines in Arts and Sciences to present their independent research and creative pursuits to the campus community. 
     The event will take place on Monday, April 25^th from 4:00 to 6:30pm in the Campus Center Multipurpose Room.

     The Graduate School is now accepting proposals from all Graduate School of Arts and Sciences students. All proposals are due by Friday, March 11^th.  Applications may be submitted online only, https://graduateschool.camden.rutgers.edu/research-event/. Your faculty advisor/P.I. must also submit a recommendation form. A workshop on how to write abstracts and proposals for conferences on Wednesday, February 17^th from 4:30-5:30PM.  Sign up for this workshop athttps://graduateschool.camden.rutgers.edu/research-event/writing-proposals/.   

Pennsylvania Historical Association 2016 Annual Meeting

 The Pennsylvania Historical Association invites proposals for its 2016 Annual Meeting to be hosted by Shippensburg University, October 6-8, 2016.                                        

 The theme will be “Technology, Business, and the Environment.” The program committee welcomes proposals on all aspects of Pennsylvania and Mid-Atlantic history. In addition to sessions focused on traditional scholarship, the committee encourages panels that feature pedagogy, public history, or material culture. Roundtable discussions are welcome. Full session proposals are strongly preferred, but the committee will consider individual papers. Graduate students are encouraged to submit proposals.
All program participants must be PHA members at the time of the annual meeting. Proposals must be submitted electronically by February 15, 2016 to: https://sites.google.com/site/pha2016meeting/
For further information, please contact Beverly Tomek, Assistant Professor of History, University of Houston-Victoria: tomekb@uhv.edu.

William Randolph Hearst Fellowship 2016 May 31-July 29, 2016

The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum and Garden (MVHMG) offers two summer Fellowships for undergraduate or graduate students interested in U.S. history, museum studies, museum education, material culture or other related fields. Fellows participate directly in the daily operations of a historic site. Fellows complete original research projects on antebellum NYC that become interpretation resources, conduct tours, and participate in programs for children and adults. Now in its thirty-second year, the full-time Fellowship, funded by the William Randolph Hearst Foundation, consists of nine weeks with a $2,750 stipend. Hours are 9AM-5PM Monday-Friday, with occasional evenings for special events.  Fellows are responsible for their own housing and transportation.

Further information and application forms will be available in the history department office.