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KU chancellor announces promotion, tenure for 160 faculty and researchers for fall 2022
LAWRENCE – Chancellor Douglas A. Girod has approved the promotion and award of tenure, where indicated, for 50 individuals at the University of Kansas and Edwards campuses and 110 individuals at KU Medical Center campuses. ...
Foundation Distinguished Professor of History awarded 2022 Morison Prize
LAWRENCE — Foundation Distinguished Professor Beth Bailey received the 2022 Samuel Eliot Morison Prize from the Society for Military History. She is the first woman to be awarded the prize as well as the first nontraditional military historian – the first to define herself as a historian of military, war...
Prof. Eric Rath weighs in on Japan's food history involving one of our favorite foods: 🧀! (Opens in new window)
CHIYO SHIBATA STANDS IN A small concert venue, her signature white towel tied around her head. Behind her is a group of taiko drummers and in front of her is a small table with a burner, milk, and salt. As the drumming begins, she takes a deep breath and begins...
KU junior to compete for Beinecke Scholarship
LAWRENCE — The University of Kansas has nominated a junior for the Beinecke Scholarship Program. Each year the Beinecke Scholarship offers 20 scholarships to undergraduates who intend to pursue a research-focused master’s or doctoral program in the arts, humanities or social sciences. Selected students receive $30,000 to be used for...
Untold history of Panama’s successful enslaved resistance detailed in 'African Maroons' book
LAWRENCE — The saga of enslaved peoples remains a complicated history. But a new book has made it even more complicated. ...
Drinking in Tradition: A Short History of Izakaya (Opens in new window)
One of the most enjoyable places to consume sake is the traditional Japanese gastropub known as an izakaya, literally “an establishment to sit and drink sake.” The interior of an izakaya provides a much cozier atmosphere than a typical bar, and often with a more diverse array of foods, from...
Clash of US empire and Indigenous peoples of Black Hills chronicled in ‘Myth-Mapping’ article
David Farber: The War on Drugs turns 50 today. It’s time to make peace. (Opens in new window)
As declarations of war go, it was pretty low key. On June 17, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon held a news briefing in the West Wing of the White House. In his usual dark suit and striped tie, speaking comfortably from notes, the president branded Americans’ rising tide of drug...
Gaming The System: KU Professor Says 'Call Of Duty' Can Help Teach History (Opens in new window)
Can video games like “Call of Duty: World War II” and “Battlefield 1942” be shaping the way young people view history? Andrew Denning thinks so. ...
Joseph Hartung follows his passion for policy interning at Kenyan think tank (Opens in new window)
Joseph Hartung’s fascination with history and the conduct of conflict dates back to his childhood. As a kid, he says, he’d spend hours playing with plastic army men and building elaborate small-scale fortifications out of Lincoln Logs. ...
KU scholar selected as 2021 Andrew Carnegie Fellow
LAWRENCE — University of Kansas scholar Beth Bailey was named today as one of 26 researchers in the 2021 class of Andrew Carnegie Fellows. With a $200,000 stipend, it is one of the most generous awards of its kind for scholarship in the humanities and social sciences. Honorees include established...
Historian brings Montana single mom homesteader's history to life (Opens in new window)
Lily Bell Stearns was no one important when she arrived by train in Montana in 1912. Stearns was a recent divorcee with three children, including one daughter left behind in a mental institution. Yet she now has her own online museum exhibit. Thanks to Sara Gregg, a University of Kansas...
Professor Marta Vicente Interviewed by New Books Network (Opens in new window)
Today’s interview on New Books in History is with Dr. Marta Vicente, Professor of History at the University of Kansas to talk about her 2017 Cambridge University Press release, Debating Sex and Gender in Eighteenth-Century Spain. ...
Trump's fixation on 'fat' exposes cultural and political divisions
LAWRENCE — “Fat. Pig. Slob. Disgusting animal.”...
Debating Sex and Gender in Eighteenth-Century Spain (Opens in new window)
Today’s interview on New Books in History is with Dr. Marta Vicente, Professor of History at the University of Kansas to talk about her 2017 Cambridge University Press release, Debating Sex and Gender in Eighteenth-Century Spain. ...
By facing more of its racist truths, Kansas — and America — could heal more of its divides (Opens in new window)
Influential 'Destruction of the Bison' earns 20-year anniversary edition
LAWRENCE — During his first few months in office, President Barack Obama signed the National Bison Legacy Act, designating the bison as national mammal of the United States. ...
Andy Denning Discusses Troubling Signs for US (Opens in new window)
History Alumn Talks Cancelling Student Debt (Opens in new window)
Excerpt from David Roediger's Book "The Sinking Middle Class" (Opens in new window)
'Red Power' at 50: Book, exhibition recall American Indian leader’s transformative life (Opens in new window)
New publication examines ‘Food in the Time of COVID-19’
LAWRENCE — Few processes have been as disrupted by the pandemic as simply eating a meal. ...
School of Social Welfare announces new associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion
LAWRENCE – The School of Social Welfare has announced the appointment of Kim Warren, associate professor in history, as the new associate dean for diversity, equity and inclusion beginning July 1. Warren will be joining the school in an administrative and research capacity. ...
Expert advocates renaming US military posts memorializing Confederate officers
LAWRENCE — While serving for six years in the U.S. Army, Michael Hill trained at Fort Benning and Fort Gordon in Georgia and Fort Polk in Louisiana. ...
David Farber Discusses Toppling of Confederate Monuments (Opens in new window)
Nishani Frazier's Opinion piece for the Lawrence Journal World, "Parents should think deeply about proposed bills." (Opens in new window)
Next week, the diversity in school debate returns to neighboring state Missouri via House Bill 952, its anti-1619 Project bill, joining the earlier proposed Parent’s Bill of Rights, SB 776. Missouri, a bellwether for policymaking in Kansas, points to the likely resuscitation of this political debate after similar efforts slowed...