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The "Great Lives" Chappell Lecture Series
Building upon the success of the annual offerings since 2004, the UMW Department of History and American Studies once again presents its annual public lecture series, “Great Lives: Biographical Approaches to History,” during the Spring 2010 semester. Endowed by the family of the late Carmen Chappell (UMW, Class of 1959), the program of lectures is open to the public free of charge. For more information on the series and recordings of lectures from previous years>>
Faculty News
Two of our faculty members have recently won prestigious year-long fellowships:
The United States Institute of Peace awarded Professor Nabil Al-Tikriti of the Department of History and American Studies a ten- month Senior Fellowship in the Jennings Randolph Program for International Peace this past 2007-2008 academic year. His project, "Addressing Ethnic Conflict and Population Displacement in Iraq," will study the impact of the current war on the people of Iraq.
Professor Allyson Poska won the American Council of Learned Societies' ACLS/SSRC/NEH International and Area Studies Fellowship. The incredibly competitive grant was one of only 65 of ACLS fellowships granted (there were 1017 eligible applicants to the ACLS) and one of only ten of the joint international studies fellowships that were awarded. The title of her project is "Iberian Regionalism and the Formation of Gender Norms in Colonial Spanish America." It is an examination of the social and sexual behaviors of Spanish immigrants to Argentina during the eighteenth century and the impact of gender expectations from Iberia on colonial society.
Professor Allyson Poska also won the Roland H. Bainton Prize, given by the Sixteenth Century Studies Association (the early modern history professional society) to the best book in early modern history or theology for her work Women and Authority in Early Modern Spain: The Peasants of Galicia (2006) . Congratulations to Dr. Poska for this significant scholarly achievement!
Professor William B. Crawley, and his wife, Dr. Theresa Young Crawley, were awarded Washington Medallions by the University of Mary Washington for their many contributions to the school. Read the UMW Resolution to find out more.
2005-2006 Department Merit Scholarships