HistoryNewsletter

GreetingsfromtheChair

Asanotheracademicyearwindsdown,it’sfuntolookbackatourachievementsandtore-familiarizeyourselfwithdepartmentmatters.Alongwithallofournewstudents,wehaveanewfulltimesecretary,LauriePeary.Whenyouphoneus,orstopbyinperson,besuretointroduceyourselftoLaurie.Staytunedforthenextnewsletter;wepromisewe’llrunherpicture.

Dr.ThomasBaker

HonorsandAwards

Thedepartmentoffersseveralawardstostudents.Congratulationstothefollowing:

DepartmentalScholarsLiamKingsley,MahalaNyberg

AustinJ.Raetz,MatthewW.Smith

F.RogerDunnMemorialEssayAwardAmySullivan

RobertandKatherineBriggsScholarship

BaileyDurham,KatrinaMartinKelseyA.Newtown

FatherJamesPennockScholarshipMahalaNyberg,AustinJ.Raetz

IlseJ.ShawHistoryAward

WilliamBarr

RogerL.BriggsAwardKelseyCox

WalterWakefieldAward

AbigailM.Sexton

JohnF.SchwallerAwardBaileyDurham

Wethankourdonorsfortheirgeneroussupportfortheseawardsandscholarships.

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InsideThisIssue

GreetingsfromtheChairPhiAlphaThetaInductees

HonorsandAwardsAlumniNews

FacultyNewsandPublicationsAttheMuseum

StudentInternshipsNewCourses

TheHistoryAssociation

PhiAlphaThetaInductees

KeagenM.BriggsJacobS.FrostickDakotaD.JewellAndreaN.McGrathAlexisM.MichaelKelseyA.NewtownRobinJ.O’Hara

MatthewW.Smith

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AlumniNewsErinCheney(‘13)hascuratedanexhibittitled,“St.LawrenceAcademytoSUNYPotsdam:200yearsofEducation”atthePotsdamPublicMuseum.Themuseumalsohousesthetown’scemeteryrecords,agenealogicaldatabasethatKatelynLegacy(’16)producedasaninternlastyear.AMaster’sstudentatSimmonsCollege,KatelynhasreceivedanOralHistoryInternshipattheJFKPresidentialLibraryinBoston.JohnLiquori(‘12)iscurrentlyanElementaryandMiddleSchoolteacherinFlorida.Hewasrecentlyawarded“MarionCountyRookieTeacheroftheYear.”EricMartell(‘14),ahistorygraduatestudentatSUNYAlbany,haspublishedanarticletitled,“DefeatIsanOrphan:TheKennedyAdministrationandtheBureau-craticTug-of-WarovertheBayofPigs”intheFederalHistoryJournal.ItisbasedonhisPresidentialScholarsprojectwithDr.ThomasBakerandDr.KevinSmith.

FacultyPublicationsDr.GeoffreyClarkhaspublishedanessaytitled,“TheCulturalContextofInsuranceintheWest,”inNielsViggoHaueterandGeoffreyJones,eds.,ManagingRiskinReinsurance:FromCityFirestoGlobalWarming(Oxford:OxfordUniversityPress,2017).Dr.Clarkwillbejoiningaselectscientificcommitteeofeighteminentscholarstoorganizethefirstworldconferenceonriskandinsuranceinhistory.Theground-breakinginternationalconferenceisscheduledforJune11-14,2019,tobehostedattheUniversidadInternacionaldeAndalucia,Seville.Dr.Clarkalsodeliveredapaperatthe“ChronotopeRevisited”conferenceinGdansk,Poland.

PhiAlphaThetaTheannualPhiAlphaThetadinnerwasheldattheTrinityEpiscopalChurchinPotsdaminApril.TheinducteesandtheirguestsweretreatedtoDr.SheilaMcIntyreandDr.M.J.Heisey’shomemadecooking.OurguestspeakerwasPhilipPaige(’15),AssistantCountyCommissionerforSt.LawrenceCounty.HereceivedhisMaster’sDegreeinPublicAdministrationfromSyracuseUniversity’sMaxwellSchoollastyear.Foundedin1921nationally,PhiAlphaThetaistheinternationalhonorsocietyinhistory.

FacultyNewsDr.ThomasBakerwasinterviewedlastSeptemberbyWatertown-basedWPBSforitsdocumentary,“DiscoveringWatertown.”AccordingtotheWatertownDailyTimes,theseriesfeatures“oldphotos,film,historicalre-enactmentsandinterviewswithresidentswhorecallcommunitymilestones.”Theproducerscontactedseveralhistorians,includingDr.Baker,toensure“accuracyandbreadth.”Dr.StevenStannishpresented“TheSoul’sSeductioninEarlyChristianity:TheSavageWomenintheShepherdofHermas”lastNovember.HewasalsoinvitedtogiveatalkfollowingWoleSoyinka’s“TheBacchaeofEuripides:ACommunionRite”attheProsceniumTheater.TheproductionispartoftheLoKoFestival.

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LiamKingsleyandAustinJ.RaetzhavebeenworkingwithDr.SheilaMcIntyrethisspringtoedit,annotate,andintroduceacollectionofwritingsbythe17th-centuryPuritan,RogerWilliams.Theyarehelpingedittwopartsofthecollection:Williams’spiritualguideforhiswife(ExperimentsofSpiritualLife&Health,1652)andaselectionfromhismasterworkofethnography(AKeyintotheLanguageofAmerica,1643).AttheSUNYstudentresearchconferenceinFredoniathisApril,theypresentedaposterdetailingthiswork.TheeditedcollectionwillbepublishedfromWipf&Stock.

NewCourses

Dr.ThomasBakerandErinCheney(‘13)heldanarchivalworkshopforlocalhighschoolstudentsatthePotsdamTownMuseumthisApril.StudentsfromtheLittleRiverSchoolandtheH.C.WilliamsSeniorHighSchoolinCantonattendedtheeventwithH.C.Williams’socialstudiesteacherandPotsdamalum,HollyEllis.ErinholdsanM.A.inPublic/AppliedHistoryfromSouthernNewHampshireUniversityandisworkingonherMasterinLibraryandInfor-mationSciencefromSanJoseStateUniversity.

HIST295:AmericanIdentitiesinSongexplorestheimpactofmusiconthedevelopmentofAmericanhistorysincetheendoftheCivilWarwithafocusonbothprotestsongsandmainstreammusic.TaughtbyDr.KevinSmith

Learnmoreaboutstudyinghistory:www.potsdam.edu/academics/AAS/History

HIST395:ExplorersAroundtheWorldsurveyscross-culturalinteractionsfromantiquitytopresentthroughgeographicalexploration.Itexamineshowdifferentculturesconceivedoftheirlocationsvialand,sea,andthelargercosmos. TaughtbyDr.GeoffreyClark

HIST395:PracticingPublicHistoryexploreshowthepastisremembered,debated,andcommemoratedinsocialarenasoutsidetheclassroom–suchasinmuseums,nationalparks,andtourism.TaughtbyDr.M.J.Heisey

StudentInternship

AttheMuseum

Nextpage:(top)Dr.AxelFair-Schulzpresenting“RobertHavemann:FromPartyLoyalisttoEastGermany’sMostFamousMarxistDissidentinthe1960s”attheSocialistHistoryConferenceattheUniversityofEastAnglia(UK)lastFebruary.(below)Dr.M.J.Heisey’soralhistorystudentssharingtheirworkattheCenterforDiversityloungelastfall.

Tim Plat t (‘15) is teaching Eng l ish in Ch il e . His s tudents in th e Engl ish Club put on a p lay wi th dance and songs.

TheHistoryAssociationTheHistoryAssociationprovidesstudentswithaplaceandforumtomeetanddiscusstopicsinhistoryandcurrentaffairs.Itbringsspeakerstocampus,organizestripstositesofhistoricalimportance,andhostsmixersandotherevents.ThePotsdamHistorianisanannualhistoryjournaleditedandpublishedbytheHistoryAssociation.Itfeaturesoriginalstudentworkandshowcasesthediversityofundergraduateresearch.Checkoutourpastissuesat:www.potsdam.edu/academics/AAS/History/historian

Getinvolvedandstayconnected.PleaseemailDr.ShihoImaiatimais@potsdam.eduwithanyinformationthatyouwouldliketoaddtoourhomepageornextnewsletter.

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