History News and Events
Faculty News
Dr. Shingi Mavima, assistant professor of history, has published his second novella, "The Leak." The book was published by Carnelian Heart Publishing Ltd. Synopsis: Kuda, a young man from urban Zimbabwe in pursuit of greener pastures, embarks on a surreal path where he is confronted with familial conflict, disease, dashed hopes, love and camaraderie in the strangest of places, and death. Watch Dr. Mavima's interview on WTOL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY4H3oP2oLo.
Dr. Barry Jackisch, associate professor of history, delivered the Philip Markowicz Annual Lecture in Judaism and Jewish Biblical Studies at UToledo, Teaching With Tolerance In a Time of Hate: Jewish Private Schools in Nazi Berlin, 1933-1939." (March 2024)
Dr. Ami Pflugrad-Jackisch, professor and chair, published a book chapter entitled, “Women and the American Revolution,” in the Cambridge History of the Age of Atlantic Revolutions, Volume 1 published by Cambridge University Press (2023).
Student Success
David Lacy, doctoral candidate in U.S. history, was awarded a 2024-2025 short-term Mellon Fellowship
at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture in Richmond, to conduct research for
his dissertation on Black legal culture in slavery in Antebellum Virginia.
Loryn Clauson, doctoral candidate in U.S. history, conducted research as part of two different fellowships at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Historical Society as part of her dissertation project on women, finance, and the household in antebellum America. (Spring 2024)
The History Community Board Eastern Michigan University awarded doctoral student in African history, Tab Keller, the 2024 Young Alumni Award based on her accomplishments as a student in our doctoral program at UToledo and her success as a lecturer at Olivet University. (April 2024)
Outstanding undergraduate history majors Jenna Pittman and Katie Blandford were admitted to the history doctoral programs at Duke University and Indiana University,
respectively, with funding packages for fall 2024.
HISTORY DEPARTMENT PAST EVENTS
UToledo History Department Colloquium
March 22, 2024
Panel Discussion
Left to right: UToledo history students - Kali Bomeli, Julie Dragun, Bailey Scheller, and Katie Blandford.
Presentation on the History Fair Housing in U.S.
Presenting at podium: Molly Eyink, seated: Tom Soderman and David Lacy (hat).
Graduate and undergraduate history students from UToledo, BGSU, Kent State, and Defiance College presented research papers on panels moderated by UToled faculty. The topics included presentations on history of drugs and alcohol, citizenship, World War I, the Holocaust, the Cold War, LGBTQ, and African American history around the world.