Geneseo Hosts 64th Annual New York State Association of European Historians Meeting

Geneseo hosted the New York State Association of European Historians' Annual Meeting for the first time since 1998 over the weekend of October 3-4.  Scholars from across the state and country participated in this academic conference, with several panels devoted to the hundredth anniversary of the outbreak of World War I.  Geneseo alumni Todd Goehle, Kristin Burger Cruz, and Rick Fogarty presented original research at the conference and Professor Helena Waddy gave the keynote address on "Romantic Royals:  The Anglo-German Connection from Britain's George IV to Bavaria's Ludwig II".

Geneseo Alumnus Alec Tare Wins Phi Alpha Theta National Award

May 2014 graduate Alec Tare was named recipient of Phi Alpha Theta's Lynn W. Turner Prize.  This is the highest national award granted by Phi Alpha Theta (the history national honor society) for a piece of undergraduate research.  Alec's paper was based on the senior thesis he wrote under the supervision of Professor Justin Behrend, entitled "Nobody Should Use Them Ill...Strike One and Strike All:  Patterns of Evolving Resistance among Slave Trade Sailors during the 18th Century".  Congratulations to Alec!

Geneseo Welcomes New Faculty Member Ryan Jones

The History Department is pleased to welcome Professor Ryan Jones as our newest tenure-track faculty member.  Ryan comes to us from Washington University in St. Louis where he spent a year as a visiting professor.  With a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Jones brings expertise in Latin American history, cultural history, and the history of gender and sexuality.  Ryan came to Geneseo as part of a cluster hire in Latin American Studies that included searches in the departments of History, Political Science and International Relations, Anthropology, and Languages and Literatures.  You can learn more about Ryan and the cluster hire here.

Geneseo Alumni Learning Trip to Ireland

History faculty member Joe Cope and Rob Doggett from the English Department escorted a group of Geneseo alumni on a ten day learning trip to Ireland in July and August.  The trip featured visits to a number of sites of historical and cultural interest, including historical walking tours on the Gaelic Revival and 1916 Rising in Dublin, a tour of Derry's 17th century city walls and sites associated with the Troubles, a free day in Sligo, and tours of the Connemara District.  In the summer of 2015, Tom Greenfield from the English Department will be organizing a similar trip, which will also allow alumni to interact with students in Ireland as part of a four week study abroad course run by Doggett and Cope.

Sherry Leung (class of 2014) Receives Prestigious COPLAC Award

For the second consecutive year, a Geneseo History major has won the Consortium of Public Liberal Arts Colleges' David J. Prior Award.  Sherry Leung joins last year's winner, Cory Young, in having been honored for her essay on civic engagement and liberal arts education.  Profiles of Sherry, Cory and other Prior Award winners can be found here.

The College has also put together a video featuring Sherry reading her essay:

Jordan Kleiman Wins SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching

We are pleased to announce that Associate Professor of History Jordan Kleiman was named as one of three Geneseo faculty to receive the SUNY Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching.  This brings a total of seven Chancellor's Awards for Excellence in Teaching to the History Department.  Congratulations!

The press release can be found here.

2014 Phi Alpha Theta Regional Conference at SUNY Buffalo State

Ten Geneseo History majors presented research at the annual Phi Alpha Theta West/Central Regional Conference held at SUNY Buffalo State on 5 April.  In attendance were Neal Hunter, Peter Olsen-Harbich, Clare Flynn, Alec Tare, Nikita Rumsey, Brittany Lauda, Todd Christensen, Liz Dierenfield, Liam Collins, and Cindy Trieu.  Four students received "honorable mention" prizes for their efforts.  Thanks to our students for another great showing at the Phi Alpha Theta conference!