The NEWSLETTERHistory Newsletter for Alumni and Friends, Department of History, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville Issue no. XXXIX, 2010-2011

gambling that offers a bracing contrast European and German history and, this The G-Man to the more ethereal pursuits of many of autumn, in collaboration with colleagues his colleagues (one of whom claimed to in Music and World Languages, will offer a be too busy diagramming sentences to course, “Lord of the Ring: Richard Wagner and the Copper join him on a roadtrip to Tunica). Rather and the World” A fat lady will sing, we are Visiting Old Main? You best mind than a life of sunning himself in front of assured, at the final examination. your manners. This is no place for Satriale’s, though, Gigantino hightailed wrong guys. Not with our newest faculty it south, earning his BA at the University members, it isn’t. of Richmond and his doctorate at the New Jersey’s most beloved troubadour University of Georgia. Recalling the old has celebrated his state as “a death trap, a adage that “You can take the boy out of suicide rap” and urged its native sons to “get New Jersey but. . . ,” Gigantino completed out while you’re young.” Jim Gigantino did a dissertation entitled “Freedom and just that. He arrived at the U of A barely Unfreedom in the ‘Garden of America’: out of diapers (though far less prone to Slavery and Abolition in New Jersey, temper tantrums, accidents, or adolescent 1770-1857.” It has been honored by the sullenness than some of his longer toothed New Jersey Historical Commission as the colleagues). He has been carrying a man- best doctoral dissertation on that state’s Dr. Hare sized load ever since, teaching courses history completed between 2008 and 2010. in colonial and Revolutionary America, It will doubtless be a book before long. Herr Hare is a family man. He and preparing a coffle of graduate students for Though somewhat past the age of consent, his wife, Christine, were wed in Las Vegas, their exams in “U.S. 1,” contributing to the Gigantino is, officially, still a bachelor. But but their marriage license seems not to booming African & African-American we understand he’s going steady. have been printed on the flash paper that Studies program, and even taking over a So far, Laurence Hare’s new colleagues is standard issue for legal documents in graduate seminar midstream for an absent have resisted the temptation to call him that city. After ten years, they have three colleague. Jim’s what they call a stand-up “Dan-o.” So far. But chances are if you were sons, pronounced “remarkably well- guy. either rescued or collared in Chattanooga, behaved” by Tricia Starks, an authority on Tennessee, in the recent past, Officer Hare the subject, having raised remarkably well- was in on the job. He paid his way through behaved sons of her own (though their the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga father requires the occasional time-out). working the graveyard shift as a police That search for a Middle East/ officer. In the course of a four-year career, Ottoman historian that began at the same he caught murderers and pythons and time as the ones that netted Gigantino pulled people out of downed airplanes— and Hare has finally come to a successful all of which was excellent preparation for conclusion with the hiring of Nikolay a faculty position at our student-centered Antov. A native of Bulgaria, Dr. Antov You of A. But Hare quit crime-fighting to earned his B.A. at the American University earn a doctorate in history at the University of Bulgaria, his M.A. at Bilkent in Turkey, Dr. Gigantino of North Carolina, his dissertation being and his doctorate (with distinction) at titled “Claiming Valhalla: Archaeology, the University of Chicago. How’s that for Gigantino was raised along the National Identity, and the German-Danish diversity? He speaks and conducts research Raritan Valley Line—close by the Borderland, 1830-1950.” He arrived in in nine languages and has probably had Cranford stop but nowhere near the Fayetteville last summer to establish occasion to use all nine of them in New Jersey shore. There he developed an the successor regime to Evan Bukey’s Orleans, where he has been teaching this abiding affection for shooting and thousand-year reich. He teaches modern past year.

Page 1 On April 29, 2010, at University American history: Airic Hughes; Phi Alpha P.A.T. Awards Ceremonies House, Tricia Starks superintended the Theta Undergraduate Paper Award: Mary 2010-2011 following undergraduate honors: Walter Henderson; George W. Ray Memorial Lee Brown Scholarship for outstanding Award for study of western civilization: As of late, the Department has been research in Arkansas or American history: Rachel Albinson, John Webb; Robert too poor to hold its traditional Phi Alpha Lacey Carnahan; David W. Edwards E. Reeser Classical Studies Award: Noel Theta awards banquets but too proud to Scholarship for outstanding undergraduate: Runyan; J. Margaret Roberts Endowed do nothing. Rather than spending money Elisha Hamlin, Erin Warden, Zachary Award for academic excellence: Daniel on champagne, dancing boys, and the Zajicek; J. William Fulbright Award for Rice, Brett Williams; Georgia V. G. attendant bail bonds, we preferred in senior with the highest GPA: Kaely Kantaris, Saunders Award for outstanding student 2010 and 2011 to hold sedate afternoon Ryan Rimel; Helen and Hugo Goecke and who is also a veteran or child of a veteran: ceremonies, devoted more exclusively to Adlyn & Harry Kennedy Memorial Travel William Fleming; Jesse Taylor, Jr. Endowed our most accomplished students rather Fund for research travel abroad: Mary Scholarship: Rachel Story. than behavior that landed professors in Henderson, Melissa Juneau, Noel Runyan; Kathryn Sloan oversaw graduate the tabloids the following day. A change in James J. Hudson Award for Military History: student awards: George Billingsley Award History Newsletter’s production schedule Nikola Vukanovic; Gordon McNeil Award for best paper on a Middle Eastern or allows us to report on two years’ worth of in European History: Melissa Juneau; Asian topic: Jared Phillips; Oscar Fendler talent. Sidney Moncrief Scholarship for African Award for best paper on Arkansas or Southern history: Ryan Poe; Fulbright College Dissertation Research Award: Yulia Anne Vizzier, 1922-2011 Uryadova; Willard B. Gatewood Graduate When alumni of a certain vintage reminisce about their time in the Fellowship for American history: Bianca Department, they often recall Anne Vizzier as a particularly inspiring teacher— Rowlett; Mary Hudgins Arkansas History and one never at a loss for words. It is with particular regret, then, that we note Research Scholarship: Louise Hancox; Professor emerita Vizzier’s death this past January in Farmington. Mary Hudgins Endowed Scholarship: Chris Anne Riley Vizzier was born on July 10, 1922 in Youngstown, Ohio but was W. Branam; James J. Hudson Doctoral raised in New Orleans. Always a pioneer, she served in the U.S. Marine Corps from Prize in the Humanities: Ahmet Akturk, 1943 to 1946. Her family had moved to Albuquerque and she earned her BA, MA, Jeremy Taylor; James J. Hudson Research and PhD at the University of New Mexico, defending a doctoral dissertation on Fellowship for military history: Jeremy the political theories of the Spanish-born sixteenth-century humanist Juan Luis Taylor; Matthew B. Kirkpatrick Prize for Vives in 1955. The following year, she came to the U of A to teach medieval and Excellence in History Graduate Teaching: Renaissance history. Vizzier holds the distinction of being the Department’s first Matthew Stith; Gordon McNeil Graduate female faculty member and, for several decades, its only one. Whether that made Paper Award: Kelly Jones; Jesse Taylor, Jr. for a situation more like Snow White or its screwball variant, Ball of Fire, we will Scholarship: Jared Phillips, Yulia Uryadova. leave for alums to say. The following undergraduates were Evan Bukey says of Vizzier, “Bubbly, charming, well-read, and very smart, she awarded Certificates of Academic was an exceptionally popular teacher, particularly among advanced undergraduates. Excellence in 2010 for GPAs higher It would not be too much of an exaggeration to say she was beloved by many than Austin, Texas, in the 1970s: Rachel students, one of whom, Ralph Turner, became one of America’s most prominent Albinson, Marissa Amerine, Meghan Medievalists.” Tom Kennedy concurs, recalling that “When I arrived at Arkansas Anderson, Ryan Baggett, Charles in 1967, Anne was probably the most popular teacher in the Department and one Bailey, Katherine Beck, Stephen Bentel, of the most popular on campus. The secrets to her success were the ability to tell Adam Bergan, Lacey Carnahan, Kelsey a great story and an exhibition of genuine interest in the lives and fortunes of her Castleberry, Joshua Casto, Kaylee Christie, students. I am sure that to this day there are former students who remember her as Casey Cowan, Kaleb Cox, Bryant Crooks, the best teacher they had at UA.” Rush Curtner, Alison Davis, Shelby Bukey recalls Anne Vizzier fondly as a colleague as well. “Along with Robert Davis, Cassie Dishman, Brittani Dockery, Reeser, Gordon McNeil, Tim Donovan, David Sloan, Steve Strausberg et al., she Jonathan Dupree, Emillie Ellison, Mallory was a voracious reader who loved to learn and discuss all aspects of history. The Eoff, Jacob Fancher, Kendra Frazier, Aaron last time I spent any time with Anne was at a Phi Alpha Theta banquet about six or Garrison, Shauna Gibbons, Alexandria seven years ago. I brought up the subject of Martin Luther and his wife, Katarina Gough, Meghan Halley, Kala Harriman, von Bora. She responded with a fascinating account of their lives together as if Kristin Heider, Mary Henderson, Donald she had personally known the couple. Anne was, in other words, one of those rare Holler, Scott Hyde, Michael Jenkins, James individuals who truly ‘brought history alive.’” Johnson, Tyler Johnson, Melissa Juneau, Vizzier’s teaching and mentorship won her multiple honors, including the Kaely Kantaris, Ashley Kimberling, Lauren Alumni Teaching Award and Outstanding Woman Faculty Member in Fulbright Lawson, Michael Lewis, Benjamin Lindsey, College. She retired at the end of the 1986-87 academic year. Timothy Martens, Kristofer Mastin, Carl Anne Riley Vizzier is survived by her husband, James Vizzier, and their Monson, Jeffery Montgomery, Matthew daughter, Carol. Montgomery, Isaac Morgan, Lindsay Newby, Matthew Owens, Alexander Pang,

Page 2 Katie Parrish, Cliff Parsons, Cooley Pasley, Prize for Excellence in History Graduate Sarah Peerson, Brent Perkins, Emily Poole, Teaching: Jeremy Taylor; Oscar Fendler Lisa Purkayastha, Heather Randall, Rachael Award for best paper on Arkansas or Book Us Reagan, Robert Rembert, Adam Reynolds, Southern history: Kelly Jones; Willard We are master teachers, members of the Daniel Rice, Thomas Richardson, Andrea B. Gatewood Graduate Fellowship for Teaching Academy, Nadine and Charles Riemenschneider, Ryan Rimel, Nathan American history: Aaron Moulton; Willard Baum Teaching Award winners, even, in Rizzo, Brittany Rodgers, Robby Rose, B. Gatewood History Graduate Fellowship: one case, a Cherry finalist. In the classroom, Forrest Roth, Noel Runyan, Wade Jeff Grooms. we are rock stars, hellfire preachers, suave Schilling, Lisa Schreurs, Caitlin Smith, These undergraduates won Certificates crooners, shape-note singers, pied pipers. Lindsey Smith, Carly Squyres, Rachel of Academic Excellence in 2011 for GPAs But the National Research Council also ranks Story, Michael Stovall, Nancy Taylor, north of Point Barrow: Rachel Albinson, us second among history departments in the Shaun Thomasson, Lydia Thompson, Ashley Applegate, Ryan Baggett, Charles SEC in terms of scholarly productivity—i.e., James Toomer, Megan Voss, Erin Warden, Bailey, Stuart Bailey, Katherine Beck, number of books and articles published per John Webb, Robert Webb, Michael Stephen Bentel, Lacey Carnahan, Kelsey faculty member. In this, we outrank even Wendel, Elizabeth White, Elizabeth Castleberry, Casey Cowan, Kaleb Cox, Rush many of our alma maters, whether Ohio Wieneke, Brett Wiley, Lauren Wilson, Aaron Curtner, Emillie Ellison, Kendra Frazier, State, the University of Texas, the University Wise, Amy Witherspoon, Charles Withnell, Shauna Gibbons, Timothy Goodhart, of Michigan, Emory, the University of Thomas Witty, Jared Woodmansee, Jarred Avalon Gurel, Mary Henderson, Scott North Carolina, or Columbia. And, as is Yopp, Zachary Zajicek. Hyde, Melissa Juneau, Crystal Kirk, Lauren evident from what follows, every one of The 2011 honorees were no pikers Lawson, Lindsay Newby, Cliff Parsons, those books will eventually be ballyhooed in either. On May 5 at the Janelle Y. Emily Poole, Robert Rembert, Daniel Rice, History Newsletter. Frankly, the editor wishes Hembree Alumni House, the professors Nathan Rizzo, Brittany Rodgers, Gregory there was more deadwood around here. who know them best honored these Rogers, Robby Rose, Forrest Roth, Wade undergraduates: David W. Edwards Schilling, Lisa Schreurs, Lindsey Smith, Scholarship for outstanding undergraduate: Rachel Story, Michael Stovall, Lydia Bukey Unstoppable Rachel Albinson, Daniel Ince, Zachary Thompson, Joshua Tillotson, Michael Professor emeritus Zajicek; George W. Ray Memorial Award Wendel, Elizabeth White, Brett Wiley, Evan Bukey does not for study of western civilization: Shauna Lauren Wilson, Aaron Wise. have an office to call Gibbons; Georgia V. G. Saunders Award Our awards ceremonies also serve his own anymore. for outstanding student who is also a to initiate the few and the proud into Phi He does not have veteran or child of a veteran: Taylor Alpha Theta, the national honors society a classroom in Head; Gordon McNeil Award in European in history. 2010 inductees included: which to do battle History: Elizabeth White; J. Margaret Rachel Albinson, Edward Andrus, Ashley with ignorance. But Roberts Endowed Award for academic Rae Applegate, Robert Bauer, Chris Evan Bukey does. excellence: Cassie Dishman; J. William Branam, Casey Cowan, Ashley Darling, He does plenty. Fulbright Award for senior with highest Jacob Doss, Kendra Frazier, Alexandria That flimsy pretense of retirement all but GPA: Daniel Rice; James J. Hudson Award Gough, Louise Hancox, Mary Henderson, collapsed this year with publication of for Military History: Michael Wendel; Rebecca Howard, Scott Hyde, Melissa Jews and Intermarriage in Nazi Austria by Jesse Taylor, Jr. Endowed Scholarship: Juneau, Karl Krotke, Benjamin Lagrone, Cambridge University Press. Mark Baker, Kaleb Cox, Brittani Dockery, Timothy Martens, Prince Nwachukwu, Based on extensive research in Charles Withnell; Mary Hudgins Endowed Jeffrey Peleaux, David Randall, Thomas Viennese archives, Jews and Intermarriage Scholarship for Arkansas history: Shauna Richardson, Brittany Rodgers, Wade in Nazi Austria chronicles the experience Gibbons; Phi Alpha Theta Undergraduate Schilling, Lisa Schreurs, Andrew Wallis, of Jewish-Gentile couples and their Paper Award: Ashley Applegate; Robert Erin Warden, John Webb, Elizabeth White, children after the Anschluss of 1938. E. Reeser Classical Studies Award: Tiffany Brett Williams. The 2011 class consisted of: Bukey describes the many ways these Montgomery; Sidney Moncrief Scholarship Michael R. Baker, Brittany Box, Mackenzie Viennese negotiated official anti-Semitism, for African American history: Raven M. Brisben, Kaylee R. Christie, Brittani S. economic ostracism, family divisions, Cook; Walter Lee Brown Scottish Rite of Dockery, Shauna M. Gibbons, Donald B. and popular harassment. He provides Freemasonry Scholarship for Arkansas or Holler, Aaron M. Kestner, Scott R. Lloyd, particularly scrupulous coverage of the American history: Shauna Gibbons. The Jonathan Marie, Matthew R. Owens, legal efforts of intermarried couples to same procedure was followed for graduate Amanda B. Phillips, Emily K. Rodriguez, challenge their racial status, safeguard students: George Billingsly Award for best Edmund Rogers, Jared S. Sherwood, their property, and protect their children, paper on a Middle Eastern or Asian topic: Jennifer L. Stevens, Kym L. Walls, Michael but also considers numerous cases in Ahmet Akturk; Gordon McNeil Graduate P. Wendel, Amy A. Witherspoon. Phi Alpha which such couples divorced. None of Paper Award: Becky Howard; James J. Theta’s Alpha chapter officers for 2011- this prevented several hundred Jewish Hudson Research Fellowship for military 2012 will be Alexandria Gough (president); partners from eventually being deported. history: Niels Eichhorn; Jesse Taylor, Jr. Aaron Moulton (vice president); Katie Bukey concludes that roughly 85 percent Endowed Scholarship: Edward Andrus, Henderson (secretary); and Jennifer of Vienna’s intermarried Jews survived the Niels Eichhorn; Matthew B. Kirkpatrick Stevens (treasurer). Holocaust, but that a majority of them,

Page 3 together with their children, “experienced that in Ohio there was considerably more Authoritarianism on both the left and some degree of social ostracism, interest in Populism among trade unions right was in the ascendant. But, as Sonn persecution, intense anxiety, and sorrow.” than scholars have generally recognized. writes, “anarchists responded to the crisis Bukey’s latest has been celebrated by Indeed, an Ohio Populist was elected afflicting their movement in innovative his peers. Ernst Hanisch of the University president of the American Federation of and even startling ways. They were not of Salzburg writes, “Evan Burr Bukey went Labor in 1894. If anything, Pierce shows, it content to accept their own irrelevance.” into Viennese archives, complied exact was the agrarian wing of the People’s Party With the prospects of insurrection having statistics, and wrote a precise study about that was the more tentative suitor. Third faded, an individualist strain of anarchism people who were forced to live in a state of party leaders like Tom Watson and James took center stage, oriented toward enormous stress. He has reconstructed the Weaver feared the radicalism of labor ethical concerns and personal liberation. fates of individuals and revealed thereby populists, including their calls for collective Anarchists reexamined gender relations, the whole gamut of human emotions: ownership of the means of production. and pursued sexual freedom, pacifism, greed for money and assets, cowardice and Pierce challenges other things you might vegetarianism, or back-to-nature lifestyles. betrayal, as well as loyalty to one’s spouse, have learned here in the Department. He Considerable emphasis was placed on bravery, and moral courage. The result is an demonstrates that the “Populist moment” control of one’s own body—whether outstanding book, touching and sad, about did not simply end with the collapse of the through contraception for women or men’s people in extreme situations.” Debórah People’s Party in 1896. Instead, the agenda resistance to military service. “Individualist Dwork of Clark University is similarly labor populists defined in the 1890s shaped anarchists,” Sonn says, “confronted the effusive. “Written with great sensitivity enduring reforms at the state and national abstractions of power with the immediate and passion, and grounded in impeccable level during the subsequent Progressive physical reality of autonomous bodies,” research, Jews and Intermarriage in Nazi Era (often seen as the work chiefly of the creating an understanding of liberation Austria is a superb new work.” middle classes). that clearly anticipated the radicalism of Don’t imagine for a moment, though, The significance of Pierce’s work the 1960s. that Evan Bukey’s research ambitions have has been affirmed by some of the most Perhaps Martin Jay of the University now been satisfied. consequential scholars in the fields of labor of California, Berkeley, has summarized and third-party history. Charles Postel of the book’s achievement best: “Drawing San Francisco State University—whose on a wealth of new sources and a lifetime Pierce is Read All Over own The Populist Vision (2007) won the immersion in the history of European Associate Professor Bancroft Prize—has praised Pierce’s solid anarchism, Richard Sonn has fashioned a Michael Pierce has work on “a perennial but still important, fresh and arresting account of the libertarian been giving us topic: who were the Populists?” The Journal and libertine left in France between the the lowdown on of American History has similarly identified wars. Unflinchingly acknowledging their industrial labor and Striking with the Ballot as “a significant more dubious passions, such as eugenics, Populism for some contribution to the historiography of both he nonetheless provides us a sympathetic time now. You just American Populism and the American portrait of men and women dreaming of had to give him labor movement.” a better world, free of economic injustice, a chance--run into state tyranny, and the repression of the him at a party, say, body. Rather than a period of decline for or walk down the hall. But now there are Sonn Rides Again anarchism, the interwar years in France, he 28 pages of footnotes in the tiniest font The Departmentdemonstrates, were an era of renewal based possible proving it’s all true—even that suspects that it has, on ethical principles and the repudiation of business about waging the class struggle by in Richard Sonn, the violence, whose echoes reverberated in the means of magic lantern shows. planet’s only bronco- 1960s and beyond.” Pierce’s Striking with the Ballot: Ohio busting scholar of Even after this, Sonn is not about Labor and the Populist Party appeared from French history and to ride off into the sunset. But as a way Northern Illinois University Press in spring international of saying “Thank you, masked man,” the 2010. Through comprehensive coverage anarchism. He has U of A has of late promoted him to full of places like Columbus, Cleveland, and ridden to the rescue professor. Cincinnati, and groups like the United yet again with Mine Workers, Pierce shows Populism publication of Sex, Violence, and the Avant- in Ohio to have been chiefly an urban Garde: Anarchism in Interwar France by Coon’s Readers movement. In doing so, Striking with the Pennsylvania State University Press. We are Ballot complicates our understanding of already casting the HBO spin-off. in the Dark (Age) the People’s Party more generally. The way Sonn shows the years between the Professor Lynda Coon ministers to the story has traditionally been told is that world wars to have been a fascinating her flock in many ways. These include the largely agrarian Populist movement of period in anarchism’s history. The heroic Dark Age Bodies: Gender and Monastic the 1890s failed in part because it could age of the propaganda of the deed and Practice in the Early Medieval West, a well- not secure the support it ardently sought then revolutionary syndicalism had dressed new volume from the University of among industrial workers. Pierce finds plainly ended for French anarchists. Pennsylvania Press.

Page 4 The book describes itself thusly: not all. Coon has released, in conjunction is the kitten’s pajamas. Julia Smith of the “In Dark Age Bodies, Lynda L. with the book, a series of exercise videos, University of Glasgow says: “Dark Age Coon reconstructs the gender ideology Toning the Dark Age Body. They can be Bodies stands the conventional view of of monastic masculinity through an downloaded at the History Department early medieval monasticism on its head. investigation of early medieval readings website or purchased on DVD at It displaces commonplaces that monks of the body. Focusing on the Carolingian Amazons.com. were desexualized, ascetic, and celibate era, Coon evaluates the ritual and liturgical Honestly, guys a lot smarter than the beings whose life, ideologies, and material performances of monastic bodies within newsletter editor think Dark Age Bodies surroundings were gender-free. Coon the imaginative landscapes of same-sex ascetic communities in northern Europe. She demonstrates how the priestly body We Got Tunes, Too plays a significant role in shaping major Bill Tucker plays the trombone. Lynda Coon probably chants in private aspects of Carolingian history, such as moments. Another one of us wrote a song that was performed twice by an Austin the revival of classicism, movements for punk band in its single appearance over thirty years ago. But rarely has the faculty’s clerical reform, and church-state relations. scholarship or sensibility been captured on disc. That is changing. In the political realm, Carolingian Autumn saw the release of the CD Immeasurable Light, the intriguing product churchmen consistently exploited of a twelve-year collaboration between History’s music man, Dr. Rembrandt monastic constructions of gender to assert Wolpert, and Wu Man, the internationally acclaimed pipa virtuoso. Thepipa is the power of the monastery. Stressing what a newsletter editor might describe as a “four-stringed lute sort of thing from the superior qualities of priestly virility, Asia that’s been around for a couple of thousand years.” Wolpert took Chinese and clerical elites forged a model of gender that Japanese musical manuscripts, dating from between sought to feminize lay male bodies through the 8th and 12th centuries and housed in Japanese a variety of textual, ritual, and spatial imperial archives, and “transnotated” them—that is, means. . . . Secular men, churchmen he translated and notated the manuscript material consistently underscore, are prisoners of using a computer program and musical grammatical bodily fluxes and consuming libidos; their system of his own devising. The original material, he bodies are like those of women in their writes in the liner notes, “is a tablature, a notation excessive lust and immoderate acts. which gives us not the pitches to be produced, but “The seven chapters of the book rather how to actually play the instrument: if we are organized around three recurring follow the tuning and fingering instructions we get subjects: body, building, and practice. the right notes. . . . In transnotating the original The three topics illustrate how monastic tablatures into a system combining Western pitch notation (based on pitches constructions of gender center on achieved from tunings specified in the manuscripts themselves) and a Western- continuities between classical and early style tablature specially adapted for the Tang pipa with its different fretting, medieval perceptions of the body, the we . . . relied solely on explicit rules laid down in the manuscripts themselves, in use of the body practical handbooks, and in theoretical treatises, as well as on notation-inherent in the celebration logic for a performer on this lute.” Wu Man built on this transnotated material to of the liturgy, and create performances all her own, “without,” Wolpert says, “distorting the intellectual the location of the integrity of the musical ‘original.’” “I am totally surprised by what Wu Man has come body in sacred up with!” he told the Epoch Times. “She really wants listeners to ‘discover’ the new pace. . . . The book in the old.” On some tracks, Wu Man plays solo, and on others she is joined by the draws from a famed Kronos Quartet (one of these latter tracks, “Namu Amida,” had its origins in variety of visual and the research of Wolpert’s better-half, Dr. Elizabeth Markham). Immeasurable Light’s textual materials, amazing work of reconstruction and reinvention will dazzle even those raised up in including poetry, a very different tradition—that of Webb Pierce, say, or Bix Beiderbecke. grammar manuals, rhetorical treatises, And this, it seems, is not the last of it. Wolpert, in collaboration with Elizabeth biblical exegesis, monastic regulations, Markham, is preparing Laurence E. R. Picken and the musical oeuvre of the twelfth- hagiographies, illuminated manuscripts, century Chinese poet and musician Jiang Kui, “a boxed CD-with-three-scholarly building plans, and cloister design. volumes in traditional ‘imperial’ Chinese format for the scholar and connoisseur.” Interdisciplinary in scope, Dark Age Bodies Wu Man plays on this one, too. brings together scholarship in architectural Furthermore, rumor has it that Rhino Records will soon issue a deluxe boxed history and cultural anthropology set of the complete recorded oeuvre of Elliott West’s 1960s rock-and-roll combo, the with recent works in religion, classics, Exotics. It will include a sixty-four-page book with achingly precise and absurdly and gender to present a significant extensive discographical information, together with an extended appreciation of reconsideration of Carolingian culture.” the band by the high-toned rock essayist Greil Marcus, who has written “On a Get it? Even if you don’t, the eight lonely night, the Exotics’ music can be as true and terrifying as ‘The Man That color plates and loads of other cool pictures Corrupted Hadleyburg.’ These teenaged Lears made a heath of a hundred different (e.g., “Monks’ privy, Plan of St. Gall”) will Texas jukejoints and acted out their prescient agony.” make for hours of pleasure. And that’s

Page 5 brilliantly deploys the rich array of recent Robinson’s other new book, Forsaking of racial violence as exemplified in five sophisticated studies of Roman sex and All Others: A True Story of Interracial Sex communities—Pierce City, Joplin, Monett, gender, especially masculinities, to argue and Revenge in the 1880s South (University and Springfield, Missouri, and Harrison, that western, specifically Benedictine, of Tennessee Press), examines the romance Arkansas. White Man’s Heaven fully meets monasticism was predicated on same-sex of an African-American woman, Missouri the Department’s high standards, having hierarchies.” Amen! Bradford, and a white man, Isaac Bankston. been praised by some of the top historians Bankston was the sheriff of the delta county in the field. Edward Ayers, author ofThe of Desha at a time when there were few Promise of the New Robinson more powerful officials in Arkansas than South: Life after local sheriffs. But the interracial relationship Reconstruction, in Black and White made the couple’s future dicey in Desha and says, “Kimberly Charles Robinson’s made them lawbreakers in Memphis, where Harper has written work is never they moved and married. Bankston beat a powerful, deeply done, it seems. He the miscegenation researched, and serves the U of A rap by persuading persuasive account as vice provost a court that he was, of the driving of for diversity; he in fact, not white but entire communities has overseen the Native American. of African Americans from their homes. African & African- Yet he died in a These stories of the Ozarks speak of a American Studies brawl in May 1884, larger tale of violence and subjugation we program; he teaches. after calling out his must understand if we are to understand But that’s not all. In the space of a few erstwhile prosecutor. the history of this country.” W. Fitzhugh months this past year, Professor Robinson Robinson sees larger Brundage, who himself has made signal has published two (TWO!) books exploring landscapes illuminated by the story of contributions to the study of racial the complexities of race at Arkansas (the these two individuals, writing, “Although violence, calls White Man’s Heaven “an university) and in Arkansas (the state). Missouri and Isaac’s story cannot represent uncommonly sophisticated piece of local Remembrances in Black, which the totality of the experiences of southern history that demonstrates why local/micro Robinson edited with Lonnie Williams interracial unions, it does illustrate the history is so valuable.” (formerly assistant vice chancellor for profound complexity of human beings who Brock Thompson initiated his study student affairs at the U of A and now attempted to manifest their individuality of gay life in Arkansas with a master’s associate vice chancellor for student affairs amid powerful social pressures driving thesis, “‘A Crime Unfit to be Named’: at Arkansas State), is an oral history of them towards conformity. The couple’s Arkansas and Sodomy,” completed in 2002 African Americans on campus from the narrative reminds us that throughout under the direction of Jeannie Whayne. desegregation of the School of Law in 1948 American history, common people He moved on to the University of London through the present day. Robinson and routinely summoned personal courage to for doctoral work with a noted historian, Williams interviewed dozens of people realize their aspirations against formidable John Howard. The end-product is The about their experiences as students, faculty, odds. In doing so, these everyday Americans Un-Natural State: Arkansas and the Queer or staff, and allow them to tell their stories exposed the flaws in the society of their own South, a handsome volume that came out in their own words. Included are several times.” last winter with the University of Arkansas of the earliest law students, pioneering Press. The book tells an extraordinarily black professors, some of the first varsity varied tale, touching on state sodomy athletes and black student leaders, as well Good Things Start Here laws, small-town drag shows, lesbian as descriptions of seminal events like the Some students find their footing separatism in the Ozarks, gay life in opening of residence halls to African as scholars early on. This past year has Eureka Springs, the uses of gay-baiting in Americans, protests against the playing seen publication of two books that had Arkansas politics, and many other topics. of “Dixie” at Razorback games, and the their origins as master’s theses here in the Historian Leila Rupp has written, “Brock establishment of the university’s first black Department of History. Thompson not only fraternity and sorority chapters. It’s no Kimberly Harper (MA 2007) began adds Arkansas to simple story, Robinson says. The U of A’s her work on racial violence and ethnic the list of places early desegregation might, ironically, have cleansing in the Ozarks in a research with a fascinating slowed its true integration. Escaping the seminar in spring 2006. Her paper queer history but scrutiny fixed upon schools that fiercely blossomed into a master’s thesis, which, also contributes to resisted even token desegregation, like the in turn, provided the core of White Man’s our understanding University of Alabama and Ole Miss, the Heaven: The Lynching and Expulsion of of gay and lesbian U of A could move very slowly indeed in Blacks in the Southern Ozarks, 1894-1909, history in the opening up every dimension of university released last fall by the University of Arkansas South and in rural life to its African-American students. Press. It mines local newspapers, court and communities more generally.” The Un- Remembrances in Black is published by the penitentiary records, and contemporary Natural State can be picked up at better University of Arkansas Press. correspondence to reveal a regional pattern bookstores.

Page 6 Other alums of our graduate give it a break, to develop an unhealthy is (or isn’t) Saving Lives in Africa” program seem to be establishing an preoccupation with Nyquil® or game (director: Andrea Arrington); Erin Arkansas beachhead on the shores of shows for maybe a year or two. No dice. Ridgway, “Modeling the Dependency Louisiana history. Kyle Day (MA 1999), He just keeps doing great stuff. Theory: French Colonialism and Its Susan Dollar (PhD 2004), and Thomas 2010 was the year West raked in all Legacy in West Africa” (director: Aiello (PhD 2007) have all contributed he deserved for 2009’s magisterial The Andrea Arrington); Noel Runyan, essays to Louisiana Beyond Black & Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story. “Irish Monastic Pilgrimage and White: New Interpretations of Twentieth- The Western History Association, which Early Medieval Perceptions of Islam: Century Race and Race Relations, a new definitely knows what it’s talking about, Analyzing Adomnan’s ‘De Locis volume from the University of Louisiana honored West with the coveted Caughey Sanctis’” (director: Lynda Coon); Andy at Lafayette Press that is edited by Prize for best book in western history. Stroman, “The Fall of Liberalism and Michael Martin (PhD 2003). Westerners International similarly dubbed the Rise of Neoconservatism in Foreign The Last Indian War the “best non-fiction Policy” (director: Alessandro Brogi); book by a Westerner concerning some and John Webb, “Fighting the Enemies Gone to Ghana aspect of the American West” (Elliott is of Christ: Images of Holy War in the Assistant Professors Calvin White from west of Mesquite). Bayeux Tapestry” (director: Lynda and Andrea Arrington led a pioneering Coon). Three History majors—Kaely study-abroad trip to Ghana last summer Kantaris, Noel Runyan, and LeAnn on behalf of the U of A’s African & African Suggs--were initiated into Phi Beta American Studies program. The students Kappa, Alpha of Arkansas, at esoteric who went along spoke enthusiastically rites conducted on May 7, 2010. of their experience, but clearly this was And these are 2011’s finest: Lacey no lark. Students were prepped with two Carnahan, “The Effect of the Lost weeks’ worth of lectures by White and Cause on Memory and Interpretation Arrington. Among their West African of the Siege of Vicksburg” (director: destinations were sites associated with Daniel Sutherland); Ashley the brutal international slave trade. “We Kimberling, “Breaking Ties: The Civil challenged students to step outside of Dr. West War in Howell and Oregon Counties” their comfort zone,” White says. “We had (director: Jeannie Whayne); Robert several 10-hour days on a bus with no air 2010 saw West again celebrated Rembert, “Mission in Print: Publishing conditioning in nearly 100 degree heat. for his teaching, too. The website and the Promotion of 19th-Century The students were also introduced to the CollegeStats.org included him on its list, American Foreign Missions” (director: local dishes, which were composed of fish, “The 25 Most Famous College Professors Beth Schweiger); Brittany Rodgers, chicken, and rice. Needless to say, at the Teaching Today”—alongside such Fox “The African Immigrant Experience end of the trip no one wanted any more for News favorites as Madeleine Albright, in Italy” (director: Andrea Arrington); quite a while after eating the combination Maya Angelou, Jimmy Carter, Noam Elizabeth White, “A Negative Peace: three times a day.” The students visited Chomsky, Henry Louis Gates, Al Gore, Arkansas School Desegregation and several national parks, including Ghana’s Spike Lee, Salman Rushdie, and the the Fort Smith Model” (director: largest game preserve, but White says that Weather Underground’s Bill Ayers—none Michael Pierce); and Lauren Wilson, he and Dr. Arrington wanted especially of whom, we’d wager, can actually hold a “The Anglo-American Relationship: A “to immerse the students in the culture, candle to El-yut in the classroom. West has Relationship of the People” (director: so they were allowed to walk in local thus far escaped fatwas and beer summits, Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon). Rodgers markets, receive haircuts, and talk to locals but Sarah Palin has taken to denouncing won a very competitive SILO/SURF one-on-one. We stayed close to 16 days him for “pallin’ around with terrorists.” grant to support her thesis research, in the country, and many of the students while the U.S. State Department has expressed a desire to stay longer. They all awarded Elizabeth White a prestigious adjusted well and truly had the time of Honors Pile Up Fulbright Teaching Assistantship their lives.” And, Dr. White points out, not Nobody needs reminding that for 2011-2012. She will be teaching a single student was misplaced in transit. History’s honors graduates are the English and American Studies in There will be another Ghana study-abroad best in the business. The change in the Germany. program in summer 2012. newsletter’s publication schedule allows On May 13, 2011, the following us to brag on two years’ worth of them. History seniors were initiated into the The following dazzlers completed mysteries of Phi Beta Kappa: Lacey King of the Wild Frontier honors theses and graduated in Carnahan, Robert Rembert, Daniel Longtime readers of History 2010: Alexandria Gough, “Off the Rice, Wade Schilling, and Carly Newsletter know that not a year passes Reservation: The History of the Squyres. Alpha of Arkansas couldn’t without another Elliott-West-pelted-with- Haskell Institute’s Outing Program” wait another year to induct Kaleb Cox honors article. So, in order to introduce (director: Elliott West); Kaely Kantaris, and Rush Curtner, both of whom were a little variety, we tried to get West to “The Rockstar Cause: How Music elected to Phi Beta Kappa as juniors.

Page 7 noisy as many of us, Stith became a highly Prison and Sandusky, Ohio, 1861-1865” PhDs That regarded instructor, winning the Matthew in March 2011. Daniel Sutherland was his Mean Something B. Kirkpatrick Prize for Excellence in warden. Dr. Taylor seems likely to teach History Graduate Teaching. He also did for us next year, which is fortunate since History produces more doctorates a stint as assistant editor of the Arkansas he’s one of the only people around here than many departments at the U of A. Historical Quarterly—and lived to tell anymore who knows how to dress proper. And our PhDs, contrary to popular the tale. After serving a year as a visiting Gene Vinzant was born in Brazil, impression, are not tickets to nowhere. assistant professor at the University of but you wouldn’t know it by looking at The National Research Council recently Arkansas at Fort Smith, Dr. Stith has been him. He completed his BA at Oklahoma ranked the Department third among 138 appointed to a tenure-track position at Christian University and earned a Master history doctoral-granting universities in the University of Texas at Tyler, where of Divinity and Doctor of Ministry at graduate student placement in academic he will teach classes in the Civil War, Abilene Christian University. Vinzant jobs--and NUMBER ONE IN THE SEC environmental history, the Old South, and served as a minister in Garland, Texas, for (since Bobby Petrino hasn’t managed a antebellum America. That’s close enough a number of years, and then as assistant parallel feat, he has agreed to trade salaries to being a Longhorn that we’re not certain professor of Bible at Harding University with Lynda Coon). Our 2010-2011 PhDs they will ever let him back into Oklahoma, from 1997 to 2000. But something promise to keep us at the top of the pack. even on holidays. happened on the road to Damascus, and Matthew Stith is from Oklahoma Jeremy Taylor possesses a he enrolled in our graduate program. and proud of it. But he felt compelled background with certain dubious aspects— Vinzant quickly warmed to Arkansas, civil to leave the state to get an education, specifically his time as a Texas Aggie. But rights, and African-American history. A earning his BA at Missouri Southern Taylor found a clever way to extricate seminar paper he wrote won the Arkansas before pursuing graduate study at the U himself from College Station and ended up Historical Association’s Lucille Westbrook of A. He came here intending to study the earning his BA and MA at the University of Award and was published in the Arkansas intersections of military, environmental, Texas-Pan American, where he also taught Historical Quarterly in 2004 under the and social history in 19th-century America surveys. During his time in the Department title “Mirage and Reality: Economic and quickly published scholarly articles he has held a Doctoral Academy Conditions in Black Little Rock in the on bear hunting in the Arkansas Historical Fellowship and the James J. Hudson 1920s.” Like Taylor, he held the James Quarterly and on guerrilla warfare Doctoral Fellowship in the Humanities J. Hudson Doctoral Fellowship in the in southwestern Missouri in Military and won the Hudson Dissertation Prize Humanities. Vinzant was one of the means History of the West. Stith marched in the and the Matthew B. Kirkpatrick Prize for by which David Chappell has maintained Sutherland ranks, the Laureate having Excellence in History Graduate Teaching. a spectral presence in our Department, superintended his master’s thesis, “At the Life here apparently persuaded Taylor that the departed DC having overseen his Heart of Total War: Guerrillas, Civilians, Civil War prisons would be a congenial doctoral dissertation, “Little Rock’s Long and the Union Response in Jasper County, research topic—but only if a quick escape Crisis: Schools and Race in Little Rock, Missouri, 1861-1865” (2004), and his could be managed. His committee fairly 1863-2009,” defended in January 2010. Dr. doctoral dissertation, “Social War: People, hooted at his stated intention to finish Vinzant is assistant professor of history and Nature, and Irregular Warfare on the his dissertation in a year. But, by golly, he faculty coordinator for the social sciences Trans-Mississippi Frontier,” which he did it, defending “City of Captivity: The at Northwest Arkansas Community defended in April 2010. Though not as Tangled Communities of Johnson’s Island College.

A Savage Conflict Won

Lately, when concerned parents ask us what their daughters or sons can do with a degree in history, we’ve answered, “Win $50,000...stuff like that.” Dan Sutherland, for one, is flush with fifty grand, having won the Society of Civil War Historians’ Tom Watson Brown Award for 2009’s A Savage Conflict: The Decisive Role of Guerrillas in the American Civil War. Sutherland accepted the award and a very large check last November during a soirée at the annual meeting of the Southern Historical Association in Charlotte. Wine flowed freely, but Sutherland managed nevertheless to deliver a thoughtful and well-received talk about historians and the commemoration of the Civil War’s sesquicentennial. Exactly a month later, Sutherland was inducted into the U of A’s Teaching Academy—evidence for any that might yet require it that scholarship does not come at the expense of students. With A Savage Conflict also winning top awards from the Museum of the Confederacy and the Society of Military Historians, colleagues have taken to calling Sutherland “the Laureate.” He insists, however, that his wreaths tickle his ears too much to wear in the classroom or around the office. Sutherland is more comfortable with his new title Dr. Sutherland of distinguished professor.

Page 8 Epistle of the Abbess 2011 Report of the Vice Abbess 2010-11 Inquisitio: During the Lenten term, the scholars of Fulbright hosted Inquisitors from foreign lands, Dominicans in the guise of ADHE1 evaluators, who came to Fayetteville The vice abbess expresses great relief to test the wonderworking abilities of the historians and to thwart the powers of the Evil that the Inquisitors visiting from far off One. These Inquisitors offered much spiritual advice—and admonition—to the monks lands found no heretics or unrepentant of History. But their ultimate mission was to convince the Curia2, that is, the upper- apostates in our midst. Oh glory that administration of the University of Arkansas, that there is much to celebrate in the they made no demands for an auto da fe Humanities in general, but in History especially. of the abbesses two in front of Fulbright Miracula: The Inquisitors compiled a list of the miracles of the Fulbright flock and fountain! No conical hats, no Cathar clarified for theCuria the salvific scholarship of History: crosses of yellow, no stripping to the waist to be paraded on a donkey---the For twenty-four faculty members to have published eleven monographs Inquisition turned to Celebration of over the past three years is a remarkable achievement. It becomes even History’s accomplishments. As Abbess more impressive when one adds to that fifty refereed articles and book lauds the monks of History, Vice Abbess chapters; two musical CDs with scholarly commentary; and several major praises the pious novitiate. research grants…. The graduate program received national recognition in 2010-11. According Not content to celebrate only the accomplishments of the senior-ranked monks, the to an extensive survey conducted by the Inquisitors also marveled at the triumphs of the juniors, whose devotion to the calling National Research Council, the history of History took them last year far away from Arkansas and into revolutionary Egypt, the program of the University of Arkansas borderlands of Iraq, and the long 6 a.m. queue in front of the Moscow State Archives. The ranked third among 138 history doctoral- Inquisitors marveled at the indefatigable zeal of History’s doctoral students across the granting universities in the nation in board: graduate student placement in academic jobs, and first among its SEC peers. Several students have competed successfully for major national research Likewise the Council found that doctoral fellowships—an accomplishment that would make even the highest- students completed their degrees faster ranked departments proud…. Ph.D. graduates also show remarkable than their counterparts at all but two SEC success in obtaining college and university teaching positions…despite the schools. The results are indeed impressive very tight job market.3 and a resounding testament to the strength of our graduate program. Admonitio: Before they left, the Inquisitors warned theCuria of the obstacles facing These accolades were borne out by the historians of Fulbright and their votaries. Chief among these is the demon funding: several accomplishments of this past academic year. Two doctoral students For less than the cost of setting up a single beginning assistant professor will have the PhD degree conferred this in the experimental sciences, the University could go a long way towards summer: Jeremy B. Taylor and Michael launching its Department of History into the upper rankings. Riley. Four master’s students graduated in December or May: Edward Andrus, who History remains the jewel in the Humanities crown. She is “exceedingly beautiful will begin doctoral studies here in fall and adorned with wonderful variety (Psalms 44.15); but to Satan and his angels, she 2011; Chris W. Branam, who resumed his became awe-inspiring like an army in battle array (Song of Songs 6.10).”4 With the report career as a journalist with the Arkansas of the Inquisition in hand, History is ready to form a battle-line (acies)5 and to frustrate Democrat-Gazette; Andrew Curtis, who the Enemy, whose traps and pitfalls frequently knock monks off their path to the stars ad( begins law studies at the U of A in the fall; astra). and Mary Margaret Hui, who will begin Gratia: The leadership of History would like to give its humble and heartfelt thanks the Doctorate in Education program, also to the custodians of the Old Main 416 cloister, Melinda Adams, Brenda Foster, and at the U of A. Three MA students will finish Jeanne Short, whose calm guidance and free psychiatric care have steered the department their degrees this summer: Adam Carson, through Lent and beyond. a doctoral student beginning in the fall; Chengcheng Shang, who moved to Beijing Votary of Lady Poverty, Lynda Coon and took a job with Chinese television; and Sax Wyeth, who will pursue the doctoral degree at Arkansas. Five doctoral 1 ADHE = Arkansas Department of Higher Education. students passed the new comprehensive 2 Curia Romana = papal court. exam system and advanced to candidacy: 3 For more information on the triumphs of History graduate students, see Vice Abbess Sloan’s report. Christopher M. Branam, Kelly Jones, 4 Francis of Assissi, The Tree of Life, 10.39. Bianca Rowlett, Niels Eichhorn, and Ron 5 Rule of Saint Benedict, 1.5. Gordon.

Page 9 Several graduate students published Exchange board to support archival work Conference participation and paper their work this past academic year. Ahmet in Russia and Uzbekistan. Ahmet Akturk presentations by graduate students were Akturk’s “Arabs in Kemalist Historiography” and Jeremy Taylor received the Graduate no less impressive in 2010. Ahmet Akturk was published in Middle Eastern Studies in School’s prestigious Hudson Dissertation presented “‘Good but Ignorant’: Kurdish September 2010. Jared Phillips wrote three Prize in 2010. Sonia Toudji landed the Self-View under French Mandatory Rule” entries for the forthcoming encyclopedia Fulbright College Dissertation Award for at the MESA meeting in San Diego in Native Peoples of the World (M. E. Sharpe summer 2011. Bianca Rowlett garnered the November. Kevin Jones presented four Publishers). The Ozark Historical Review Willard B. Gatewood Fellowship for 2010- papers in 2010 including “Pessimism or features Scott Lloyd’s essay “The Buddhist 11. The next academic year’s recipients are Optimism: Science in Renan and Gobineau’s recluse in late Heian (794-1185) and Aaron Moulton and Jeff Grooms. Niels Intellectual Responses to 1848” at the 38th Kamakura (1135-1333) periods.” Eichhorn landed two awards: the James J. Annual Western Society for French History Graduate students also won Hudson Research Fellowship and the Jesse in Lafayette, Louisiana. Aaron Moulton recognition for their research and/ Taylor, Jr. Endowed Scholarship. Edward presented a paper at AACHT based on his or teaching. Matt Parnell won a year- Andrus was also awarded the Taylor award. research in Special Collections entitled “An long Fulbright research fellowship to Three students received departmental American, a Southerner, an Arkansan, and further his investigation of youth political best paper awards: Ahmet Akturk, Becky Reconstruction.” Drawing off his research activism in Cairo. Yulia Uryadova won a Howard, and Kelly Jones. Jeremy Taylor on nomadic peoples, Jared Phillips traveled Fulbright Dissertation award, a Title VIII won the Matthew B. Kirkpatrick Prize to two conferences in fall 2010. He presented fellowship from the American Councils for Excellence in Graduate Teaching. “Looking for Stability: Holistic Policy for International Education, and an IARO Students should remember to apply Analysis in Light of Rapid Development Grant from the International Research and for awards every year by March 1. among Kham Tibetan Herding Groups” at the Himalayan Policy Research Conference at the University of Wisconsin. Jeremy Can You Help? Taylor attended the Great Lakes History Conference in Grand Rapids and presented As our Abbess Coon makes clear in her epistle, college, university, or state “Featherbed Battalions and Bombproof funding of our Department is hardly commensurate with our award-winning Brigades: Perceptions of Non-Combat record in teaching, research, and service. Our alumni and friends, knowing us Soldiers at Johnson’s Island Prison during better, have been much more generous. But we continue to need your support the Civil War.” A handful of students to maintain our tradition of excellence. Your unrestricted gift ( University of presented at the Mid-America History Arkansas Foundation-History Department, account 2780) will allow the conference hosted by UALR. Adam Department the greatest flexibility in allocating money where need is greatest, Carson delivered a paper entitled “One whether to support teaching, public programs, graduate assistantships, or student Speech Does Not Make a Career: Black and faculty research, or to recognize and aid outstanding students. Of course, we Republicans during Reconstruction.” would be most grateful, too, for larger gifts to endow scholarships, fellowships, Recent MA graduate Mary Margaret Hui chairs, and lectureships. attended the 12th Annual Conference in There are a number of other funds that may be of particular interest to our African American History at the University alumni: 1) The David W. Edwards Scholarship Fund, 2) The Timothy Donovan of Memphis and read her essay “The Lectureship, 3) The James J. Hudson Graduate Fellowship, 4) The Robert E. ‘Dyer’ Struggle for Federal Anti-Lynching Reeser Award, 5) The Willard B. Gatewood Graduate Fellowship, 6) The Walter Legislation: the NAACP’s Campaign for L. Brown Scholarship in Arkansas History, 7) The George V. Ray Memorial the Dyer Bill.” The annual Ashcraft Lecture Award, 8) The Gordon McNeil Scholarship Fund, 9) The Ralph V. Turner Series at the Missionary Baptist Seminary Fund, 10) The J. Margaret Roberts Endowed Award Fund, 11) The Oscar in Little Rock extended a guest lectureship Fendler Award Fund, 12) The George Billingsley Award Fund, 13) The Jesse to Michael McCoy in 2010. His lecture Taylor Jr. Scholarship Fund, 14) The Stokely-McAdoo Family International was titled: “The RomanUnivira : Paul’s Study Scholarship, 15) The Walter L. Brown Endowment in History model of behavior for bishops, deacons, The Mary Hudgins Award funds research and internships for students and widows in 1 Timothy.” Blaine Walker working in Arkansas history. and Jeff Grooms offered up their research at Gifts to the Department should be sent to: Dr. Lynda Coon, Chair, History the British Scholar’s Conference in Austin, Department, Old Main 416, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 72701, with Texas. Walker presented “Cochranes in checks made out to: University of Arkansas Foundation History Department, Context: A Case Study of Scotland and account 2780. the British Empire” and Grooms delivered Gifts to the Gatewood Fellowship may be sent to: 325 Administration a paper entitled “A New Europe without Building, U of A, Fayetteville 72701, while checks to the James J. Hudson Great Britain? German Unification and Fellowship should be forwarded to: Dean of the Graduate School, 119 Ozark the British Onlooker, 1871-1875.” Kelly Hall, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville 72701. Gifts to theWalter L. Brown Jones presented papers at three conferences Endowment should be directed to the Fulbright College Development Office, 525 in 2010, including “Slave Rape Cases in Old Main, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR 72701. Antebellum Arkansas” at the Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society Regional

Page 10 Meeting at Ouachita Baptist University. responds as follows: “I love teaching, but the And, yes, Mr. and Mrs. North America, Recent MA graduate and incoming sabbatical of spring 2010 was much needed. Professor Brogi still dances the tango. doctoral student, Edward Andrus traveled Most of those six months were dedicated to Robert Brubaker, visiting assistant to Texas to present a paper based on my original passion: U.S-Italian relations. professor, has been teaching world his thesis research: “The Dual Nature My new book project, on U.S. and Italy in civilization and South Asian history. of Nature: Positive and Negative Slave the modern era, is an interpretive history Before moving here, he was unaware that Perceptions of the Environment” at the of a subject that surprisingly still has had the Ozarks had its own monsoon season. Texas A&M Graduate History Conference. no treatment in the English language. I am This past spring wised him up and good. This spring, Natalie Hall presented at eagerly awaiting a semester in Rome next Evan B. Bukey, professor emeritus, the International Medieval Congress, as year to start research in Italian archives, evidently doesn’t have time in his phony did Mitchell Smith at the Ohio History which are Byzantine. The University of retirement to do more than tersely list Graduate Student Conference, Justin Gage North Carolina Press is printing countless the following accomplishments: “1) at the Duke University History Graduate (not really) copies of my ‘two books for the Served as a reader for Yale and University Student Conference, and Becky Howard price of one,’ the 500+ page tome on the of Pennsylvania Presses; 2) Moderated at the annual conference of the Arkansas U.S. and Communism in Western Europe, a session, ‘The Dynamics of Slave Historical Association and the regional Confronting America: The Cold War Labor under National Socialism,’ at the Phi Alpha Theta meeting. Louise Hancox between the United States and Communists Eleventh Biennial Lessons and Legacies participated in the 2010 Summer Seminar in France and Italy. The book features Conference on the Holocaust in Boca at the Center for Historic American Visual Andy Warhol’s piece Hammer and Sickle Raton (November 2010); 3) Cruised Culture at the American Antiquarian on its cover… for obvious reasons, as well the Baltic Sea; 4) Published a review of Society in Worcester, MA. This list of as for reasons less obvious to those who do Brigitte Hamann, Hitlers Edeljude: Das conference participation may not be not reach p. 350 or so. Three essays in book Leben des Armenarztes Eduard Bloch exhaustive. Students, be sure and turn in collections have also appeared under my in Contemporary Austrian Studies; 5) your graduate progress reports each year. name in 2010. Consistent with my dual Published Jews and Intermarriage in Nazi In sum, 2010-11 has been another status, one is in an Italian collection, the Austria (Cambridge University Press) [see banner year for the graduate program. Our other two in American publications. One related story]; 6) Changed wearing apparel students impress me daily with their level deals with a completely new subject for me: from Brooks Brothers to Sam’s Club.” of professionalism, engagement with the the Western reactions to the Prague Spring This last still leaves him better dressed profession, and their excellent teaching. of 1968. An article on the famed ambassador than many in the faculty, who look to be Clare Boothe Luce (Rome, 1953-56)—a wearing apparel from the Boys and Girls Kathryn A. Sloan mixture of diplomatic, cultural, and gender Club. history (branching out here)—will come Liang Cai, assistant professor, has out this spring with the British journal been retooling the Chinese/East Asian Cold War History, thus completing my goal history curriculum, adding two new of publishing in the triad of prime journals courses, “Classical Thought in East The Talk in my area. As a ‘thank you’ note, I have Asia” and “Fountainhead of Chinese committed to write far too many book Civilizations: From Antiquity to Qin- of the Gown reviews for all three of those journals – Han Empires.” She published “‘Who but none for our distinguished Arkansas Said, ‘Confucius Composed Chunqiu’?: Andrea Arrington, assistant professor, Historical Quarterly. [Editor’s note: In The Genealogy of the ‘Chunqiu’ Canon ushered the Department’s newest member, actual fact, Professor Brogi has committed in the pre-Han and Han Periods” in the Charlotte Jean, into the world in March. Not to writing a book review for the AHQ. He journal Frontiers of History in China, and being apprised of the current state of things, just hasn’t done so.] I participated in three has an article, “Excavating the Genealogy Charlotte was evidently eager to arrive. conferences in 2010, one of which was of Classical Studies in the Western Han Mother, daughter, and father Tom Sirois at my alma mater in Florence. It was the Dynasty (206 BCE-8 CE),” forthcoming are all doing fine. Arrington hasn’t allowed first time I returned, by invitation, to my in the prestigious Journal of the American motherhood or impending motherhood to doctoral dissertation audience, as well as to Oriental Society. Liang continues to slow her down much. Together with Calvin present to a small group of young grad fans coordinate the Asian Studies Speakers White, she led African & African American of my early work. I soon discovered that Series, which presented seven lectures in Studies’ first study-abroad program to those ‘fans’ had ulterior motives, asking 2010-2011. But, somehow, she and her Ghana last summer. This spring, she me in unison, ‘How can I successfully join husband, Qiang Zhang, found time to won a prestigious National Endowment a U.S. PhD program?’ Since people here have a baby girl, Julie Yueqi Zhang, this for the Humanities Summer Stipend, have been asking me if I am more of an past December 28th. which will allow her to complete work on Americanist or a Europeanist, I decided to Lynda Coon, professor and chair, her book, Turning Water into Gold: The split the difference, and introduced a new says that she has survived another year of Commercialization of Victoria Falls, 1880- course titled ‘Transatlantic Relations, 1919 Chair Camp. Campers were seen abroad at 2008. to the Present.’ Despite the lure of Middle night short-sheeting assistant professors Alessandro Brogi, associate professor, East studies, ‘old’ Europe is still drawing and telling them scary stories. As reported when asked “What’s it all about, Brogi?” a decent crowd of enthusiastic students.” elsewhere, the University of Pennsylvania

Page 11 Press has lately published Coon’s Dark Age Jersey Forum at Monmouth University in history [see related story]. Before then, he Bodies: Gender and Monastic Practice in Long Branch (the playground of bearded was visiting assistant professor of history the Early Medieval West, which has been presidents). He has been walloped by at Emory & Henry College in Virginia, nominated for the Jacques Barzun Prize honors this past year, too. He won the where he served as director of the first- in Cultural History as well as the Philip New Jersey Historical Commission’s year humanities program and editor of Schaff Prize in Church History. Coon Alfred E. Driscoll Prize for Best Doctoral the program textbook. Since arriving at performed papers at the International Dissertation in New Jersey History for the U of A, Hare has presented regionally Medieval Congress in Kalamazoo in May 2008-2010 and has been awarded both the at the AACHT conference in Little Rock 2010 and at the American Historical David Library of the American Revolution and nationally at the annual conference Association annual meeting in Boston Research Fellowship and the Historical of the Society for the Advancement of this past January. She escaped to the South Society of Pennsylvania’s Esther Ann Scandinavian Study in Chicago. He was of France this summer, hot on the trail McFarland Fellowship for Research in also invited to give the spring lecture for of the Carolingians in Provence and the African-American History. the Arkansas chapter of Delta Phi Alpha, Aquitaine. By the time you read this, Coon Joel Gordon, professor, published a the national German honors society. will have been promoted to full professor. chapter, “Egypt from 1919,” in volume 5, Thomas C. Kennedy, professor You can call her “Dr. Kitten” now. The Islamic World in the Age of Western emeritus, sends the following dispatch Robert Finlay, professor, has been Dominance, of the New Cambridge History from “retirement”: “On most days I can speechifying. He delivered an invited of Islam. He traveled to Tel Aviv University be seen wandering around town in the lecture, “Porcelain as a Global Commodity,” in May 2010 to participate in a research company of a small multi-flavored dog at Binghamton University’s Medieval workshop, “Arab Responses to Fascism looking for excitement. We seldom find and Renaissance Center in New York last and Nazism, 1933-1945: Reappraisals and any. I did leave town for the Old World in October. His “Porcelain Stories: From New Directions.” He also journeyed deep the summer, visiting Germanic and Roman China to the World” packed the house in into southeast Anatolia with doctoral ruins in the Rhineland with German September as part of U of A’s Asian Studies student Ahmet Akturk, visiting the tombs archaeological friends, moving on to old Speaker Series. Finlay’s 2004 essay, “How of Ataturk and Noah, and dangling his haunts in Belfast and finally landing at the Not to (Re)Write World History: Gavin toes in the Tigris. Preferring these sorts Quaker Study Centre of the University of Menzies and the Chinese Discovery of of things to being book review editor for Birmingham. Among these gentle Friends, America,” has been republished in Taking the International Journal of Middle East I delivered the annual George Richardson Sides: Clashing Views in United States Studies, Gordon has stepped down from Lecture, a signal honor. A version of my History, 14th edition. that post. presentation entitled ‘Quaker Faith, Quaker James Gigantino, assistant professor, Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon, associate Courage, Quaker Ambiguity: Southland says his year began this way: “Got hired. professor, sparked riots in London last College and the Evangelical Renewal of Went on Caribbean cruise to celebrate winter, hundreds of young women American Quakerism, 1860-1925,’ will be said hiring. Shoved everything I owned evidently mistaking him for one or the published in the forthcoming edition of in Georgia in 2-door Chevy Cavalier, other of the younger English princes. Quaker Studies. I also helped to teach a drove to Arkansas, and had Cavalier rebel The newsletter editor will happily furnish short course on Modern British Quakerism. against its new life by breaking down in photos to anyone who doubts this was the It was all great fun except for the fact I had the Wal~Mart parking lot after less than case, or simply wants to see Grob-Fitzgibbon to walk a mile uphill to enjoy a friendly pint. twenty-four hours in the state—Cavalier actually wearing a tie. The disorders In September I traveled to Austin for the then sent to automobile graveyard.” Some were an appropriate end to a riotously Western Conference on British Studies, my might take this as a bad omen, but we hope productive year. After the birth of his son, favorite, where I commented on a session it means he’s staying a good long time. Kieran, in February 2010, he submitted the misnamed “British Elites” because one of Gigantino published an article, “Trading in final draft of his book Imperial Endgame: them was Theodore Roosevelt. Austin has Jersey Souls: New Jersey and the Interstate Britain’s Dirty Wars and the End of Empire, grown massively but you don’t have to walk Slave Trade,” in Pennsylvania History: A to Palgrave Macmillan last June. It has far for a beer. In between all this excitement, Journal of Mid-Atlantic Studies in summer just been released. Grob-Fitzgibbon also I continue to work on my study of the 2010 and has another, “The Flexibility of presented at the International Commission British Conservative Party and Ulster and Freedom: Slavery and Servitude in Early on Military History in Amsterdam, to be impressed by the accomplishments Ohio,” forthcoming in Ohio History. He calls Holland, in September and gave invited of faculty and students in the History the latter the beginning of his campaign to lectures to the War Studies Department Department.” steal the title of the Department’s “Ohio at King’s College, London, and the Royal Elizabeth Markham, professor, aka historian” from Michael Pierce. Colleagues United Service Institute at Whitehall Dr. Noh, was especially pleased with her who know better, however, have warned in December. Having won tenure and Fall 2010 honors colloquium, “Reading Gigantino that while Pierce doesn’t eat promotion, Ben earnestly hopes his older Japanese Noh as Cultural History.” The meat, he would likely maim and perhaps colleagues will stop referring to him as “the class concentrated on the “mad woman” even kill to retain that coveted status. Last Fifth Beatle.” and “dream” categories of play and, closely November, Gigantino presented a paper, Laurence Hare, assistant professor, adhering to the writings of the great 14th- “Race, Rhetoric, and Republicanism: The joined the faculty last fall and teaches century dramatist-actor Zeami, scripted, Fate of Slavery in New Jersey,” at the New courses in modern European and German choreographed, costumed, mask-cut,

Page 12 and musically cast a new “mad woman” time to finish “Great Women All, Serving a bureaucrats than you can shake a stick at— Noh Lady Juliet on source material from Glorious Cause: Freda Hogan Ameringer’s toward the doctorate. Ms. Toudji hopes Shakespeare. Material, structure, and Reminiscences of Socialism in Arkansas” to defend by the end of 2011. Meanwhile, writing were all attended to with scrupulous in time for the winter Arkansas Historical two other doctoral students passed their care, she reports. The “nature of the material Quarterly. He also published book reviews comprehensive exams—Chris M. Branam in the source” was well grasped; the three in that journal (which he serves as associate and Ron Gordon—and are beginning their phases of jo-ha-kyū paced to perfection; editor) and the American Historical Review. work. Justin Gage, Louise Hancox, and carried words were well-gathered in lines Fulbright College awarded him the Robert Sonia Toudji will read papers in exotic well delivered; melody was well-shaped C. and Sandra Connor Endowed Faculty locales at national (and international) and finely modulated; time was measured Fellowship to advance his research on the conferences this year, ranging from and marked with utmost sensitivity. Action relationship between the labor and civil Durham, N.C. to Toronto, CA. She is unfolded so as to maintain interest. All of rights movements in postwar Arkansas. also thrilled that Robert Rembert, who this prompted considerable soul-searching He delivered a paper that grew out of completed his honors thesis on early among Markham’s colleagues, who that project—exploring the connection American missionary literature, spent a wondered if they might find some similar between Arkansas politics and the week working at the American Antiquarian way to teach the Webster-Ashburton Treaty. McClellan Committee’s investigation of the Society in Worcester, MA this spring. Robert C. McMath, professor, has International Brotherhood of Teamsters— An astute reading (“I could say some been reappointed to a second five-year at the Mid-America Conference on History complimentary things about this piece, term as dean of the Honors College, with in Little Rock last September. Pierce is a but I don’t think that’s my job”) by David the possibility that the sentence could be tenured dude now. Sloan helped to get her piece on English reduced for good behavior. During the Charles F. Robinson II, professor, grammar in early America published in past year Bob has been involved in the serves as the university’s vice provost for the Journal of the Early Republic. An essay planning and design of a new wing for diversity but still found time to birth two honoring former Arkansas professor David Ozark Hall that will house the Honors books this academic year: Remembrances Edwin Harrell, and another on race and College offices and honors student study in Black: Personal Perspectives of the African slavery in early American churches from a and lounge areas. Construction will begin American Experience at the University of conference at Loyola University, Baltimore, this summer. McMath continues to teach Arkansas, 1940s-2000s, an edited volume will appear in two collections next year. honors courses (including H2P) and that highlights the stories of African She will travel to the University of Aarhus supervise honors theses as well as directing Americans who attended or worked at the (Denmark) in September to meet with a Jason McCollom’s PhD dissertation. In U of A from the late 1940s to the present large group of scholars who are working on 2010 McMath presented two conference day, and Forsaking All Others: A True Story a series of volumes grandly called A Global papers, the first being “C. Vann Woodward, of Interracial Sex and Revenge in the 1880s History of Christianity to be published in Presentist” at a conference entitled “C. South, a study of an Arkansas interracial English and German; her contribution will Vann Woodward for a New Century: couple that struggled to maintain their be a history of Christianity in nineteenth- Politics and Identity in the Modern South,” relationship at a time when such unions century North America. And finally, there sponsored by the Diane D. Blair Center were illegal and decidedly unpopular is still a book in there somewhere—The for Southern Politics and Society and [see related story]. No wonder he’s been Literate South: Reading and Freedom in the the Winthrop Rockefeller Institute. He promoted to full professor. Robinson also Early United States will appear sometime presented the second paper, “Sustainable received two community service awards before her 85th birthday. Agriculture as a Social Movement,” at the this past spring: the Honorary Alumni Kathryn Sloan, associate professor annual meeting of the Agricultural History Award from the Black Alumni Society and associate chair, spent her fall OCDA Society. and the Torch Bearer Award from Alpha finishing her bookWomen’s Role in Latin Charles Muntz, visiting assistant Phi Alpha. He was the subject of one of America and the Caribbean, a volume in a professor, published his first article, those big Sunday profiles in the Arkansas women’s history series from Greenwood “The Invocation of Darius in Aeschylus’ Democrat-Gazette in May 2010. Press. She submitted the final draft in Persae,” in Classical Journal and has a Beth Barton Schweiger, associate March; the book will appear on the shelves second, “Diodorus and Megasthenes: A professor, was going to tell you that this this August. Colleagues at the University Reappraisal,” forthcoming in Classical past year saw “pretty much more of the of Oklahoma invited her to present her Philology, a leading journal published by same with a few more gray hairs.” But that new research on bullfighting to faculty the University of Chicago. He will deliver was before she won Fulbright College’s and students, and she also guest-taught a paper in Glasgow this August at the first- 2011 Master Teacher Award. The college a graduate seminar in which students ever international conference devoted to chose her as its top Humanities teacher, had read her book, Runaway Daughters. the Hellenistic historian Diodorus. citing both “her innovative curricular Sloan spent the rest of the spring reading Michael C. Pierce, associate professor, style and her willingness to push her the latest books in 19th-century Mexican was forced into hiding after his beloved graduate students onto the national stage history, revising her survey lectures, Buckeyes’ “triumph” over the Razorbacks of competitive fellowships.” Speaking of planting the garden, and trying (in vain in the 2011 Sugar Bowl. He has managed those students, Schweiger is anticipating we assume) to fend off the armadillos to evade actual physical harm, however— the end of Sonia Toudji’s epic journey—via that dig up her flower beds. This summer at least thus far. His seclusion gave him three continents and more government will find her in the Los Angeles Public

Page 13 Library mining the largest repository of that project last summer in Great Britain. honors advisor), and she directed Ashley bullfighting magazines, monographs, and His most memorable experience in Kimberling’s honors thesis. She saw ephemera in the whole USA. London was to see Anna Netrebko in a three students through to the completion Richard Sonn, professor, was performance of Manon Lescaut. It is said of master’s theses, Nicole Albritton, pleased to see his book Sex, Violence and he swooned when she walked on stage.” Ian Baldwin, and Edward Andrus; and the Avant Garde: Anarchism in Interwar William Tucker, professor emeritus, she has two more students with theses France published in 2010 by Penn State is no more persuasive a retiree than in progress, Lonnie Strange and Krista University Press [see related story]. This Bukey or Kennedy. He chaired a panel, Jones. Three students have dissertations in is his third, and he thinks probably his “New Approaches to Medieval Islamic progress—Jami Forrester, Mary Suter, and, last, book on the subject of French and Economic History: Money, Archeology, most recently Kelly Jones who passed her European anarchism. Sonn published Commercialization and Economic comprehensive exams with flying colors an article, “Jews, Expatriate Artists, and Growth,” at the annual meeting of the in December 2010. In the research arena, Political Radicalism in Interwar France,” Middle East Studies Association in San Whayne was made a fellow (or “feller”) in Proceedings of the Western Society Diego last November. And Cambridge of the Agricultural History Society, for French History. 2010 also saw Sonn University Press has just released a recognizing excellence in scholarship and promoted to the rank of professor. In paperback edition of Tucker’s 2008 tour service to the society. She completed final the fall term, he taught a new graduate de force, Mahdis and Millenarians: Shiite revisions to her book, Delta Empire: Lee seminar on modern political ideologies; in Extremists in Early Muslim Iraq. Bill’s wife, Wilson and the Modernization of Southern the spring he taught a new undergraduate Dr. Janet Tucker, is also faking retirement. Agriculture. She co-organized a conference colloquium called “The Sixties: A Global Elliott West, Alumni Distinguished commemorating the fiftieth anniversary History.” The students were treated to Professor, spent the 2009-10 academic of the publication of C. Vann Woodward’s Sonn’s own reminiscences of Chicago year at the Huntington Library, supported The Burden of Southern History and is during the 1968 Democratic Convention by an NEH fellowship and working on a co-editing a volume of essays derived and to political science professor Don book about the American West between from the conference. Whayne made a Kelley’s stories about being in Prague as 1848 and 1877. He published two journal presentation to the Rural History Society the Soviet tanks rolled in that same month. articles and an essay on Chief Joseph in at the University of Sussex, Brighton, Whether this qualifies as living history or, Profiles in Leadership (W. W. Norton). As England, and chaired sessions at the in A. J. P. Taylor’s immortal words, “old noted elsewhere, The Last Indian War: Mid-America Conference, the Arkansas men drooling about their youth,” Sonn The Nez Perce Story received the Western Association of College History Teachers, leaves it to his students to decide. Heritage Award from the National and the Southern Historical Association. Tricia Starks, associate professor, Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, She will be traveling to the Rachel Carson spent 2010 as she spent 2009—locked in the Co-founders Award from Westerners Center for Environment and Society in tobacco’s sweet embrace. On those rare International, and the Caughey Award Munich, Germany, this July to deliver occasions that she ventured out of her from the Western History Association—all a paper derived from her new research cloud of smoke, she developed a class on for outstanding book in western history in project—cotton culture and Memphis, public health and reviewed some books— 2009. The world wants to see such talent, so Tennessee, focusing on the relationship but by the fall tobacco again had her in West hit the road, delivering eight invited between the city and the transformation its clutches, as did Ohio State. In October lectures and serving as lead historian in of the nearby countryside. In the service she returned to her alma mater to give a seven states on seven colloquia funded by arena, Whayne completed a term on the lecture on tobacco and gender in pre- Teaching American History grants. He Organization of American Historians revolutionary Russia as part of a newly taught a Gilder Lehrman seminar on “The Committee on Committees, and served as inaugurated seminar in Russian, Eastern Great Plains: America’s Crossroads” at the a member of the Fulbright College Dean European, and Eurasian Studies—Health University of Colorado and also began Search Committee. She has represented the & Environment. serving as one of two delegates in general department on the university’s Hartman Daniel E. Sutherland, distinguished American history for Oxford University Hotz Lecture Committee, bringing two professor, is a dud at self-promotion. Press. Most recently, at a talk on campus distinguished historians to campus during Indeed, his colleagues regard his modesty about teaching, West urged his colleagues 2010: Nelson Lichtenstein and Steven as some species of insanity. Rather than to lie and tap-dance. Hahn. She is a member of the Faculty mention his $50,000 book prize, his Jeannie Whayne, professor, has Senate and the Campus Council. Finally, promotion to distinguished professor, his been serving on the Teaching Academy’s she serves as Adjunct Curator of American master teacher award, or his induction into executive committee and made a History at the Crystal Bridges Museum of the U of A Teaching Academy, Sutherland presentation to a Teaching and Faculty American Art in Bentonville. says of the past year that he “has been Support Center luncheon with Norm Calvin White, Jr., assistant professor, coasting again. He published a couple of Dennis, “Triple Threat: Strategies for has been appointed director of African essays and gave a few talks at professional Balancing Teaching, Research, and Service.” and African American Studies. He conference and for Civil War roundtables, Speaking to the triple threat, Whayne has has completed his fourth year in the but he invested most of his time (so he says) had a busy year in all three categories. Department and reports that he can revising his biography of James McNeill She advised approximately forty honors now find his office without asking for Whistler. He did additional research for students (in her capacity as Department help. In the summer of 2010, he co-led

Page 14 the U of A’s first study abroad program America’s Jesuit: William Egan Colby and State University in Louisiana. She also was in Ghana. “Needless to say,” he says, “no the CIA, due out next year from Basic made a Fellow of the Louisiana Historical international incidents occurred and all Books. He also worked on John Quincy Association, in 2010, for distinguished and students are safe and back on campus.” His Adams: Apostle of American Empire, which meritorious service. In 2009, she edited COGIC manuscript is nearing publication, Oxford promises in 2015. This included a Louisiana Women: Their Lives and Times which he assumes will make everybody’s stopover at the Massachusetts Historical for the University of Georgia Press, and Christmas shopping easier. Dr. White Society, part of his ongoing campaign to she is currently working on three book continues to present papers at conferences convince historians of early America that projects (two under contract) in Louisiana as he continues his march toward tenure. he is not a fraud and interloper. Woods also history. She is married to David Edwards Students continue to take his classes and journeyed to Waco, Texas—garden spot of and is grandmother to 3-year-old Peyton even show up on time. Who could ask for the Southwest and tomb to various sect Allured, daughter of Nathaniel (who got anything more? leaders and religious fanatics—to deliver his education in Arkansas right along with Patrick G. Williams, associate the Pogue Lecture: “LBJ and the Art of Janet). Peyton, according to grandma, is professor, seems no longer able to Biography.” Woods intermittently slaved the “smartest and cutest child alive today.” distinguish between this, the real world, away on negotiations for a new publishing Jacob Arriola (BA 2007) works in and Liebling Land. Every now and then, contract for Diplomatic History, SHAFR’s system administration/IT and lives in he bustles off to buy the afternoon paper principal source of income. There were Centerton with his wife Amanda, a fellow and catch the Third Avenue El to the Polo assorted doctoral and masters students. Of U of A grad, and their two sons, Zachary Grounds, only to return confused and course, as did every other member of the and Isaac. crestfallen thirty minutes later. This being department, he spent innumerable hours Jeff Aulgur (MA 1991) is Director of academe, he is nevertheless permitted on the searches for new hires procured the Professional Development Institute at to teach a full load and edit the Arkansas by the inimitable Abbess. Through all Arkansas Tech. In 2010, he was promoted Historical Quarterly, and was even invited of this travail, his wife, children, and to Sergeant Major in the United States to hold forth at a conference, “C. Vann grandchildren refused to abandon him. Army Reserve. He also got his ABO in Woodward for a New Century: Politics Workforce Development at the University and Identity in the Modern South,” in April of Arkansas. 2010. Alumni Round-Up Laura Beall (BA 2007) is a graduate Rembrandt Wolpert, professor, sings Thomas Aiello (PhD 2007) is assistant student of theology at Abilene Christian of the release of the CD Immeasurable professor of history and African American University, working on her MDiv. She Light—“made of stuff that came from studies at Valdosta State University. In spends her time living in a new-monastic my/our research” [see related story]. “The 2009, he published Dan Burley’s Jive with style community and preparing for piece ‘Namu Amida’ is really the result of Northern Illinois University Press. In community development work in Abilene. research by Elizabeth [Markham], but the 2010, he edited a new edition of David Robert Patrick Bender (MA 1993; lute-version is (really) mine; the sound Lawson’s Paul Morphy: The Pride and PhD 2001) is a faculty member at Eastern realization is definitely by the ravishing Sorrow of Chess for the University of New Mexico University-Roswell, where Wu Man.” Those who recall the derring- Louisiana at Lafayette Press and published he received tenure in 2008. He married do research reported last year might Bayou Classic: The Grambling-Southern Sarah Beth Hammett in June 2010, and he rest easier knowing that Wolpert and Football Rivalry with LSU press. His Kings currently has a Civil War diary manuscript Markham promised themselves to keep of Casino Park: Black Baseball in the Lost under contract with the University of away from iced-over cathedral roofs— Season of 1932 will appear in August from Arkansas Press. only to end up behind flood barriers, University of Alabama Press. He also Bob Besom (MA 1972, PhA 1975) watching with horror as a pub with quite recently published his third novel, On of Fayetteville writes, “My days are full of excellent bratwurst went dropping below Carpentry, as a fundraiser for a friend with routines. I get up, straighten yesterday’s the waterline. “Research is DANGEROUS,” mounting medical bills. He currently has clutter, make coffee, read the newspaper, Wolpert warns. The dynamic duo another book under consideration and eat, spend a couple of active hours outside, published an article titled “Developing a three more projects in the early stages. shuffle papers at home or at the university NeumeScribe for Sino-Japanese Buddhist None of this, however, keeps him from [he’s still processing the Union Saw Mill Musical Notations” in Chung-Hwa: A watching every Razorback athletic event papers for Special Collections], turn on Buddhist Journal. It requires, among other available on television and the internet. the TV for the 5:30 Newshour, and then things, fluency in the computer language Being in Georgia, he was able to go see kick back and wait for Patty to finish piano Scheme, a dialect of Lisp. the Hogs beat the Bulldogs in Athens this and prepare what is the high point of my Randall B. Woods, distinguished football season. “I still miss Arkansas routine: supper.” Bob and Patty’s daughter, professor, adamantly denies the cheap talk every single day.” Lela, teaches pre-K and kindergarten at that he spent the past year lying fallow. Charlene Akers (MA 1970) is Cambridge Friends School in Boston. True, there were long periods of gestation, Executive Director at Stearns History William B. Booth (BA 1994) works in but there was also some germination. Museum and Research Center in St. Cloud, transportation and logistics and has a wife, Trips to the National Archives, the MN. Jonelle L. (Main) Booth, and two children, Marshall Library at VMI, and the Library Janet L. Allured (PhD 1988) has been Caroline B. Booth (10) and John Parker of Congress polished off his research for promoted to professor of history at McNeese Booth (8). They live in Fayetteville.

Page 15 Bruce Breeding (BA 1984; MA 1996) Matt Byron (PhD 2008) and Tammy Jon David Cash (BA 1979; MA 1983; has been teaching as an adjunct at Bluegrass Byron (PhD 2008) welcomed their second PhD 1995 [University of Oregon]) returned Community and Technical College in daughter, Elisabeth “Ellie” Arabella, to his roots of 1960s research, when Lexington, KY, at Lexington Theological into the world on March 2, 2011. Matt his article on People’s Park in Berkeley Seminary in Lexington, and at Eastern is continuing to do heavy lifting in the (“People’s Park: Birth and Survival”) was Kentucky University in Richmond, KY. He teaching department as assistant professor published in the December 2010 issue is also a member of the clergy. at Young Harris College in Young Harris, of California History magazine. He also John F. Breen, III (BA 1982) is a GA (alongside Thomas Stearns—PhD became a paperback writer in October licensed clinical social worker in Little Rock 2005). He is currently creating/teaching 2010 with the release of a paperback and is intake coordinator and case manager an upper-level Classical Greece and edition of Before They Were Cardinals: for the Arkansas Spinal Cord Commission. Rome course, creating an online summer Major League Baseball in Nineteenth- He has been a volunteer with Big Brothers/ course, and in the fall will be creating Century St. Louis (University of Missouri Big Sisters of Central Arkansas for the past two upper levels, Colonial America and Press, 2002, the original hardback edition 25 years. He and his wife, Janet, have been Late Antiquity, and an honors seminar is still in print as well). He lives in his married since 2003. on the American Civil War. Tammy hometown of Crossett, AR, and works as Paul Brewster (BA 1986) is now recently accepted a tenure-track position a front desk clerk at America’s Best Value serving as an adjunct professor in the as assistant professor at Dalton State Inn. After teaching forty-four sections of Religion Department, Liberty University, College in Dalton, GA, where she will be various courses at six colleges over a span Lynchburg, VA, and he has been involved creating upper-level courses in Colonial/ of nineteen years, Jon no longer accepts in the theological training of pastors in Haiti Revolutionary America and women’s adjunct teaching assignments, although he and India. He will be the plenary session history. still continues a quixotic search for a long- speaker at the “Baptists and War Conference” Jay Carney (BA 1999) won a denied, full-time, tenure-track position. to be held at Southern Baptist Theological Hubbard Dissertation Fellowship, in 2010, Ellen Compton (MA 1963) retired Seminary, Louisville, KY, September 26- from Catholic University of America from being the architectural/Fay Jones 27, 2011. The topic is “Andrew Fuller and in Washington, D.C., where he finally archivist in Special Collections at the the Napoleonic Wars.” In other news, he graduated with a PhD in Church History, University of Arkansas Library in August published an article, “Who Forgot What? spring 2011. His dissertation, which 2010. She’s now an emerita faculty/staff A Reply to Emir Caner,” Journal of Baptist received honors distinction, focused on with 30 years of service, but she continues Studies 4 (2010): 30-45. Two of his four Catholic history in Rwanda. He came back to work half time for Special Collections. children are now away at college, and, as to the University of Arkansas and settled in Ellen is co-author with Charles Alison of the demands at home lessen, his golf game here by giving a Phi Alpha Theta lecture in a pictorial history of Fayetteville that will improves. November 2010 on the subject of Rwanda be published this year by Arcadia Press. Ross Brown (MA 2006) graduated from and then teaching Honors Modern World Other activities include writing articles the University of Arkansas School of Law in Civ. during the spring 2011 semester as a for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas History May 2010, and is now an Assistant Attorney history instructor, as well as working in and Culture and presentations to the General at the Missouri Attorney General’s Catholic Campus Ministry. Beginning OCCI Program, UA Global Campus and Office. He has been married to Kim Harper in fall 2011, Carney will be moving on to to Compton Gardens in Bentonville. Her (MA 2007) since September 2010. Creighton University (Omaha, NE) where oldest son, David Shipley (BA 1986), and Britton Burnett (BA 2009) joined he landed a tenure-track faculty position his wife, Jamie West Shipley, who live in Special Collections at the U of A Libraries in theology. He and his wife of 10 years, Little Rock, had their first child, a son, in May 2010 as an assistant archivist for Becky, have three children. Benjamin Rhys, born June 2010. Ellen’s the Sen. Dale Bumpers Papers processing Linda L. (Pyle) Carpenter (BA son, Neil Shipley, and his wife, Sally project. Of his work with the Bumpers 1974) is a faculty member in the Mounts Shipley, who live in Fayetteville, Papers, Britton says, “Although processing College of Education and Leadership at have a daughter, Sarah Anne (14), and a work is occasionally tedious, knowing our Cardinal Stritch University, Milwaukee, son, Harrison (11). Ellen says, “All three project will ensure that a significant piece of WI. She works extensively with pre- grands are handsome, smart, and have Arkansas history will be preserved for future service teachers, is a certified mentor good dispositions.” generations is very gratifying.” After the for new teachers, and is a professional Mike Considine (MA 1986), is Bumpers project is completed, Britton hopes development specialist. In 2010, Linda colonel in the U.S. Army Reserve and a to obtain both a law degree and a master’s co-authored a book, From Surviving high school football/track and field coach degree in librarianship. to Thriving: Mastering the Art of the in Oklahoma. He likes biking, running, Steven Burnham (BA 1977) is an Elementary Classroom, to help beginning golfing, and reading in his spare time. He electrical contractor who is currently on a teachers move toward becoming “master” and his wife Leslie (Roper) Considine, who “Going Green” project in Washington, D.C., teachers. Her husband, David, is have been married twenty-nine years, have replacing all lighting in HUD buildings in president of Chr. Hansen, Inc., a biotech six children: Captain Patrick Considine (US order to lower electric bills and improve the company providing products to the food Army), who returned from deployment environment. He is also working on a book and nutritional industries, and her son, in Afghanistan in May 2010 and married identifying the influences the CIA has on the William, is a business technology analyst in August 2010; Megan graduated from world today. at U.S. Bank. the University of Missouri, Kansas City

Page 16 in May 2010; Daniel graduated from the Jared Dockery (MA 1997; PhD 2008) 24-year-old son, Jacob, graduated from U.S. Military Academy, West Point in is assistant professor of history at Harding sniper school at Fort Benning, GA, in 2006 June 2010; Kaitlin is currently attending University, teaching alongside two fellow and is now a sniper in the 173rd Airborne. the U of A; Christian and William have U of A PhD grads, Julie Harris and Paul Jacob was deployed for 15 months in narrowed their post high school choices to Haynie. Since 2008, he has taught (or co- Mosul, Iraq (when it was very dangerous) U of A or West Point. taught) eight different courses at Harding: with the 1st Cavalry. During Jacob’s recent Harold Coogan (BSE 1961; MA Western Civ. Since 1500, American History 12-month tour in Afghanistan, from which 1966) of Mena is retired and involved Before 1877, American History After 1877, he just returned, he studied in detail the in local history endeavors. Harold says, Intro. to Research and Writing, Arkansas history (from a tactical base) of the Soviet “Twenty years ago (1991), the University of History, American Foreign Policy, Union’s involvement in Afghanistan in the Arkansas Clio Alums suffered a loss with American Military History, and World 80s (this represents Jacob’s only interest the passing of Dr. James ‘Jack’ Hudson. I War II (co-taught). He is also trying to ever as concerns the field of history). still miss visiting with the man.” turn his dissertation (on the World War II James Finck (PhD 2007) has been John Kyle Day (BA 1997; MA 1999), career of Lightning Joe Collins) into a full- teaching at the University of Texas-Pan a historian at the University of Arkansas length biography. He is scheduled to teach American but will soon begin a new job at Monticello, was elected president of at Harding’s Florence, Italy, campus this at the University of Science and Arts of the Arkansas Association of College fall; he looks forward to travel in Europe, Oklahoma. History Teachers (AACHT) for the 2010- which will give him a chance to see some of Amanda Beam Frazier (BA 2001) has, 2011 term. He is also a Phi Alpha Theta the sites (Utah Beach, Cherbourg, Aachen) since 2007, been employed as a research advisor of the Alpha Nu Zeta chapter, associated with Collins. assistant at the University of Glasgow, first which has won the Best Chapter Award, Clark A. Donat (BA 2007) received on the AHRC-funded project, “The Paradox Division II, for the third consecutive year. his JD in 2010 and is a member of the of Medieval Scotland” (www.poms.ac.uk), His daughter, Sabina Harper Day, is now Dallas Bar Association and an associate at and now on its daughter project, “The attending kindergarten and is learning to the law firm Bracewell and Giuliani, LLP. Breaking of Britain: Cross-border Society read, as well as add and subtract. Kyle says He has received the Bard-Rogan Award and the Wars of Independence, 1216- she’s “much smarter than her old man.” for Excellence in the Study of Natural 1314.” PoMS investigated social networks Michael R. Deaderick (BA 1964; MA Resources Law and was voted by his peers and relationships in Scotland from 1093 1966) is a retired teacher and businessman Most Likely to Succeed at the Practice to 1286 and produced a useful database in Memphis, who received the Arkansas of Law. In April 2010, he married Ruth of people and their connections, which is Historical Association’s Lucille Westbrook Marion Curtner in Newport, AR. now available online. BoB will examine the Local History Award in 2009. His article, Gerald Wayne Dowdy (MA 1991) is experience of Scots in the Northern English “Racial Conflict in Forrest City: The senior manager in the History and Social counties and investigate social structures Trial and Triumph of Moderation in an Sciences Department at the Memphis and patterns of development on both sides Arkansas Delta Town,” was published in Public Library and Information Center. He of the border. The PoMS database will also the Arkansas Historical Quarterly in spring recently published Crusades for Freedom: be extended to 1314 during this three-year 2010. Memphis and the Political Transformation project. She has been a Council Member Thomas DeBlack (PhD 1995) is of the American South (University Press of of the Scottish History Society since 2007 professor of history at Arkansas Tech. He Mississippi, 2010) and Hidden History of and, in 2010, was elected secretary of the recently appeared on a public television Memphis (The History Press, 2010). He also Colloquium for Scottish Medieval and documentary commemorating the appeared in the documentary film Citizens Renaissance Studies to serve for three years. sesquicentennial of the Civil War. not Subjects: Reawakening Democracy in She has produced two articles, with a third Tom Dillard (MA 1975) is Head of Memphis (Verissima Productions, 2010). forthcoming as part of an edited volume, Special Collections at the University of Camille Edmison-Wilhelmi (BA on the Anglo-Scottish Umfraville family, Arkansas libraries. He continues to write 2002) of Maumelle opened her own law as well as delivered several papers on the a weekly Arkansas history column for practice specializing in bankruptcy and subject and on the PoMS database. She and the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, and sits family law. She is also recovering from a her husband, David Frazier, welcomed a on the board of the Washington County liver resection. healthy baby girl in November 2010. Historical Society. Jeffrey C. Elliott (BS 1981) is an Rita Geiger (BA 1966) is a retired Basil Dmytryshyn (BA 1950; MA attorney in Texarkana, TX, who works educator and is currently an education 1951; PhD 1955 [UC Berkeley]), professor seven days a week and is on the Martindale consultant, a member of the Arkansas emeritus of history at Portland State Hubbell-Bar Register of Preeminent Alumni Association Board of Directors, University, continues to write, and, since Lawyers. He says he’s proud of his degree a member and scholarship chair of the the demise of the Soviet Union, he has in history as it has served him well in Central Oklahoma University of Arkansas also been publishing in Russia. He and his life. His 17-year-old son, Tanner, is Alumni Chapter, and a member of the his wife of sixty-two years currently live an excellent student who loves history, boards of Freedom of Information of in a retirement complex in Keizer, OR, a especially military history, and he won the Oklahoma, and the Oklahoma Council on suburb of Salem, the state capital. One of Arkansas (1A) cross country championship Economic Education. She presents lessons their two daughters lives in Salem—the this year and the Arkansas (1A) 2 mile on the First Amendment and financial other in Moscow, Idaho. championship (in track) last year. His literacy.

Page 17 Charles E. Gray (BA 1949 [Missouri Michael Hammond (PhD 2009) Jeffrey Fischer Holliday (BA 2004) State University]; MA 1950; EdD/History has been assistant professor of history at works for Chesapeake Energy Co. and Education 1968 [University of Illinois]) Southeastern University, Lakeland, FL, is Manager of Corporate Development, writes, “Sixty-one years have rolled by since for the past two academic years, with a Haynesville Shale in Shreveport, LA. receiving my master’s degree in history course load that includes survey courses, When he’s not doing his part to reduce from the University of Arkansas. Having upper-level American history, and Latin the nation’s dependence on foreign oil, been retired from Illinois State University American history. This year he developed you can find him hunting, fishing, golfing, since 1986, I find that I have become more a new history seminar courses on American and restoring antique firearms. consumer of history, rather than a producer religion and baseball and American culture. Nathan Howard (PhD 2005) has been thereof. So, my request for you ‘young’ He was invited to speak on religion and the awarded tenure and promoted to associate historians is to keep the production lines civil rights movement at Taylor University professor of history at the University humming—there is much yet to be known. in Indiana for Martin Luther King Day, of Tennessee at Martin. He presented a And as Professor Boyd Shafer used to tell and in another session, he interviewed paper, “The Cappadocians on Family,” at his graduate students, ‘marry well.’” Carl Erskine, one of the Brooklyn Dodger the International Congress of Medieval Richard Gray (BA 1989) is an attorney “Boys of Summer” on lessons learned from Studies at Leeds in August 2010, served doing real estate law at Martin, Leigh, Laws his teammate, Jackie Robinson. The family as a research fellow at the Marco Institute & Fritzlen in St. Louis. His wife, Tara is still holding steady at eight; his six kids of Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Jensen, has her own bakery, Yummy & Co., are ages four to eleven and are “apparently the University of Tennessee-Knoxville in in Ballwin, MO. His son, Avery, is in the well adjusted.” summer 2010, presented a paper, “The fifth grade and daughter, Olivia, is in the Mike Haridopolos (MA 1993) is Christian Family and Civic Leadership third grade. “Both are equally wonderful president of the Florida state senate. in Late Antiquity,” at the Mid-America and a handful,” Richard says. John Adam Harkey (BA 1985) lives in Conference on History in Little Rock in Cody Hackett (BA 2008) is a Batesville and is circuit judge for the 16th September 2010, published the article, “A manuscript processor with the Sen. Dale Judicial District. Sacred Eloquence: The Literary Legacy Bumpers Papers project in the Special Kim Harper (MA 2007) married Ross of the Cappadocian Fathers in Western Collections Department at the U of Brown in September 2010, and is keeping Europe, 400-1600,” in the Patristic and A Libraries. With his background in her maiden name, because, according to Byzantine Review 29 (2011), led a Travel American history, Cody thoroughly enjoys her husband, she is a “modern woman.” Study to Greece and Turkey in May 2011, working with the manuscript collections, She’s recently published White Man’s and continues to serve as the volunteer saying, “Touching these documents, Heaven: The Lynching and Expulsion of assistant coach for cross country and holding these people’s correspondence in Blacks in the Southern Ozarks, 1894-1909 track at UT-Martin. On top of all that, my hands, gives me a deep reverence for with the University of Arkansas Press [see he received the Excellence in Teaching the complex humanity that lies at the root related story], as well as “Like a Tug of War: Award from the Southeastern Medieval of history.” He is considering applying to The Lynching of Thomas Gilyard” in the Association and the Outstanding Junior graduate school in either library science or Missouri Historical Review. Faculty Award from the College of public history after the Bumpers Project is Jill Hatley (BA 1976; MA 1980) is an Humanities and Fine Arts at UT-Martin. finished. administrative assistant for the Fort Smith He enjoyed catching up with Lynda Coon Grant Hall (BA 1971) of Fayetteville Housing Authority. and his U of A “brothers and sisters” is a radio sports-talk host whose activities Alex Hausladen (BA 2006) just in Boston at the AHA conference and include playing golf and spending time finished his second year as an assistant celebrated the new year by traveling to the with family (not necessarily in that order). men’s basketball coach at Southeastern Sugar Bowl to see the Hogs—his first trip Last summer, he and his wife, Audley, Louisiana University and his fifth season as to New Orleans. watched their son, Scott, a business major an assistant coach at the college level. Wade January (BA 1996) of at the U of A, compete in the World Series Steven L. Hayes (BA 1969), who Fayetteville is a business-owner and of Poker Main Event in Las Vegas. During is a member of the bar in Florida and captain in the U.S. Army Reserves, in off hours, they enjoyed hiking at Cathedral California, practices law and runs a Psychological Operations. He has been Rock and Red Rock Canyon, where Scott medical detox facility in Florida. He and awarded two bronze stars. nearly stepped on a rattlesnake. Their his wife, Paula, have one daughter, Nicole. Geoffrey Jensen(PhD 2009) will daughter, Joanna, who has a master’s degree Paul D. Haynie (PhD 1987), professor be joining the faculty of Emory-Riddle in historic preservation from George of history at Harding University, is now the Aeronautical University in Prescott, AZ, Washington University (and a BA from “dean” of his department—he is its oldest as an assistant professor of American Mary Washington), is living in Newport member and has served at Harding for over foreign policy. As lead historian of the News, VA, with husband Anderson Braswell twenty years. He recently has written three Global Security and Intelligence Studies and their year-old daughter, Claire. Grant articles for the Encyclopedia of Arkansas program, he will teach U.S. foreign policy, is looking forward to attending the Masters History and Culture, and in March 2010, American-Chinese relations, Modern Tournament of Augusta, GA, for the 31st became the president of the River Oaks Europe, the Cold War, the Vietnam War, straight year. Last year, his son, Jason, was Trace Condominium Board. He also and military history. able to attend the golf tournament with celebrated thirty-five years of marriage Ben Johnson (PhD 1991) is being him. with his wife, Kayla, in 2010. paroled from the deanship of Liberal and

Page 18 Performing Arts at Southern Arkansas “play-by-play” radio broadcaster for Martin, was a fourth-generation Pi Beta University. He has been promoted to Batesville Pioneer football. In January Phi, both her sons and daughter-in-law professor of history. 2011, he was appointed to a five-year term are on the senior walk: Ruben (now CEO J. Lance Jones (MA 1972) is a retired on the Arkansas Racing Commission of Martin Resources) 1974, Scott 1987, Presbyterian pastor, living in Hot Springs, by Gov. Mike Beebe. He received the Sue Thomas Martin 1973. She has been who says he’s “lived an un-noteworthy Distinguished Service Award for 2010 honored as First Lady of Kilgore. life—a modest man with much to be by the Associated General Contractors Collin Miller (BA 1992) is President modest about—now another old, ugly, fat of Arkansas. He was also appointed by at XCEL Partners (oil and gas consulting) senior citizen.” former House Speaker Robbie Wills to in Sugar Land, TX, and has a wife, Julie, Charles King (BA 1990) published the Arkansas Blue Ribbon Committee and three children, Zach, Grant, and Riley. Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of on Highway Finance, 2009-2010. He Leon Miller (MA 1980), head of the Dreams, in early 2011 with W. W. Norton. is a regular contributor to the monthly Louisiana Research Collection at Tulane He stepped down last year after six years’ magazine about Independence Co., University, was inducted as a Fellow of service as Chairman of the Faculty of Arkansas: Eye On Independence. Mark’s the Society of American Archivists (SAA) Georgetown University’s Edmund A. wife, Dianne, was appointed to the Arkansas during a ceremony on August 13, 2010. Walsh School of Foreign Service and will Scholarship Lottery Commission, for a six- This is the highest honor bestowed on resume full-time teaching in fall 2011. year term, by Governor Beebe. She has individuals by SAA and is awarded for Judith King (BA 1981) is a library been chair of the commission since 2010. outstanding contributions to the archives technician at the Arkansas State Library. Bethany Larson (BA 2009) has been profession. Miller’s resume includes a list She served on the Little Rock Komen Race named an editorial assistant at Marshall of exhibits and publications on historical for the Cure committee in 2010. It became Cavendish publishing. and archival subjects, and he has won the 3rd largest race of its kind for charity. Don W. Love (BA 1971; MA several awards for historical writing. For Judith reminds everyone, “in this time of 1978; EdS 1989; EdD 2000) is assistant nearly twenty years, he has served as editor budget cuts, please remember to donate or superintendent of the Springdale School of various archival publications, including volunteer for a cause that is close to your District. He is also president of the the Southwestern Archivist, ACA News, and h e ar t .” Arkansas Association of Curriculum Reach Out! Jennifer Susanne Koenig (BA 2006; and Instructional Administrators, and Case Miner (MA 2008) is currently MA 2008) graduated in May 2011 from the he received the AdvancED Arkansas project director of the Sen. Dale Bumpers School of Library and Information Science Excellence in Education Award in 2010. Papers project at Special Collections, at LSU with an M.L.I.S. degree. In March He spends free time cooking, gardening, U of A Libraries, but he’s been a landscaper, 2010, she presented, “Using Open Source and generally living the good life in a juvenile-detention officer, a fire alarm Tools to Enhance the Library Experience” Madison County. He says he is still and security alarm technician, a sailing at the Louisiana Library Association riding horses and motorcycles, though instructor, and a self-employed handyman conference. She co-presented “What he also says he has “a new respect for a for hire. In November 2006, he signed on Leadership and Management Means,” to curve near Boxley.” Ann, his bride of 38 with the Rep. John Paul Hammerschmidt the Special Libraries Association, Annual years (and U of A grad), recently retired manuscripts processing project and rose Conference, Leadership and Management from teaching middle school science. His through the ranks until he was Acting Division business meeting in June 2010. daughter, Elizabeth, is a U of A grad living Archivist, managing the project through During 2010-2011, she served as president in Key West; Leanne is a U of A grad living its last five months. “Being an archivist of the Graduate LIS Student Association. in Chicago; Sharlotte is not a U of A grad means I get to be a hands-on historian. I’m In June 2011, she married Michael David but an RN living in NWA. There are no good at it, I enjoy it, and there are actually Johnson (BA 1998; MA 2003). grandchildren yet, “much to their mother’s people out there willing to pay me for it. Adam A. Kreuter (BA 1936; LLB chagrin.” What’s not appealing about that?” 1938) is a retired attorney in Sturgeon Sarah Brooke Malloy (MA 2005) is William Morgan (BA 1970; MA Bay, WI, who has been recognized in a living historian at the Old State House 1971) currently lives in Frisco, Texas. After Iowa and Wisconsin for fifty-plus years Museum in Little Rock and just published graduating from the U of A, he went into of law practice. He says it “took that long the first of two articles on antebellum the Army and served for twenty-one and a to get smart enough to quit.” His wife Arkansas Delta foodways in the Jefferson half years, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. has Alzheimer’s and “the only good thing County Historical Quarterly (Winter 2010). He taught one semester of American is that she forgets to be angry with me.” Margaret Gerig Martin (BA 1947) of history for the University of Maryland in Of his activities, Kreuter writes that he Kilgore, TX, co-founded Martin Resources Germany while assigned there. He also does “very little at age ninety-six,” but he’s in 1952 with her husband R.S. (BSBA 1948) taught American history at the United “looking forward to sex in the next life for the transportation of liquid petroleum States Military Academy from 1977 (if any).” On a final note, he says, “At age products. She is a housewife and author through 1981. After the Army, he worked ninety-six, I am h i s t or y.” of two children’s books: Robin’s Rhymes in Saudi Arabia for four years as a financial Mark H. Lamberth (BA 1971; and Robin’s World. Her connections to the manager on their $3.3 billion U.S. Abrams MA 1974) is president of Atlas Asphalt, U of A are many: her parents, Frank Gerig tank program, an effort to field several tank Inc. in Batesville, a thoroughbred and Margaret Scott, met at the University battalions to the Kingdom. Since 1996, he owner, and for the past fifteen years, a in August 1910, her granddaughter, Robin has been working in his family business:

Page 19 manufacturing and selling hinges that go back to just a lowly archivist/librarian by Daughter-in-law Harvard MD, OB/Gyn into the cabinetry of executive aircraft, the time the newsletter comes out.” He is at University of California, Berkeley. Son yachts, upscale furniture, and Chinese project manager for three grants: a CLIR sci/fi writer and martial arts sensi. My wife bullet trains. He and his wife, Linda, have grant to catalog 7,300 East German posters, has degrees from Penn, studied at Oxford, two daughters, one son-in-law, and three a NHPRC grant to catalog and preserve MA from Stanford and is course completed granddaughters—all living in Frisco. two photograph collections consisting for MFA U of A. But must publish fiction. April Brown Najjaj (BA 1988; MA of 60,000 images, and a Delmas grant to Her book is non-fiction American history. 1991; PhD 2005 [Boston University]) is catalog and preserve the papers of Roy Self published with iUniverse. Beautiful associate professor of history and director Rosenzweig. He also chaired a session at book endorsed by Miller Williams and Roy of international studies at Greensboro the 2010 Society of American Archivists Reed. Title is Combat By Trial: An Odyssey College in Greensboro, NC. She is Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C.: With 20th Century Winter Soldiers. It’s currently completing a certificate as a “Labor Records...and So Much More: New about the four years she spent with Vietnam community Spanish facilitator at Durham Directions in Acquisition, Access, and Veterans Against the War. Covers from Technical Community College to work as Outreach for Labor Collections.” He and filming the RAW March in NYC to the trial a translator/interpreter in the Durham/ his wife are expecting a girl this summer. of the Gainesville 8. She was on the defense Raleigh/Chapel Hill area. Anna Pfeifler(MA 2010) works at team. Damn good book. Buy it at Barnes Brynda Pappas (BA 1973; MA the Arkansas History Commission in Little and Nobel or Amazon. com. I’m in it at the 1975 or 1978 [depending on whether Rock. last! I’m 75, look much younger. Missing you’re counting when she passed exams Mark Pryor (BA 1985) represents body parts like rib, right lung, 8 inches of or when she paid her graduation fee]), Arkansas in the U.S. Senate. intestine, legs crippled up. Still keep going after returning the calls of reporters for Erin Riley (BA 2008) worked with strong. Still tanned, muscular, no pot gut, nearly three decades, hung up the phone the Smithsonian Institution’s National no balding. Gawd, I’m good!” and retired from public relations in Portrait Gallery in the Office of Education John R. Scott (BA 1973) is circuit Washington, D.C. and Maryland, where as a public programming intern following judge in Benton County, and serves on she had worked as the press secretary her graduation. In April 2009, she was the Arkansas Judicial Council Board of for National Rehabilitation Hospital, accepted to the Japanese Exchange Directors and the Arkansas Supreme Court American Film Institute, Visiting Nurses Teaching Programme (JET), and she is Child Support Committee. He has eight and Occupational Therapy Associations. currently living in Uki City, Kumamoto, grandchildren, two of whom are one year She is currently writing and trying to Japan. old. market a screenplay about Daisy Bates, Cortney Don Rogers (BA 1999) and Richard A. Selakovich (BA 1976) the subject of her history honors thesis. her husband Travis own two businesses: is an accountant and Administrative She lives with her husband Doug Howard T. Rogers Appraisals and Consulting, Services Manager at the Arkansas Crime (PhD 1978 [English]) on the outskirts of in Siloam Springs, and Isuba Valley Information Center in Little Rock. He Fayetteville near Lake Sequoyah. Their son, Equestrian Center—check them out at and his wife, Dale, have been married for Geoffrey Howard, electronics engineer for www.isubavalley.com. She is active in 30 years as of August 2010. Their children: DeWalt Tools/Black and Decker, has given the Northwest Arkansas Hunter-Jumper Kirby (28), is married to Tim DiBerardino them four grandchildren who love coming Association. and lives in Denver; Caitlin (26) is pursuing to Arkansas for boating and floating in Emily Rogers (BA 2009) is a law a degree in History/Theatre at UALR; the summer. Brynda says, “Retiring to student and currently the law clerk for Patrick (23), in his second semester of Fayetteville allows us to enjoy reconnecting Dept. of Homeland Security, Immigration medical school at UAMS, is a 2010 Honors with many old friends with ties to the and Customs Enforcement, Office of Chief grad—Biology from the U of A. history department, especially Bob Besom, Counsel in Baltimore, MD. “I found a legal David Shipley (BA 1986) and his wife, Jim Chase, Ellen Compton, David Edwards, job that allows me to use my history degree Jamie West, are the parents of Benjamin Willard Gatewood, Tom Kennedy, David every day!” Rhys Shipley, who is one year old. They Sloan, and Randall Woods.” Budd Saunders (BA 1963; MA 1965; live in Little Rock, where David works with David Parrish (MA 2008) has been ABD) reports: “Still live in rural area near Arvest and Jamie with Seattle Genetics. accepted into the PhD program at the Fayetteville. The paper I wrote imperishable E. Mitchell Singleton (MA 2004) is a University of Glasgow. David will be prose for was sold. New owners didn’t retired physician, an independent scholar, exploring early modern British history appreciate my talented writing. After and also a volunteer at the Arkansas under the supervision of acclaimed over 10 years writing opinion column I Country Doctor Museum in Lincoln. Scottish historian Colin Kidd, continuing was booted. Well, I didn’t like them either. His recent lectures include: “Antebellum the work he began on Jacobitism in the Still bother Republicans without mercy. Medicine in Northwest Arkansas” Atlantic World for his MA thesis under Corrupt, lying, petty thieves all. Married (Arkansas Historical Association, April 17, the supervision of Professor Benjamin to Nancy Miller for 30 years St. Patrick’s 2010); and “Early Arkansas Medicine” (Old Grob-Fitzgibbon. Day. 10 times longer than married to State House, Little Rock, July 14, 2010). He William Jordan Patty (MA 2003) 3 former wives. A grandson. Future also gave talks at the annual meeting of the is currently interim head of Special Nobel, Heisman Trophy, Astronaut who Friends of the History of Medicine (UAMS, Collections and Archives at George Mason is only 5 and bilingual. Learning Spanish September 21, 2010) and at Olli (UAF, University, although he will “most likely be from Guatemalan Nanny. (She’s legal). September 23, 2010).

Page 20 Betty Newton Smith (MA 1971) Collectors of America). His daughter, recently became a teenager. He pleads, is a retired social studies teacher who Carolanne, graduated in June from Fort “Someone, call me an ambulance.” taught at Fayetteville High School for Smith’s Southside High School. She Dennis M. Wagemann (BA 2003) twenty-eight years. She now fills her took advantage of a program, Western is director of admissions at Northwest time with traveling, reading, fishing, Arkansas Tech Center, which allows Arkansas Community College. He looks quilting, and photography, and has high school students to attend the U forward to watching the Cubs win the won several community service awards. of A-Fort Smith. She will enter UAFS 2011 World Series—IN HIS DREAMS. Betty and her husband, Leortice, just this fall as a sophomore. In other news, Mary Floyd Ward (BA 2005) celebrated their forty-fourth wedding Chris’s parents, Jim and Genie Teter, teaches eighth-grade world history and anniversary by taking a cruise to just celebrated their fifty-sixth wedding seventh- grade Arkansas history/world Mexico. They have two sons and one anniversary. Chris says, “I’m honored to history at Harmony Grove Middle grandson. Of her education, she says, be a graduate of the Fulbright College of School in Benton, AR. She also sponsors “I give special thanks to A. M. & N. Arts and Sciences...and to be a resident the Middle School Honor Society and College at Pine Bluff (UAPB) for giving of the great state of Arkansas. Come Christian Council at school and attends me courage and a good foundation to see historic Fort Smith, Arkansas—the Fairplay Missionary Baptist Church. complete my education career. I also second largest city in Arkansas offers so She and her husband, Dustin, moved to thank the U of A for letting me continue much to see.” Hot Springs in 2008 so he could take a my education studies.” Brock Thompson (MA 2002) job at B&F Engineering. Sydney H. Smith (BA 1951) lives published The Un-Natural State: Elizabeth Salisbury Warren (BA in Santa Barbara, CA, and is a retired Arkansas and the Queer South with 1994) lives in Nashville, Tennessee, social worker and lifetime member the University of Arkansas Press in and practices healthcare law. Her two of the Alumni Association. “No new 2010 [see related story]. He lives in boys, ages five and seven, “keep getting activities since I last reported years Washington, DC, and works at the bigger.” She says, “I keep trying to turn ago,” he says. Library of Congress. them into junior history scholars. It Thomas Stearns (PhD 2005) is Kermit (Frank) Tracy (BA 1985) seems to be working. On days when assistant professor of history at Young has been a locomotive engineer for they are not focused on discussing Harris College in Georgia and was Union Pacific in North Little Rock, AR, Star Wars on the car ride to school, appointed chair of the department of for ten years and has been a member I get occasional requests to discuss history last fall. He also won the Vulcan of the Arkansas Army National Guard WWII, WWI, the Civil War, and the Industries Teacher of the Year Award since September 1994. He and his Revolutionary War.” in 2010, which he swears had nothing wife, Annette, have been married since Jordan Wimpy (BA 2006; MA to do with his “distinctive ears.” He Halloween 1990 and have two daughters. 2009) is a second-year, joint-degree spends his time “chasing down and Eryn (17) is a junior at Mount Saint student at Vermont Law School. He stifling Dr. Matthew Byron’s Napoleonic Mary’s in Little Rock, and Morgan spends his time reading, writing, ambition—a daily task. Not only does (13) is a seventh grader at Holy Souls reading, and writing. He recently he intend to take over our history in Little Rock. Annette has completed competed in ABA National Negotiation dept. and the college...but I have fears twenty years and was lately promoted Finals and is currently serving as Vice regarding the vulnerability of Microsoft to a “finger print” examiner for LRPD. President of Barrister’s Bookstore as well.” There also appear to be “more Frank has been called again to serve the Board of Directors—a local 501(c) and more Byrons” than he was originally country. He is departing on his third (3) organization. He was married in led to believe. tour in Iraq since 9/11 for the Arkansas October 2010 to “the most beautiful, Michael Strickland (MA 1993) is Army National Guard. After this supportive woman in the world,” and a librarian and manager of state library tour, he will have served with all three says she’s “well beyond what I deserve.” services at the Arkansas State Library in combat commands in the AR ARNG Emily E. Wood (BA 2009) Little Rock. His offices include: Chair (39th IBCT March 2004-March 2005; is Development Specialist at the of Scholarship Committee of Arkansas 142nd Fires BDE March 2007-March Kappa Kappa Gamma Foundation in Library Association, 2007-2009; Chair 2008; and now the 77th Aviation BDE). Columbus, OH. of Special Libraries Division of Arkansas “I have been proud, humbled, and Robert L. Wood (BA 1984) is Library Association, 2010; National honored to participate in this American Director of Operations at J. B. Hunt Public/State Libraries Representative to Freedom Enterprise that is now being Transport. He is a member of the Patent/Trademark Depository Libraries recognized all throughout the Middle National Defense Transportation Board, 2010-2012; Secretary/Treasurer East. The evidence is showing from Association and is Grand Clayton of of the Arkansas Library Association, Algiers, Libya, Egypt, and elsewhere.” the Clayton Gates Foundation. He 2011-2013. Scott H. Tucker (BA 1984) practices recently finished a tour of the Holy Christopher T. Teter (BA 1987) is law in Little Rock and has, for the fourth Land and Europe, following the path a safety consultant who enjoys home year in a row, been listed in the Best of the Knights Templar. He and his repair and remodeling, as well as Lawyers in America and in Arkansas’s wife, Sandra Kay, have a son, Ron, and golf, golf, and more golf. He is also a Top Lawyers for the specialty of railroad three grandchildren, Kaden, Allison, member of the B.C.C.A. (The Beer Can law. His oldest child, a daughter, just and Madison.

Page 21 Deaths Ray Baker (BSE 1961; MEd 1971) spent his time on earth proving, as he 2010-2011 was wont to say, “Life’s worth living in Fort Smith, Arkansas!” He served that History Department Benefactors community over the decades in many important ways. Baker taught U.S. history at Southside High School for 42 years, before retiring in 2007. He won a Milken Carolyn T. Anderson Tom and Mary Lynn Family Foundation educator award in Kennedy 1995 and was Arkansas Teacher of the Year in 1984. He served as president Walter Lee Brown of the Fort Smith Classroom Teachers Laura S. Lieber Association and of the Arkansas James Jay Carney Education Association. Baker was also Fort Smith’s longest serving mayor, Paige and Mary Bess holding that office for five terms (1991- Daniel R. Carter Mulhollan 2010). He became well-known for banging the bully pulpit—and jumping up and down behind it—in celebration of Basil Dmytryshyn William C. Peters the city’s virtues. Baker died in Fort Smith on March 4, 2011. Eugenia T. Donovan Jeffrey A. Ray William H. Cobb (BA 1960; MA 1963), an authority on Commonwealth College, Arkansas’s radical institute of Robert P. Dougherty Max and Shirley Redwine higher learning, died August 1, 2010, in Greenville, NC. Born in Little Rock, Cobb graduated from Central High School in Thomas K. Dougherty Bobby Roberts 1956, and went on to earn a BA and MA from the U of A and a PhD from Tulane University. He taught history at Memphis Timothy Elliott and Budd and Nancy State, Xavier University of New Orleans, Ellis (Gatewood) Elliott Saunders and, from 1969 until retiring in 2004, at East Carolina University. Between 1964 and 1986, Cobb published four articles Wooten Epes Dr. Mitchell and Barbara in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly Singleton concerning Commonwealth. His book Joan M. Gardner on the subject, Radical Education in the South: Commonwealth College, 1922-1940, Heather Schneller won the Arkansas Library Association’s Willard B. Gatewood Arkansiana Award in 2001. Donald R. Montgomery (MA 1977) Brenda Ball Tirrell died in Fayetteville on May 9, 2011. A Jill Geer stalwart of the Arkansas state park system, Ralph V. Turner Montgomery worked as a historian at Historic Washington and then at Prairie Google, Inc. Grove Battlefield. He published essays Robert E. Wahlman in the Arkansas Historical Quarterly, the Tracy L. Henderson Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture, and the Journal of the Hempstead Elizabeth S. Warren County Historical Journal, and served Nathan Howard on the board of trustees of the Arkansas Dean Wilkerson Historical Association. Don Montgomery was born in Dallas, TX, in 1952, the son Karen Hudson of Ray and Mary Burchner Montgomery. He is survived by his wife, Cathy, three children, three grandchildren, and his James R. Johnson father.

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