Jeffrey Gunn talk on Wednesday, March 16th: "Towards a Tran-Historic Pedagogy: The Value of Narratives, Autobiography and Biography in Slave Studies"

Please join the History Department and the Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society for a talk by Jeffrey Gunn, PhD Candidate at York University in Toronto. Mr. Gunn will talk about:

"Towards a Trans-Historic Pedagogy: The Value of Narratives, Autobiography and Biography in Slave Studies"

Wednesday, March 16th at 12:30 in Sakamaki Hall A201, the U H Manoa History Department Library

Free and Open to the Public

History Forum: Dr. Frank Marotti talk, March 9th at 12:30pm

Please join us for Dr. Frank Marotti's talk on "The Cana Sanctuary," a discussion of how St. Augustine's African-American community used local history, law, and the city's powerful Catholic Bishop to negotiate a sanctuary for their family lives in the years before the Civil War.

Where: Sakamaki Hall A201, the U H Manoa History Department Library

When: Wednesday, March 9th at 12:30

Free and Open to the Public

Dr. Matthew Lauzon to present History Workshop, April 8th

Professor Matthew Lauzon will be presenting "Raising the Nation: Factitious Puberty, Conjugal Hygiene and Sexual Anthropology in the French Enlightenment" on Friday, April 8th at 2:30 pm in the History Department Library.  This is the third session of the spring semester for the History Workshop, "De-Centering the Nation State: Historical Methodology within a Pacific Geography."  There will be a small reception following the talk in the History Department Lounge. 

Lecture by Professor Nikhil Pal Singh - 12pm, March 14th - please join us!

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27th Annual Phi Alpha Theta Conference - join us!

Aloha,

The theme for this years conference is Contested Sovereignties and Destinies: Discourses in Diverse Histories.

Where: Campus Center, Third Floor Conference Rooms, University of Hawaii at Manoa
When: Saturday, March 12th, 2011  - keynote address commences at 9am.

Dr. Ned Davis to present History Workshop, March 4th

Professor Ned Davis will be presenting "A Medieval Masquerade: Empire and Ethnicity in the Making of China's Most Notorious Temple Cult," on Friday, March 4th at 2:30 pm in the History Department Library.  This is the second session of the spring semester for the History Workshop, "De-Centering the Nation State: Historical Methodology within a Pacific Geography."  There will be a small reception following the talk in the History Department Lounge. 

Nixon Library and Museum - Summer Internship

Help Make American History This Summer

The Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum (www.nixonlibrary.gov), a nonpartisan federal institution operated by the National Archives and Records Administration, is seeking talented and energetic undergraduate students to work as paid interns from June 6, 2011, to August 12, 2011.

Interns will assist with substantial and meaningful projects, such as researching the Nixon administration, assisting with an academic conference on the life and times of President Nixon, developing educational resources, and creating content for our web site and museum exhibitions. Interns will participate in discussions with experts in fields such as the Cold War, espionage, presidential history, domestic policy, and museum administration and take part in seminars and other learning opportunities throughout the summer. Interns will contribute to the work of a major national center for the study of the presidency, American history, and the Nixon era.

We are seeking driven candidates with a demonstrated record of accomplishment. In choosing interns, we are not guided by an applicants' major field of study but by their commitment to serious and impartial inquiry, their passion for public service, and their interest in the work of a nonpartisan institution. We welcome applications from students majoring not only in history, political science, and international relations but also in other fields such as business, education, marketing, public history, museum studies, Asian studies, African-American studies, economics, journalism, and communications (particularly new media). Familiarity with research using electronic databases such as ProQuest, JSTOR, and EBSCOHost is welcome. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and be able to pass a basic background check.

To apply, please send a current resume, one or two letters of recommendation, a current transcript (a photocopy or other informal version is acceptable), and a cover letter explaining why you would like to be an intern at the Nixon Library to:

    Dr. Timothy Naftali

    Director, Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

    18001 Yorba Linda Blvd.

    Yorba Linda, CA 92886

You may also email the application to NixonEducation@nara.gov.

Applications must be postmarked or emailed no later than March 25. Late applications will not be considered. Finalists will be interviewed in person or by telephone. Please direct any questions to Mindy Farmer, program coordinator, at mindy.farmer@nara.gov.

About the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

The nonpartisan, federal Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum is a member of the National Archives and Records Administration's system of presidential libraries. The Library's mission is to preserve and make available the record of the administration and career of Richard Nixon. Learn more about the Library online at www.nixonlibrary.gov.