A few weeks back, we promoted the Writing Excellence Awards, an on-campus context through which students can win some cold, hard cash. This coming Thursday is the last opportunity to submit a paper for consideration, so dig out those term papers and get ready to start paying off this semester's bookstore bill with your prize!
Rules for the Contest
Papers written as part of the requirement for courses taken at the University of Puget Sound during spring, summer, or fall of 2009 are eligible. Papers of any length may be submitted; short papers are as likely to win as long ones. A total of nine prizes ($250.00 each) will be awarded: two prizes in each category--Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences and Mathematics--and one prize each for Freshman Seminars, Connections, and Graduate Programs.
Students may submit no more than one paper in each category, and each paper must be accompanied by a description of the assignment and an entry form. (Entry forms are available in the Center for Writing, Learning, and Teaching, HO 105/109 and at www.ups.edu/writingexcellenceawards.xml.) Students should submit the original paper with the professor’s comments, or a photocopy of it, to the Center for Writing, Learning, and Teaching by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 28, 2010. We are unable to accept papers submitted after this deadline.Questions
If anyone has any questions about the process or the prizes, please call Julie Neff-Lippman at x2696 or e-mail neff@ups.edu.
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
1/28 Event: Tamales & Music with LAS
*/Tamales & Music/*
*with*
*Latin American Studies*
Thursday, January 28, 5:00pm in Wyatt 109
*Current minors, possible minors, and those simply interested in Latin
America, tamales and music are all welcome. *
* *
*LIVE LATIN MUSIC by: (2/3s of) **BOLERO TRIO** *
*We will*: eat tamales; listen to music; introduce Latin American
Studies faculty; discuss the minor; and consider ongoing projects
related to Spanish and Latin America, such as study abroad
opportunities, charlas, speakers, student initiatives, etc.
For more information, contact LAS director John Lear, 879-2792, or
lear@ups.edu
*with*
*Latin American Studies*
Thursday, January 28, 5:00pm in Wyatt 109
*Current minors, possible minors, and those simply interested in Latin
America, tamales and music are all welcome. *
* *
*LIVE LATIN MUSIC by: (2/3s of) **BOLERO TRIO** *
*We will*: eat tamales; listen to music; introduce Latin American
Studies faculty; discuss the minor; and consider ongoing projects
related to Spanish and Latin America, such as study abroad
opportunities, charlas, speakers, student initiatives, etc.
For more information, contact LAS director John Lear, 879-2792, or
lear@ups.edu
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Wild Men: Ishi and Kroeber
Professor Sackman's new book, Wild Men: Ishi and Kroeber in the Wilderness of Modern America was released today in a surprisingly affordable hardcover form. From Amazon's product description:
"When Ishi, 'the last wild Indian,' came out of hiding in August of 1911, he was quickly whisked away by train to San Francisco to meet Alfred Kroeber, one of the fathers of American anthropology. When Kroeber and Ishi came face to face, it was a momentous event, not only for each man, but for the cultures they represented. Each stood on the brink: one culture was in danger of losing something vital while the other was in danger of disappearing altogether.
Ishi was a survivor, and viewed the bright lights of the big city with a mixture of awe and bemusement. What surprised everyone is how handily he adapted himself to the modern city while maintaining his sense of self and his culture. He and his people had ingeniously used everything they could get their hands on from whites to survive in hiding, and now Ishi was doing the same in San Francisco. The wild man was in fact doubly civilized--he had his own culture, and he opened himself up to that of modern America.- Kroeber was professionally trained to document Ishi's culture, his civilization. What he didn't count on was how deeply working with the man would lead him to question his own profession and his civilization--how it would rekindle a wildness of his own.
Though Ishi's story has been told before in film and fiction, Wild Men is the first book to focus on the depth of Ishi and Kroeber's friendship and to explore what their intertwined stories tell us about Indian survival in modern America and about America's fascination with the wild even as it was becoming ever-more urban and modern. Wild Men is about two individuals and two worlds intimately brought together in ways that turned out to be at once inspiring and tragic. Each man stood looking at the other from the opposite edge of a chasm: they reached out in the hope of keeping the other from falling in."
Learn more at Google Books or Amazon's product page.
"When Ishi, 'the last wild Indian,' came out of hiding in August of 1911, he was quickly whisked away by train to San Francisco to meet Alfred Kroeber, one of the fathers of American anthropology. When Kroeber and Ishi came face to face, it was a momentous event, not only for each man, but for the cultures they represented. Each stood on the brink: one culture was in danger of losing something vital while the other was in danger of disappearing altogether.
Ishi was a survivor, and viewed the bright lights of the big city with a mixture of awe and bemusement. What surprised everyone is how handily he adapted himself to the modern city while maintaining his sense of self and his culture. He and his people had ingeniously used everything they could get their hands on from whites to survive in hiding, and now Ishi was doing the same in San Francisco. The wild man was in fact doubly civilized--he had his own culture, and he opened himself up to that of modern America.- Kroeber was professionally trained to document Ishi's culture, his civilization. What he didn't count on was how deeply working with the man would lead him to question his own profession and his civilization--how it would rekindle a wildness of his own.
Though Ishi's story has been told before in film and fiction, Wild Men is the first book to focus on the depth of Ishi and Kroeber's friendship and to explore what their intertwined stories tell us about Indian survival in modern America and about America's fascination with the wild even as it was becoming ever-more urban and modern. Wild Men is about two individuals and two worlds intimately brought together in ways that turned out to be at once inspiring and tragic. Each man stood looking at the other from the opposite edge of a chasm: they reached out in the hope of keeping the other from falling in."
Learn more at Google Books or Amazon's product page.
Monday, December 14, 2009
Book Collection Contest: Win Some Cash!
As finals week begins, I am sure everyone is beginning to think of how to occupy all of the free time in the upcoming break. If you have a couple of free hours, consider planning a submission for the library's Book Collection Contest. The payouts are substantial: first place receives a cool thousand dollars, and second place receives half that.
From the Collins Library website:
"The aim of this competition is to encourage undergraduate students at Puget Sound to read for enjoyment and to develop personal libraries throughout their lives, to appreciate the special qualities of printed or illustrated works, and to read, research and preserve the collected works for pleasure and scholarship. Collections can be on any subject and this contest is open to all full time undergraduates.
A collection consists of items that a student has come to own as a consequence of developing a particular interest, which may be academic or not. A collection may consist of all books or a combination of books and other formats. For example, a collection focusing on a dramatist might include a playbill or poster associated with a performance. A collection on birds might include illustrations or a collection representing geography may include maps. For this contest, a collection consists of no more than 30 items of which the majority should be books, but related materials such as photographs, illustrations, maps, ephemera, CDs, music scores, posters etc. can be included. Collections can be on any topics. Subjects can be contemporary or historical and may stress bibliographical features such as bindings, printing processes, type, editions, illustrations, etc. Comic books and graphic novels will be accepted. Collections of ephemera alone if of historical interest will be accepted. Current textbooks should not be part of a collection, but historical textbooks may be included."
With that said, it would be wonderful if a history-themed collection were to win one of these substantial prizes. For more information, check out the library's context page, located at http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/collins-memorial-library/book-collecting-contest/.
From the Collins Library website:
"The aim of this competition is to encourage undergraduate students at Puget Sound to read for enjoyment and to develop personal libraries throughout their lives, to appreciate the special qualities of printed or illustrated works, and to read, research and preserve the collected works for pleasure and scholarship. Collections can be on any subject and this contest is open to all full time undergraduates.
A collection consists of items that a student has come to own as a consequence of developing a particular interest, which may be academic or not. A collection may consist of all books or a combination of books and other formats. For example, a collection focusing on a dramatist might include a playbill or poster associated with a performance. A collection on birds might include illustrations or a collection representing geography may include maps. For this contest, a collection consists of no more than 30 items of which the majority should be books, but related materials such as photographs, illustrations, maps, ephemera, CDs, music scores, posters etc. can be included. Collections can be on any topics. Subjects can be contemporary or historical and may stress bibliographical features such as bindings, printing processes, type, editions, illustrations, etc. Comic books and graphic novels will be accepted. Collections of ephemera alone if of historical interest will be accepted. Current textbooks should not be part of a collection, but historical textbooks may be included."
With that said, it would be wonderful if a history-themed collection were to win one of these substantial prizes. For more information, check out the library's context page, located at http://www.pugetsound.edu/academics/academic-resources/collins-memorial-library/book-collecting-contest/.
Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Writing Excellence Awards
With the holidays soon approaching, money is on everybody's mind. Luckily, we've thought of a way to help history majors rake in the dough. The annual Writing Excellence Awards are under way, which could net you a cool $250 for submitting a well-written paper from the 2009 year. Past winning papers are available on the Puget Sound website under the Center for Writing, Learning and Teaching's page, if you are interested in seeing some of the elements for which judges are looking.
Rules for the Contest
Papers written as part of the requirement for courses taken at the University of Puget Sound during spring, summer, or fall of 2009 are eligible. Papers of any length may be submitted; short papers are as likely to win as long ones. A total of nine prizes ($250.00 each) will be awarded: two prizes in each category--Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences and Mathematics--and one prize each for Freshman Seminars, Connections, and Graduate Programs.
Students may submit no more than one paper in each category, and each paper must be accompanied by a description of the assignment and an entry form. (Entry forms are available in the Center for Writing, Learning, and Teaching, HO 105/109 and at www.ups.edu/writingexcellenceawards.xml.) Students should submit the original paper with the professor’s comments, or a photocopy of it, to the Center for Writing, Learning, and Teaching by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 28, 2010. We are unable to accept papers submitted after this deadline.Questions
If anyone has any questions about the process or the prizes, please call Julie Neff-Lippman at x2696 or e-mail neff@ups.edu.
Rules for the Contest
Papers written as part of the requirement for courses taken at the University of Puget Sound during spring, summer, or fall of 2009 are eligible. Papers of any length may be submitted; short papers are as likely to win as long ones. A total of nine prizes ($250.00 each) will be awarded: two prizes in each category--Humanities, Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences and Mathematics--and one prize each for Freshman Seminars, Connections, and Graduate Programs.
Students may submit no more than one paper in each category, and each paper must be accompanied by a description of the assignment and an entry form. (Entry forms are available in the Center for Writing, Learning, and Teaching, HO 105/109 and at www.ups.edu/writingexcellenceawards.xml.) Students should submit the original paper with the professor’s comments, or a photocopy of it, to the Center for Writing, Learning, and Teaching by 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, January 28, 2010. We are unable to accept papers submitted after this deadline.Questions
If anyone has any questions about the process or the prizes, please call Julie Neff-Lippman at x2696 or e-mail neff@ups.edu.
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Senior Thesis Presentations
As the end of the semester approaches, so do senior thesis presentations. There are quite a range of different types of theses this semester from the American-focused research seminar, all of which should be interesting. Anyone interested in hearing one or more of these presentations is more than welcome to attend. For majors who have yet to write their thesis, this should be an especially valuable opportunity to see classmates in action with their own research.All of the thesis presentations will be held at 11 AM in Wyatt 204.
Monday, November 30
Panel I: Wars Across American History: Remembering the Civil War and Recreating the Consumer in Wartimes
Jason Schumacher: Education and Historical Interpretation: American Viewpoints on Antebellum Slavery through Fifty Years of American History Textbooks, 1890-1940
Hannah Nicholes: Save Your Money to Save Your Country: A Look at the Consumer Cultures in the Revolutionary War and World War II
Wednesday, December 2
Panel II: Quarantine, Exile, and Race in Tacoma
Glynnis Kirchmeier: Authority, Race, and Outbreaks: A Case Study of Disease and Ethnicity in Tacoma, 1885-1918
Alex Leavitt: Prisoners at the Fair: The Effects of the Japanese-American Internment on the Tacoma Area
Friday, December 4
Panel III: Pursuing and Representing the "Other" across the Pacific Rim
Joan Ilacqua: Northwest Regionalism: Investigating Salmon and Sasquatch Symbolism
Brad Untereker: Japan Demonizes the West: Perceptions During the Nineteenth Century
Monday, December 7
Panel IV: Nature and Activism: Environmental Education and Food Politics
Kristin Steedman: A Walk in the Woods: A Study of Community Driven Environmental Education
Elizabeth Mintz: Narratives as a Method of Activism
Wednesday, December 9
Panel V: Turning Points in American Political Economy: Transportation and the New Deal
Matt Beman: The End of Railroad Predominance in the Early Twentieth Century
Daniel Burge: The Keynes Effect: The Roosevelt Administration and the New Deal
Monday, November 16, 2009
11/19 Talk: Barry Carr on Latin American Politics
Red, Pink or Tutti Frutti: Where is Latin America Heading Politically?
Reflections on the Shift to the Left by Barry Carr
Visiting professor of Latin American History at the University of
California, Berkeley, and emeritus professor of La Trobe University.
Author of Marxism and Communism in Twentieth-century Mexico.
Thursday, November 19 at 4:00 in Wyatt 101
Sponsored by Latin American Studies, History, and Politics and Government
Reflections on the Shift to the Left by Barry Carr
Visiting professor of Latin American History at the University of
California, Berkeley, and emeritus professor of La Trobe University.
Author of Marxism and Communism in Twentieth-century Mexico.
Thursday, November 19 at 4:00 in Wyatt 101
Sponsored by Latin American Studies, History, and Politics and Government
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