University of West Georgia
Department of History
Faculty News
Fall 2009
Dr. Keith Bohannon will lead free guided walking tours of Little Kennesaw Mountain at 11a.m. and 2:45p.m. on Saturday, October 3. Each program will last approximately an hour and involve a moderately difficult hike from Big Kennesaw Mountain to the crest of Little Kennesaw. Anyone wanting to participate in the hike should meet at the Kennesaw Mountain Visitor Center Information Desk at 10:45 or 2:45. Participants will then board the park bus that will drop the group off at the trail head on the side of Big Kennesaw.
Dr. Bohannon will also be delivering a free lecture on the battle of Ringgold Gap, Georgia, the final engagement of the 1863 Chattanooga Campaign, at 7:00 p.m. on November 16 in the auditorium at the Kennesaw Mountain Battlefield Park Visitor Center.
Welcome New Faculty! This semester we welcome Assistant Professor Dr. Keith Hebert , who joins us from Auburn University. We also welcome Dr. Matthew Hild as a Visiting Assistant Professor.
Summer 2009
In July 2009, Dr. Jonathan Goldstein's article "Shaping Zionist Identity: The Jews of Manila as a Case Study" was published in Israel Affairs 15:3, pp 296-304.
Also in July 2009, Dr. Colleen A. Vasconcellos presented her paper, "The Careful Crafting of a New Era: The Christianization of Jamaican Slave Children," at the Society for the History of Childhood and Youth Biennial Conference at UC-Berkeley.
In June 2009, Dr. Michael de Nie delivered a paper entitled "'God Speed the Mahdi!' The Irish Press and the Sudan, 1883-85," at the annual meeting of the American Conference of Irish Studies (ACIS) in Galway, Ireland. Dr. de Nie has also joined the executive council of the ACIS as Secretary.
Spring 2009
In April 2009, Dr. Skip Clark was appointed Dean of the Graduate School, after previously serving as Interim Dean. Dr. Clark will continue to offer courses in the Department of History.
Fall 2008
On November 10, 2008, our Fall Colloquium featured Dr. Stephanie Wright's lecture “The Redemption of Carter G. Woodson’s ‘Mis-Educated Negroes.’”
On November 1, 2008, Dr. Michael deNie delivered a paper entitled "The Irish Press and Empire" at the inaugural meeting of the Newspapers and Periodicals History Forum Ireland at the National University of Ireland-Galway. On October 30, he gave an invited lecture on the Irish press, the Sudan, and radical Islam at Mary Immaculate College in Limerick, Ireland. Dr. deNie's article, “Ulster will Fight? The British Press and Ulster, 1885-1886,” appeared in the New Hibernia Review in September.
Dr. Daniel Williams spoke at the UWG Ingram Library on October 24, 2008 on the 2008 Presidential Election. His lecture entitled "The 2008 Presidential Election in Historical Context: To What Extent Will it Change American Politics?" was covered by the Times-Georgian. Read a PDF version of the article here.
In August, Dr. Colleen Vasconcellos was presented with the Excel Center's First Year Student Advocate of the Year Faculty Award at the General Faculty Meeting.
Welcome New Faculty! This semester we welcome Assistant Professor Dr. Charles Lipp, who joins us from George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.