Robert Gellately, Earl Ray Beck Professor of History, was interviewed by Marshall Poe about his new book Stalin's Curse. The interview is available here, and there are many more available on the New Books in History podcast.
News and Features
On November 1, US Air Force Colonel Terrance J. McCaffrey III will lecture on “Rising China—Responsible Stakeholder or Nascent Enemy? US-China Policy from a Military Perspective,” and on November 13, Anthony Austin will lecture on "A Teenager in Occupied Japan."
The history department is delighted to welcome Annika Culver, our new East Asian specialist.
Weston Nunn, a PhD candidate, has been awarded a Walbolt Dissertation Fellowship for his proposal entitled "Between State and Peasantry: The Dynamics of Military Administration in Volunteer-Occupied Russia, 1918-21."
Professor Suzanne Sinke is spending the spring semester of 2013 at the University of Salzburg as a Fulbright scholar.
Andrew Frank spoke about the Creek Indians and the First Seminole War, which took place in the early 19th century in the southeastern United States and Spanish controlled Florida. The war was fought in part to prevent slaves from fleeing into Florida.
Congratulations to Earl Ray Beck Professor of History Robert Gellately on his new book, Stalin's Curse, Battling for Communism in War and Cold War published with Knopf.
We recently mailed out the department's newsletter for 2012.
Our PhDs continue to publish at a great clip. In 2012, we counted at least seven new titles--see the list here. If we missed your book, get in touch.