History Professor Dan Herman's new book--Rim Country Exodus: A Story of Conquest, Renewal, and Race in the Making--has just come out from University of Arizona Press. It's an epic story of the exodus of Apache and Yavapai peoples. It's also about the very personal relations between soldiers, settlers, BIA agents, and Indians that changed the dynamics of race.
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News is about Julia James
They are: Graduate Student
Julia James will be attending Syracuse University's History program fall 2011 as a PhD student. The Maxwell School of Citizenship has offered Julia full Teaching Assistant funding in addition to their top fellowship, the Maxwell Fellowship. The fellowship will provide research funds for her first and fourth year with a combined two year total of $44,000. At Syracuse, Julia will continue her research of Early America focusing on religion and folk culture in colonial New England.
April 18, 2011
News is about William Holly
They are: Graduate Student
William "Billy" Holly has accepted an offer from Texas Tech University Department of History in Lubbock to join their PhD program beginning in Fall 2011. The offer from TTU included a teaching assistantship for the academic year, with an option for summer sessions. The TTU History Dept. also awarded Billy the Helen Jones Fellowship, worth $24,000. Billy will be defending his thesis on West Texas Folklore and the Development of Country Music in June.
April 5, 2011