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Daughter, Wife, Quaker, Spy? The Women of Revolutionary Philadelphia | Chester County History Center Talk (virtual)

This presentation will focus on four women living in Revolutionary-era Philadelphia: Quaker poet and proud “spinster” Hannah Griffitts, Loyalist (and abandoned wife) Grace Growden Galloway, Patriot organizer Esther Reed, and Anna Rawle, the daughter of exiled Loyalists living in London. The Patriot/Loyalist line was fuzzier for women, as most of the methods by which someone would have their loyalties “outed”—taxes paid, oaths made, militia service—were required only of men. Women, however, were also responding to events as members of families, congregations, and communities. There is also often a profound sense, as in Griffitts’ poetry and in the letters of many others, of frustration with their lack of agency: they are affected by the Revolution, but unable to assert much formal power.

About the Speaker: Shannon E. Duffy received her BA from Emory University, her MA from the University of New Orleans, and her Ph.D. from the University of Maryland. She is currently a Senior Lecturer in Early American History at Texas State University, and writes on issues of personal and community identity formation in the Revolutionary and Early National period.

Presentation is via Zoom, and will be recorded and available for 7 days for all registered participants.

Tuesday, April 9th | 7:00pm-8:00pm | Registration Required

This program is made possible with support from The Haverford Trust Company.

2024 Phi Alpha Theta Induction Banquet 

Phi Alpha Theta's 2024 Spring Induction Banquet, will be held Friday, April 26, 6:30-9:30 PM, in the TMH Courtyard. They will be inducting new members, recognizing our graduates, and awarding a number of History department awards for graduate students.

The Keynote speaker, Dr. Heather Haley of the Naval History and Heritage Command, will speak on "Queer in the Cold War: The Civil-Military Battle over the Lavender Scare." The banquet is $25 per person, or $45 per couple; PAT inductees are free.

Registration is available on the PAT Website. 

Dr. De la Puente receives a Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society

Congratulations to Dr. De la Puente who received the Franklin Research Grant from the American Philosophical Society for international research and fieldwork to be conducted this summer. He will be searching for early-colonial maps and land titles in community archives of the Central Andes. 

The APS is on Twitter @AmPhilSociety, on Facebook @AmericanPhilosophicalSociety, and on Instagram @AmPhilSociety.

History Students Win Awards from the Center for the Study of the Southwest

The CSSW recently held an undergraduate research conference in which two history majors participated. Halle Dobbs, a History and Education major, presented her paper on the assimilation of Japanese in L.A. during the 1920s and 1930s. Idaly Soto, History major and Southwestern Studies minor, presented her paper on the process of confirming Spanish and Mexican land grants after the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Halle won the 2nd place prize and Idaly the 3rd.

 From left to right: Martha Izaguirre, Gabriela Moreno, Halle Dobbs, Adriana Montoya, Manny Hernandez, and Idaly Soto.  

Dr. De la Puente featured in "History's Greatest Mysteries

Dr. De la Puente was recently featured in “History's Greatest Mysteries” latest episode, on "The Mystery of Machu Picchu"." 

Dr. De la Puente publishes study of Native commoner women and land in colonial Peru

José Carlos de la Puente Luna (2024) Customs apart: rethinking inheritance and competing land claims among Native commoner women in colonial Andean villages, Colonial Latin American Review, 33:1, 79-104, DOI: 10.1080/10609164.2024.2311607 

Alliance for Texas History Founded

A new Alliance for Texas History has been founded. The Association is for “diverse groups of academic and avocational historians, local organizations and institutions, educators and public historians, archives and libraries, and anyone from the public interested in the pursuit of Texas history.  Dr. Frank de la Teja, Regents’ Professor Emeritus and University Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History, is a founding member of the Alliance for History.   

Jo Snider Featured in San Marcos Record

Our former faculty member, and great supporter of the department, Jo Snider, was recently featured the San Marcos Record. She’ll be giving a Women’s History Month talk March 8, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. at the San Marcos Public Library. I thought those of you who know Jo would especially like to see this piece. 

2024 Phi Alpha Theta Induction Banquet

Save the Date: Texas State Phi Alpha Theta, Sigma Zeta Chapter 2024 Awards Ceremony & Induction Banquet: Friday, April 26, 6:30-9:00 PM, TMH Courtyard. 

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Heather Haley, Historian, Navel History and Heritage Command: “Queer in the Cold War: The Civil-Military Battle over the Lavender Scare.”

Please RSVP by Monday, April 22, 2024

Daughter, Wife, Quaker, Spy? The Women of Revolutionary Philadelphia

Dr. Shannon Duffy has been invited to give a  Zoom talk on Tuesday April 9, 2024 at 7:00 pm for Chester County History Center. 

This presentation will focus on four women living in Revolutionary-era Philadelphia: Quaker poet and proud “spinster” Hannah Griffitts, Loyalist (and abandoned wife) Grace Growden Galloway, Patriot organizer Esther Reed, and Anna Rawle, the daughter of exiled Loyalists living in London. The Patriot/Loyalist line was fuzzier for women, as most of the methods by which someone would have their loyalties “outed”—taxes paid, oaths made, militia service—were required only of men. Women, however, were also responding to events as members of families, congregations, and communities. There is also often a profound sense, as in Griffitts’ poetry and in the letters of many others, of frustration with their lack of agency: they are affected by the Revolution, but unable to assert much formal power. 

Celebrating Women’s History Month! BREAKING THE NEWS Post Film Q&A      
Film Director Chelsea Hernandez & Dr. Jessica Pliley, Director of Women’s and Gender Studies at TXST

Synopsis: Who decides which stories get told? A scrappy group of fearless women and LGBTQ+ journalists buck the white male-dominated status quo, banding together to launch The 19th*, a digital news startup aiming to combat misinformation. A story of an America in flux, and the voices often left out of the narrative, the documentary Breaking the News shows change doesn’t come easy. RT: 99min

Complimentary Beer & Pizza from the great folks at Pie Society & Middleton Brewing starting at 6:30 pm.

Film Start: 7:00 pm 

The Price Center       
222 W. San Anotonio, ST.        
San Marcos, TX 78666

Seating is Limited! | Get Advanced Tickets

Official Trailer

Center for Texas Music History | Book Talk: Welcome 2 Houston

Join the Center for Texas Music History on March 25, 2024 from 12:30-2:00 pm in Brazos Hall for an exciting book talk that will explore the complex relationship between place, identity, and music in Houston’s hip hop culture. In Welcome 2 Houston, Langston Collin Wilkins uses interviews with local rap artists, producers, and managers to inform an exploration of how artists, audiences, music, and place interact to create a heritage that musicians negotiate in a variety of ways.

Prof. De la Puente to give a talk at Cambridge University's Centre of Latin American Studies

Dr. De la Puente will be presenting new research related to his book-in-progress. This talk will present the first comprehensive analysis of a series of land deeds prepared by the Laraos of Yauyos, Peru, during the First General Land Inspection to secure title to farm- and pastureland. 

Margaret Vaverek Published in The Journal of South Texas

Congratulating Margaret Vaverek, whom most of you know as our colleague in Alkek Library and an alum of the department, on the publication of her co-authored article, “A Wound Too Deep to Show: A Preliminary Study of the Legacy of Falcon International Dam,” in The Journal of South Texas. 

Dr. Bishop Published in the Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies

Congratulations to Dr. Elizabeth Bishop, whose essay on digital humanities sources in the Egyptian context, “Egypt’s Geopolitical Alignment via the Digital Humanities,” was published by the Journal of Central and Eastern European African Studies 3, no. 2 (2023). 

History Club with Dr. Alexandra Montero Peters

The History Club will host Dr. Alexandra Montero Peters, who will be discussing "Naming a Manuscript's Mystery Women: New Evidence of Muslim-Christian Exchange in the 13th Century." 

Pizza will be served! 

Wednesday, March 6, 2024 | 7:00 pm           
TMH 104

State of Black Studies at UT & TXST

Join Dr. Kevin Foster (Associate Chair of the African and African Diaspora Studies Department at The University of Texas at Austin) and Dr. Dwonna Goldstone (Director of the TXST African American Studies Program) as they discuss Black Studies at UT & TXST.

Saturday, February 24, 2024 | 1:00 - 2:30 pm           
Cephas House           
217 W. MLK Drive           
San Marcos, Texas 78666

"Transition as Struggle and Care" - A Faculty Senate University Lecturer Series Event

Speaker: Shuli Branson             
Time and Place: Thursday, February 29th, 6:30 - 8:00 PM, Flowers Hall 230

Building on Black feminist and Indigenous thought, as well as their experiences as an educator and organizer, Shuli Branson proposes trans feminism as a daily practice that prepares for our collective liberation.

Shuli Branson is a transfemme teacher, organizer, scholar, and translator. Her recent works include Practical Anarchism: A Daily Guide, Gay Liberation after May ’68, and Surviving the Future: Abolitionist Queer Strategies.

The Importance of Black Storytelling: Texas State’s African American Read-In

Come celebrate Black Storytelling with Texas State and San Marcos High School faculty. You can read silently, aloud, or in small groups. Bring your favorite book, poem, magazine, or online material written by Black authors. We will have food, drinks, and extra reading material. All are welcome!

Tuesday, February 27, 2024                
4:00 - 6:00 PM | LBJ Student Center Ballroom

Black Storytelling Registration 

Phi Alpha Theta Fellowship Workshop | Thursday, February 15, 2024

Join Dr. Brian Smith, External Funding Coordinator for the Graduate School, and Ms. Cathlin Noonan, Research Coordinator for the IDEA Center, to lean about funding opportunities for graduate and undergraduate students like you.  

At the workshop, staff and faculty who have extensive experience overseeing funding opportunities will discuss how to go about applying for research money. We hope to see you all there!

Thursday, February 15, 2024               
5:30 PM | TMH 104

Center for Texas Music History Collaboration with KUTX

In April, the Center for Texas Music History entered an ongoing collaboration with Austin's public radio stations KUTX and KUT to produce This Week in Texas Music History, a series of weekly shorts that appear on-air and are archived online. 

Witness to War

Join The Wittliff for a presentation by Dr. Michael Miller about the 1914 invasion and occupation of Veracruz by the United States and the Witness to War exhibition at The Wittliff.

Dr. Michael Nelson Miller is a retired professor of Mexican cultural history at Texas State University. He holds a Ph.D. from Texas A&M University. He has also taught at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary and the University of Texas Permian Basin.

Wednesday, February 7, 2024 | 11:00 am                  
The Wittliff Collections

Registration | Witness to War

Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society: First General Meeting | Thursday, February 8, 2024

Please join PAT for our first general meeting of the year, where we will accept nominations (including self-nominations) for new officers for the 2023-2024. PAT is a history honors society open to upper-level undergraduates and graduate students, but many of our events are open to any students with an interest in history. We will be discussing our calendar for the upcoming semester, and brainstorming for possible Spring 24 events. There will be pizza and snacks. All are welcome. There will be a Zoom option for anyone interested who can't attend in person--email Dr. Shannon Duffy, History Dept. to get on the PAT general mailing list to get the link. 

Thursday, February 8, 2024                        
5:00-6:20 PM | TMH 101 and Online via Zoom 

Phi Alpha Theta Book 'n' Bake Sale | February 14 & 15, 2024

Phi Alpha Theta History Honors Society Valentine’s Day Book ‘n’ Bake Sale

Come by our booth to buy a book & a snack!                       
Scholarly & popular books available. 

Only $2 for cookie or book!

February 14 & 15, 2024                        
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM | The Quad 

Dr. Alana de Hinojosa Publishes New Article

Congratulations to Dr. Alana de Hinojosa, who will be joining us in the fall, on the publication of her article, “'El Chamizal is Ours Forever:’ Rumor, Time, and the Law in El Paso’s Settler Society” in the peer-reviewed, Human Geography Journal Environment and Planning D: Society and Space.

The West Side Sound Oral History Project

The West Side Sound Oral History Project is a collaboration between two Mexican American Studies professors from UTSA, two music historians and DJs, and the local community. By focusing on the West Side Sound, a genre of music that draws from conjunto music, R&B, doo wop and other Black musical genres, and by inviting the community to share their stories, this project showcases the contributions made to music and U.S. history by Black and Chicana/o/x communities.

Monday, February 19, 2024                         
Brazos Hall | 12:30 pm

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Congratulations to Dr Yazid Zahda (Dr. Bishop Ph.D. Student)

Dr Elizabeth Bishop, with Professor Douglas Porpora (Drexel University), Dr Rima Hammami (Birzeit University), Professor Dina Mattar (SOAS University of London), and Dr Jeff Handmaker (International Institute of Social Studies) served as the full doctoral committee for Yazid Zahda's PhD thesis, "Palestine: A case of Neoliberalization. The Nature and Implications of Palestinian National Development Plans; 1994-2023" at the International Institute of Social Studies in the Hague (Netherlands). Yazid Zahda's dissertation supervisors are Professor Karin Arts and Dr Karim Kniou.

French Vice in Texas: Migration, Trafficking, and Indecent Work in the Early Twentieth Century                         
Dr. Elisa Camiscioli | Binghamton University

This presentation recasts the moral panic of “trafficking” as a key moment in migration history. By exploring three case studies of French migrants in Texas, Dr. Camiscioli shows how the victims and villains of the first international campaign against trafficking should be understood as entrepreneurial migrants instead. A saloon-owner in Beaumont, a pimp in El Paso, and a brothel madame in Galveston serve as examples of successful migrants to the United States, and also targets of migration control. We discuss migrants’ ambitions, the intersections of licit and illicit work, and the policing of prostitution and pimping in the early twentieth century.

Thursday, February 15, 2024                          
Flowers Hall 230 | 11:00 am

Registration Required 

Dr. Sachs appears on Media-eval Podcast to talk about Napoleon

Congratulations to Dr. Miranda Sachs who was recently invited to speak about the new Napoleon film on the podcast Media-eval: A Medieval Pop Culture Podcast.

Dr. Louie Dean Valencia interviewed in The Chronicle of Higher Education 

Dr. Louie Dean Valencia discussed the impact of celebrity in university classes and why celebrities associate themselves with universities in an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Study in America | Philadelphia in a Time of Revolution | Summer II,  2024                           
Directed by Dr. Shannon E. Duffy

After a 4-week course of study, which will comprise most of the coursework for one of two courses we will travel to Philadelphia, to visit numerous historical museums, attend scholarly talks, and participate in historical tours of the city. Our itinerary includes tours of Independence Hall National Park, the National Constitution Center, the Museum of the American Revolution, the Liberty Bell, the Betsy Ross home, Elfreth’s Alley, the Eastern State Penitentiary, the Reading Terminal, and the Grim Philly Dark Tourism Tour.

Contact Dr. Shannon Duffy with any questions.                           
Apply Online

Careers in Public History                              
With Alicia Juillet, Curator, NY Mets Hall of Fame and Museum

Explore careers in public history with Alicia Juillet, curator of the Mets Hall of Fame and Museum with the New York Mets baseball team.

Before joining the Mets, Alicia worked with the Detroit Red Wings, the Detroit Tigers and Little Caesars. She also interned at the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, ON. She holds a BA in history and museum studies and a MS in Information, with an Archives and Museums focus, from the University of Michigan.

Wednesday, January 31, 2024 | 5:00 pm (CDT)                             
Online via Zoom | Registration Required 

Registration Closed

Recording Women in the Early Modern Atlantic World | Call for Papers

With support from Texas State University and the University of Texas at Austin, conveners Caylin Carbonell, Sara Damiano, and Julie Hardwick invite participation in a workshop on “Recording Women in the Early Modern Atlantic World.” This in-person workshop will take place in the Austin, TX, area on September 26-28, 2024. The workshop’s goal is publication of a Journal of Women’s History special issue, to be guest edited by Sara Damiano and Caylin Carbonell.  

For more information, see the Call for Proposals website. The proposal deadline is March 1, 2024. 

Dr. Elizabeth Bishop Authors "Niels Bohr Library & Archives as a Source for Histories of Egypt’s Science Diplomacy"

Several multilateral organizations consider science diplomacy to be increasingly important in international policy-making and diplomacy; the recent UN Summer Academy Trend Talk featured Maricela Muñoz on how the Geneva Science and Diplomacy Anticipator (GESDA) brings together different communities, including academic, diplomatic, impact, and citizens. Dr. Bishop authored a piece in the latest issue of the History Newsletter published by the the American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library & Archives (vol. 55, no. 2, 2023), published a brief research report: "Niels Bohr Library & Archives as a Source for Histories of Egypt’s Science Diplomacy." 

Reds in Blue: UNESCO, World Governance, and the Soviet Internationalist Imagination

Dr. Louis Porter will be joined in conversation with Dr. Rósa Magnúsdóttir, Professor of History at the University of Iceland, for a conversation about his recent book, Reds in Blue: UNESCO, World Governance, and the Soviet Internationalist Imagination.

Thursday, January 25, 2024 | Online via Zoom                                    
12:00 pm Central Time

Registration Closed 

Dr. Valencia's latest publication in the series Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right

Dr. Louie Dean Valencia has co-authored the chapter "European Histories, Australian Anxieties: The Christchurch Killer in Context" in the edited volume The Politics of Replacement: Demographic Fears, Conspiracy Theories, and Race Wars, edited by Sarah Bracke and Luis Manuel Hernández Aguilar, part of the series Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right.

Dr. Joaquín Rivaya-Martínez Publishes New Article

Congratualtions to Dr. Joaquín Rivaya-Martínez on the publication of his latest article, “La quiebra de las relaciones hispano-comanches durante la insurgencia.” In Procesos históricos del noreste ante la colonización hispana y la independencia de México (Siglos XVI al XIX), edited by Gustavo González Flores, 229-271. Saltillo: Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila.  

History Faculty Awarded Research Enhancement Program Awards

Congratulations to Drs. Ruby Oram and Joaquín Rivaya-Martínez, who have both been awarded Research Enhancement Program Awards in the 2024 cycle.

• Ruby Oram, “Gender, Welfare, and the First State Prisons for Women, 1870-1910”
• Joaquín Rivaya-Martínez, “Comanche Rock Art: A Heretofore Neglected Indigenous Source on Comanche History”

Many thanks to the Research Committee, everyone who submitted proposals, and all who supported our applicants this year. Dr. Renold, chair of the Research Committee, indicated that the number of proposals increased significantly, and the competition was especially intense this time around.

Indigenous Borderlands: A Book Celebration and Dialogue

Renowned ethnohistorians Cynthia Radding, Erick Langer, and our own Joaquín Rivaya-Martínez will discuss the contributions and potential impact of the edited collection Indigenous Borderlands: Native Agency, Resilience and Power in the Americas (University of Oklahoma Press, 2023). This work is the culmination of a project whose first step was a symposium held at Texas State University under the sponsorship of the Center for the Study of the Southwest and the Department of History in 2018. The book brings together selected national and international scholars whose research engages with past and present Native communities across the Western Hemisphere. Indigenous people, who often occupy a marginal space in the scholarship on the history of the Americas, are the protagonists of this far-reaching revisionary work, in which pervasive myths of European domination and Indigenous submission receive an overdue corrective.

Thursday, January 25, 2024 | 2:00 pm                                       
Flowers Hall 230 & Online via Zoom                                      
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