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DALRYMPLEDIGEST
June2016–May2017 Issue#1
FortheinauguralissueofDalrymple
Digest,anannualnewsletterfocusingon
thegraduatestudentsoftheUniversityof
MississippiArchDalrympleIIIDepartment
ofHistory,weareverygratefultohavean
interviewwiththenewChairofour
department,ProfessorNoellHowell
Wilson,asourcoverstory:
AsChairoftheArchDalrympleIII
DepartmentofHistory,describeoneof
yourmaingoalsforthegraduateprogram.
Oneofourcoregoalsinthenext3-5
yearswillbetocontinuetoincrease
thestipendsweofferentering
graduatestudents,andpotentially
currentones,sothattheyhave
sufficientfundingtodevotethe
summermonthsexclusivelyto
researchandwriting.
Ifyoucoulddescribeourdepartmentin
twowords,whatwouldtheybe?
Dynamicandevolving.
Weareexcitedattheprospectofhosting
aHistorygraduatestudentconference
nextyear.Inwhatotherwayswouldyou
encouragegraduatestudentstoengage
withtheHistoryprofessionoutsideofthe
university?
Irecommendapproachingvarious
onlinepublications,suchastheAHA
blogs,aboutwritingoccasionalessays,
perusingweeklythewebsiteofthe
AmericanHistoricalAssociation,
submittingop-edpiecestodaily
newspapers,andscrutinizing/revising
Wikipediaentriesaddressingtopics
relatedtoyourresearch.
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ThisyeartheU.S.News&WorldReportranked
ourPhDprogramas#37inthenation,whatin
particulardoyouattributethishighrankingto
andinwhatwayscouldthedepartmentseekto
furtherimprove?
InlargepartIattributethisstaturetothe
previouschair,JoeWard’s,energetic
advocacyoftheDepartmentduringhis
tenure.Butthisrankingalsoreflectsa
growingcommitmentofourfacultytomentor
Ph.D.studentsnotonlyasscholars,butalsoas
professionalsintheacademywholandtenure
trackjobsandconverttheirPh.D.thesesinto
books.WiththegenerousDalrymplefunds,
movingforwardweshouldbeabletomore
fullysupportgraduateresearch,shortening
thetimetocompletionofthePh.D.
WhatkeyadvicewouldyougiveHistory
graduatestudentsashowbesttosucceedinboth
theirgraduateworkandonthejobmarket?
Ithinkoneofthemostunderappreciated
skillsforPh.D.studentsisnetworking–both
amongpeersandseniorfaculty--which
buildsacommunityofpotentialconference
panelists,referenceletterwriters,and
researchcollaborators.Thedisciplineof
Historygenerallyrewardssolitaryintellectual
activity,butprofessionalpositionsinthefield
resultfromstronginterpersonalskillsand
confidenceengaginginscholarlydebatewith
historiansyoumighthavenevermet.To
cultivatetheseskillsIrecommend(1)
presentingatconferencesasoftenaspossible
and(2)introducingyourselfto2peersand2
moreseniorscholarsateachoftheseevents.
Try#2inparticularforthenextacademic
year,andthensendmeane-mailtoshare
yourthoughts!
Lastyearthedepartmentbegana
Professionalizationclassforsecond
semesterPhDstudents,tohelp
explainthejobmarketandthe
activitiesinvolvedinbecominga
professionalhistorian.Haveyou
consideredfurtherwaysinwhich
thedepartmentcouldhelpguide
graduatestudentsthroughthe
hurdlesoffunding,fellowships,
teachingandenteringthejob
market?
Inadditiontoencouragingall
graduatestudentstomeet
candidatesfortenuretrackjobs,
attendtheirjobtalksand
participateincampusvisit
receptions,wehavebegunto
discussinformal“lunchand
learn”conversationswithfaculty
inadditiontothe
professionalizationseminarsand
facultyobservations/evaluations
ofgraduateteaching.Onthis
point,too,Iencourageall
graduatestudentstosendme
theirbestideas.
Asgraduatestudentsinthe
department,wewereexcitedbythe
launchingofourownpagethisyear
onthedepartmentwebsite.How
muchimportancewouldyouplace
ongraduatestudentshavinga
visibleprofessionalonlinepresence
intermsofdevelopingprofessional
relationshipsandfindingjob
opportunities?
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Asweallknow,virtualnetworkingisas
important,ifnotmoreso,thanperson-
to-personcontact,soavisibledigital
presenceiskey.Iamgratefultothe
graduatestudentassociationfor
spearheadingthisportionofour
webpageandhopethatyouwill
continuetomonitoritbythesemester
sothattheinformationisalways
current.
Publichistoryisanincreasingly“hot
topic,”especiallywithintherealmofU.S.
History.Doyouenvisagethedepartment
offeringgraduatestudentsopportunities
orclassestoengagewithpublichistoryin
thefuture?
Giventheemerginginterestsof
severalofourfacultyandgraduate
students,thisisanareaofstudythat
theDepartmentwillexplore
introducingtothecurriculuminthe
nextcoupleofyears.Justrecently,
weapprovedaddingaHistory
Internshipcoursetoour
undergraduateofferings,andthis
classwillbeanimportantstarting
pointforexpandingthegraduate
curriculum.Iencourageallgraduate
studentstosendmetheirthoughts
onwhatsortsofcoursesinpublic
historytheywouldliketosee!
• BryanKessler:“DavidArthurFerguson,”TheDictionaryofVirginiaBiography,Vol.5(Richmond:LibraryofVirginia).
• NicholasMosvick:
o “Expandthedrafttowomen–orrepealit?Alongconstitutionaldebatecontinues,”TheConversation,June21,2016<https://theconversation.com/expand-the-draft-to-women-or-repeal-it-a-long-constitutional-debate-continues-60505>
o “CourtroomWars:PopularConstitutionalDiscourse,StateJudgesandConscriptioninCivil
WarPennsylvania,”FaulknerLawReview.Pending.
• LauraSmith:o ““Nowlethimenforceit”:Thelonghistoryoftheimperialpresidency,”History@Work,March
27,2017,NationalCouncilforPublicHistory<http://ncph.org/history-at-work/now-let-him-
enforce-it-the-long-history-of-the-imperial-presidency/>
o “AtleastasreliableasAndrewJackson,”TheDailyPrincetonian,November8,2016,PrincetonUniversity<http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/article/2016/11/at-least-as-reliable-as-
andrew-jackson>
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PRESENTATIONS:
• FionaFoster:“ScottishNationalWarMemorial:Memory,Gender,andIdentity.”PresentedatSouthernHistoricalAssociation'sEuropean
HistorySection,St.PeteBeach,FL.,November2016.
• JeffreyGlossner:“PoorWhites,SlaveInsurrections,andtheSocialOrder:BlackandWhiteInteractionandtheSpecterofRebellioninthe
AntebellumSouth.”PresentedatHistoryGraduateStudentAssociation
Conference,LouisianaStateUniversity,BatonRouge,L.A.,March2017.
• JustinIsaacRogers: o “TheMakingofaSouthernConfluence:ReligiousandRacial
AdaptationamongChickasaw,Enslaved,andWhitePeoplein
theMississippiHills,1825-1861,”SoutheasternIndiansin
UnexpectedPlaces:NativeAmericanHistoryintheNineteenth-
CenturyAmericanSouthandSouthwest.PresentedatSouthern
HistoricalAssociationAnnualMeeting,St.PeteBeach,F.L.,
November2016.(Co-organizedthispanel).
o “‘PlumSanctified’:EnslavedWomenandReligiousLifeinNorth
Mississippi,1820s-1860s.”PresentedatClaimingHistories:
SlaveryandRemembranceinNorthMississippi,RustCollege,
HollySprings,M.S.,October2016.
o “MakingSlaveryintheMississippiHills:Chickasaw
Slaveholders,Race,Religion,andGender,1810s-1840s,”
PresentedatUniversityofMississippi,J.D.WilliamsLibrary,
ArchivesandSpecialCollections,Fall2016LectureSeries,
October2016.
o “DrawingtheColorLine(s):Race,Religion,andChickasaw
SlaveholdinginAntebellumMississippi,”ThePeculiar
InstitutionintheNativeSouth.Presentedat38thAnnual
MeetingoftheSocietyforHistoriansoftheEarlyAmerican
Republic,NewHaven,C.T.,July2016.
• LauraSmith:o “Mainemorality:HenryClayandthePresidentialElectionof
1844throughthelensofTheDailyArgusofPortland,Maine.”PresentedatNewEnglandHistoricalAssociation
Conference(NEHA)atRivierUniversity,October2016.
o “TheHistoryofU.S.PresidentialElections:TheGood,the
BadandtheUgly.”PresentedatUniversityofMississippi.
InvitedtobepanelmemberforspecialUniversityof
MississippiHistoryClubandPhiAlphaThetalecture,
October2016.
June2016–May2017 Issue#1
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• ThomasStephens:“Apes,Blücher,andKaiserWilly:German‘Barbarism’inBritish
Children'sLiterature,1914-1918.”SpaceBetween Society2017Conference:MemoryandProphecyinthe SpaceBetween,1914-45.PresentedatUniversityof Mississippi,May2017.
• JeffreyWashburn:"'Thesoilandclimatehereiswelladapted':ChickasawCountryDuringthePlan
forCivilization."PresentedattheAmericanSociety
forEthnohistoryAnnualConference,November
2016.Organizedpanel:"LandscapesofSovereignty:
ChangeandPersistenceintheEighteenthand
Nineteenth-CenturyNativeSouth."
• AmandaWilliams:o “MothersintheFuture:TheAbortion
Procedure,CommunistMorality,andHousing
inSovietRussia,1955–1980.”Presentedat
MidwestSlavicConference,Columbus,O.H.,
April2017.
o “ReproductivePolitics:StatePower,
Propaganda,andPopularSocietyin
Khrushchev’sRussia.”PresentedatUniversity
ofAlabamaGraduateStudentAssociation
PowerandStruggleConference,Tuscaloosa,
A.L.,October2016.
June2016–May2017 Issue#1
• AbdulrahmanAjibola:
VentressGraduateSummer
Fellowship,Universityof
Mississippi.
• KristinBouldin:o Spring2017GraduateSchool
ResearchFellowship,
UniversityofMississippi.o Fall2016received$600
DissertationResearch
ScholarshipfromtheNational
SocietyofColonialDames.
• ChetBush:VentressGraduateSummerFellowship,Universityof
Mississippi.
• MonicaCampbell:ArchDalrympleIIIGraduateStudent
Fundingforsummerresearch.
• FionaFoster:May2017receivedan"AchievetheDream
OERGrant"todevelopanOER
CourseforWesternCivilizationsII.
• BryanKessler:o Summer2017Graduate
SchoolResearchAssistantship,
UniversityofMississippi.
o Fall2016ArchDalrympleIII
ResearchFellowship,
UniversityofMississippi.
o SummerandFall2016Arch
DalrympleIIIResearchGrant,
UniversityofMississippi.
o Summer2016Graduate
StudentCouncilResearch
Grant,Universityof
Mississippi.
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• BethKruse:VentressGraduateSummerFellowship,UniversityofMississippi.
• AndrewMarion:VentressGraduateSummerFellowship,Universityof
Mississippi.
• NicholasMosvick:o Spring2017GraduateSchoolSpring
Fellowship,UniversityofMississippi.
o Fall2016McMinnFellowforthe
CenterforCivilWarResearch,
UniversityofMississippi.
• JustinIsaacRogers:o SummerFellow,NationalEndowment
fortheHumanitiesSummerInstitute
forCollegeandUniversityTeachers,
"OnNativeGrounds:StudiesofNative
AmericanHistoriesandtheLand,"in
residenceattheLibraryofCongress,
Washington,D.C.,June12-June30,
2017.
o ResearchAssociate,"TwoHundred
YearsoftheArtsinMississippi,"
MississippiArtsCommission,2016.
o TravelGrant,SocietyforHistoriansof
theEarlyAmericanRepublic,Summer
2016.
• SummerSmith:VentressGraduateSummerFellowship,Universityof
Mississippi.
• JemarTisby:VentressGraduateSummerFellowship,UniversityofMississippi.
• JeffreyWashburn:2017PhillipsFundGrantforNativeAmericanResearchfromthe
AmericanPhilosophicalSociety.
• AmandaWilliams:AssistantshipfromtheUniversityofIllinois'Russian,East
European,EurasianCenter.
June2016–May2017 Issue#1
• FionaFoster: BecameanExecutiveCommitteeMemberforthe
ScottishHistoryNetworkasofJanuary
2017. • BryanKessler:
o ServedasSenator,Graduate
StudentCouncil,Universityof
Mississippi,2016-2017.
o ServedasExecutiveBoard
Officer,HistoryGraduate
Association,Universityof
Mississippi,2016-2017.
• EricRexroat:Officiallypassedhiscomprehensiveexamswithdistinction,
(April2017).
ChetBush,MA
ShelbyCarmichael,MA
RobertHarrison,MA
SarahParrish,MA
JamieSessions,MA
TravisJaquess,PhD
MahimaManchanda,PhD
StellaLindsayPrewitt,PhD
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CreatedbyLauraSmithandtheHistoryGraduateAssociation
IhopeyouhaveenjoyedthisinauguralissueofDalrympleDigest,a
newslettercelebratingtheachievementsoftheHistorygraduatestudentsofthe
ArchDalrympleIIIDepartmentofHistoryoverthepastacademicyear.Ifyou
wouldliketoe-mailanyofthegraduatestudents,thatinformationcanbefound
onthe“GraduateStudents”tabontheArchDalrympleIIIDepartmentofHistory
website.
June2016–May2017 Issue#1