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News | News Archives News Archives Laurel Thatcher Ulrich Mud and Fire: Monday, November 9 In 1846, more than 14,000 Mormons (or Latter-day Saints) crossed from Nauvoo, Illinois to Council Bluffs, Iowa. They faced blizzards, thunderstorms, mud and snakes and the fear that the vigilantes who had driven them from Missouri ten years before would resume their attacks. But the greatest difficulties did not come from their enemies or from the elements, but from the demanding ideals of their faith. Their remarkably candid diaries provide unexpected insights into religious and political culture in nineteenth-century America. Professor Ulrich is probably best- known for her books Well-behaved Women Seldom Make History and A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard based on Her Diary, 1785-1812. [flyer in pdf]
In 1969 Professor Strickland was the first African-American to join the University's faculty. To celebrate his accomplishments, MU officials are naming and renovating the General Classroom Building (GCB) in his honor. The ceremony takes place Friday, October 19, at 10:00 a.m. Refreshments will be served at 9:00 a.m. in Brady Commons Mall prior to the event. Read Hall will be closed during this time so that Prof. Strickland’s colleagues and the department staff can attend this event in his honor. See Story >> Professor Strickland >>
The Board of Curators, at their meeting on October 5, 2007, named our colleague, Kerby Miller, Curators’ Professor of History. The appointment takes effect in January 2008. The Curators' Professorship is awarded to the UM system's most successful and prominent scholars, as identified by their departments and their peers in the field. These are prestigious positions, and only outstanding scholars with established reputations are considered for appointment.
The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded Professor Smith a 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship for his work on Alhacen on refraction. Guggenheim Fellowships are grants to selected individuals that help provide Fellows with blocks of time in which they can work with as much creative freedom as possible. Fellows are appointed on the basis of distinguished achievement in the past and exceptional promise for future accomplishment. What distinguishes the Guggenheim Fellowship program from all others is the wide range in interest, age, geography, and institution of those it selects as it considers applications in 78 different fields, from the natural sciences to the creative arts. Congratulations, Professor Smith!
On April 4, Chancellor Brady Deaton and Chairman Jim Schatz of Commerce Bank awarded one of the 2007 William T. Kemper Fellowships for Teaching Excellence to Lois Huneycutt, associate professor of History. Deaton, Schatz and a group of professors, administrators and staff paid a surprise visit to Huneycutt's classroom to honor her with the Fellowship, which includes a $10,000 award. Fellowships are awarded to five outstanding teachers at MU each year.
Professor Susan Flader has been selected as this year’s recipient of the University of Missouri Alumni Association’s Distinguished Faculty Award. This is the Association’s highest honor awarded to an MU faculty member. The award was established in 1960 and recognizes a faculty member whose sustained efforts in teaching, research and service have added to the excellence of the University. Book Prizes >>Grants >>Teaching Awards >> |
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The Atherton Lecture Committee, Department of History is pleased to present 
Professor Kerby Miller newest Curators’ Professor
Professor A. Mark Smith receives 2007 Guggenheim Fellowship 
