http://graduatehistorysociety.org GHS Wed, 15 Aug 2007 20:35:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Wim Klooster (Mar 27-28): The Colonies Seminar presents Wim Klooster, Associate Professor of History, Clark University. He received his Ph.D. at the University of Leiden in the Netherlands. He specializes in Europe's expansion in the early modern Atlantic World, especially the Caribbean region. His books include Illicit Riches: Dutch Trade ... http://graduatehistorysociety.org/news/2006/03/24/upcoming-events/ Professor Laurent Dubois from Michigan State University will present work in progress to the Colonies Seminar. Feb. 1, 7:30 pm: Public Lecture--Gerber Lounge, (EPB) English & Philosophy Building Feb. 2, 12:00-2:00 pm: Colonies Seminar Meeting--302 Schaeffer Hall (The Commons Room) http://graduatehistorysociety.org/news/2006/01/21/feb-1-2-professor-laurent-dubois/ Professor Hanson, College of Nursing, will speak on "Civil War Nursing". For more information, contact Susan Lawrence. (5:30 p.m. -- Room 401, Hardin Library for Health Sciences) http://graduatehistorysociety.org/news/2006/01/21/jan-24-kathy-hanson-history-of-medicine-society-presentation/ Anybody visiting this site in the past 5 days may have noticed some problems and some inappropriate content. A problem with the server allowed a hacker/spammer to deface the site, but everything has been restored and the vulnerability has been addressed. http://graduatehistorysociety.org/news/2006/01/21/spam-cleanup/ Hi everyone, This is just a quick reminder that David Montgomery's talk will be today at 5:30 at the Seamans Center (1505). The Seamans Center is the building on your left as you walk towards the Main Library from Schaeffer. The easiest way to get to 1505 is to ... http://graduatehistorysociety.org/news/2005/09/22/montgomery-talk-today-events-tomorrow/ Dear Colleagues: GHS is in the process of planning our colloquium program for the Fall Semester. We’d like to make the series as exciting and useful to the graduate student community as possible. I’d like to get a sense of graduate student interest with an informal email poll. ... http://graduatehistorysociety.org/news/2005/09/07/greetings-from-your-friendly-neighborhood-colloquium-chair/ Did you know that the Main Library Reserve desk now offers document scanning options for your course reserves? If you provide them with photocopies (like you would with a traditional article resreve), they can scan the document into PDF for you and post it under course reserves electronically. ... http://graduatehistorysociety.org/news/2005/08/24/document-scanning/ Dear GHS, Five copies of James Lipson's Doing Honest Work in College: How to Prepare Citations, Avoid Plagiarism, and Achieve Real Academic Success are available for checkout. Three copies are located in 280 Schaeffer Hall (see Jean) and two copies are in the Writing Center, 303 SH. I highly recommend this ... http://graduatehistorysociety.org/news/2005/08/24/honest-work/ Hello GHSers, Well, here are the results of the GHS election, which you've all been awaiting with baited breath. The GHS officers for 2005-06 are as follows: President: Cari Campbell (in a very close race, I might add) Sec/Treas: Kristen Anderson Colloquium Officer: Colleen Kelley Web Coordinator: Jason Verber GSS Reps: Dauna Kiser (Europeanist), Mike Ridge (Americanist) Faculty ... http://graduatehistorysociety.org/news/2005/03/28/ghs-election-results/ The Nation Digital Archive is now available as a 30 day trial. The trial will run from March 22, 2005, through April 20, 2005. It can be accessed from the Library’s Resources Under Evaluation page at http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/collections/evaluation.html. A description from the Nation: The Nation, America's oldest weekly journal of politics and culture, ... http://graduatehistorysociety.org/news/2005/03/25/the-nation-digital-archive-30-day-trial/