The five-part “Bromo Speaks” radio series, examining the development and transformation of a downtown Baltimore landmark, airs on WEAA’s Marc Steiner Show. Continue Reading UMBC humanities students produce radio series exploring history and culture of Baltimore’s Bromo Arts District
Graduate and undergraduate ceremonies, held December 16-17, celebrate student accomplishments through over a dozen inspiring stories. Continue Reading UMBC honors over 1,000 new graduates at 2015 Winter Commencement
In conjunction with the inauguration of University of Pennsylvania’s new Center for the Integrated Study of Japan, Constantine Vaporis presented an invited talk that focused on his research about travel in Early Modern Japan and what it revealed about healing, discovery, and political obligation and coercion, among other elements of life during that time period. Vaporis, professor of history and director of the Asian studies program, teaches Japanese and East Asian history and has received numerous fellowships for research in Japanese history including a Fulbright Scholar’s Award and an NEH Fellowship for College Teachers. He is author of Breaking Barriers: Travel and the… Continue Reading Constantine Vaporis presents research at University of Pennsylvania Center for Integrated Study of Japan inauguration
Note: This story was updated on March 22, 2016. From 1763-1764, nearly 5,000 enslaved people in the Dutch colony of Berbice in South America rebelled. In studying the history of the rebellion on the surface, one might think it fits the pattern of many New World slave revolts. But as Marjoleine Kars discovered, an examination of the judicial records provides a much closer look into the internal dynamics of the rebellion. Kars, associate professor and chair of history, is currently finishing a book about the slave rebellion in Berbice. She recently published a paper based on her research in the February… Continue Reading Marjoleine Kars reveals the untold story of the Atlantic Slave Rebellion in the Dutch Caribbean
In advance of the annual Conference on D.C. Historical Studies, the Washington Post highlighted research by George Derek Musgrove ’97, history, associate professor of history, that identifies four distinct waves of gentrification in Washington, D.C. and reflects residents’ viewpoints of how it has impacted the city. At the D.C. historical studies conference, Musgrove presented a talk with his colleague Chris Myers Asch at the University of the District of Columbia titled “We Are Headed for Some Bad Trouble: Gentrification and Displacement in Washington, D.C., 1920-2014.” Musgrove and Asch were part of a panel discussion to assess how historical patterns of race- and class-based… Continue Reading George Derek Musgrove’s research on gentrification in the nation’s capital featured in the Washington Post
Christy Chapin, an assistant professor of history, recently joined the Harvard University podcast This Week in Health Law for a discussion about the history of health care in the United States. Chapin is author of the new book Ensuring America’s Health: The Public Creation of the Corporate Health Care System, which was published earlier this year by Cambridge University Press. The wide-ranging interview covered several topics including how many ideas to save costs today are similar to ideas presented in the decades spanning the 20th century, what health policy would look like if it were better informed by history, and the validity of the… Continue Reading Christy Chapin analyzes evolution of American health care system over 20th century
Every so often, we’ll chat with an alum about what they do and how they got there. Today we catch up with Lauren Bucca ’13, English, who, after an internship in the Medieval Manuscripts Library at the Walters Art Museum and graduate studies at the University of Durham, now works for the Rowman & Littlefield publishing company. Name: Lauren Bucca Job Title: Publicity Assistant, Rowman & Littlefield Major/Minor: English, double minor in History and Medieval and Early Modern Studies Grad Year: 2013 What led you down the path to publishing? The world of publishing is a kind of haven for someone with deep literary… Continue Reading Career Q&A: Lauren Bucca ’13, English
One of the things that makes UMBC great is how wonderful our alumni, students, faculty, and staff are. Because of these amazing people, UMBC often finds itself “in the news,” so each week, we’ll be sharing with you a round-up of the most newsworthy achievements from our community. Times Higher Education has named UMBC one of the top universities in the world for the fourth year in a row. President Freeman Hrabowski will speak at Clemson University on October 14 as part of the school’s Diversity and Inclusive Excellence Month, and deliver the keynote address at the Illinois Principals Association’s… Continue Reading Roundup: UMBC in the News
Christy Chapin, an assistant professor of history, recently published a new book which traces how private and public interests merged to place insurance companies at the center of the U.S. healthcare system. The book, Ensuring America’s Health: The Public Creation of the Corporate Health Care System, was published earlier this year by Cambridge University Press. “Christy Chapin’s Ensuring America’s Health changes the scholarly conversation about the history of our health care system. It explains how both public and private forces created Medicare in 1965 and how the ‘insurance company model’ of health care finance has prevailed ever since. This book is the… Continue Reading Christy Chapin, History, Publishes New Book About the History of the American Health Care System
Digital Humanities and Imagining Medieval Women’s Lives: Putting Marriage and Sex on the Internet Shannon McSheffrey, Professor, Department of History, Concordia University, Montreal Thursday, September 24 | 4:00 pm University Center Room 312 Dr. Shannon McSheffrey (Ph. D, Toronto), Professor, Department of History, Concordia University, Montreal, will speak on her research on women in late medieval London, including her work in digital humanities. She manages a database relating to the late medieval London Consistory court which can be accessed here. Professor McSheffrey’s research interests center around gender roles, law, civic culture, marriage, literacy, heresy, and popular religion in late medieval… Continue Reading Fall 2015 Medieval and Early Modern Studies Lecture (9/24)
In the wake of the unrest in Baltimore earlier this year, several UMBC faculty were interviewed by Diverse to share the projects they are doing with students and colleagues to work with the city as it recovers from its first uprising in nearly 50 years. Beverly Bickel, a clinical associate professor in the language, literacy and culture program, discussed the Imagining America conference, which is sponsored by UMBC in partnership with MICA and Morgan State University. Many conference sessions will focus specifically on Baltimore and address topics such as race, inequality and community-based approaches to spur collective action. “Part of our… Continue Reading UMBC Faculty Discuss Baltimore City Civic Engagement Work in Diverse
On July 21, Joseph Tatarewicz, an associate professor of history, published an article in The Conversation analyzing the history of space exploration in light of the recent NASA New Horizons Pluto mission. Professor Tatarewicz teaches the history of science and technology, policy, and public history. He has done extensive work in public history, including eight years as a Smithsonian museum curator and ten years in private practice. He is author of Space Technology and Planetary Astronomy. “The boomers are the first generation to witness the initial exploration of our solar system and the last to be taught that standard phrase, ‘the nine planets.’ During the… Continue Reading Joseph Tatarewicz, History, Provides Historical Context for Pluto Flyby Mission in The Conversation
