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Faculty News
Victoria Brown – Last summer was her “Summer
of 1,000 Projects.” Instead of focusing on scholarship,
she was involved in teaching and administrative matters all summer.
She supervised a Capstone for Catherine Nisbett entitled “Progressive
Era Women and Their Fathers.” While she spent a great deal
of time reading and preparing to teach Cultural Encounters in
History (HIS 195), she spent more time than she would care to
think about on administrative matters related to Gender &
Women’s Studies. She got a couple of weeks to revise a chapter
of her book. On September 17, She delivered the Plenary address
at the Hull-House Conference in Chicago. She also recovered all
the seat cushions and pillows in her kitchen, made new window
treatments for the kitchen, took a trip to Monticello, Williamsburg,
and Appomatox, and potty-trained two kittens.
George Drake – He devoted most of his summer to
preparing to teach the new History 195 course. He was also involved
with Professor Kaiser in developing and participating in a workshop
on Freedom and Authority. Finally, he did some work on a history
of the Midwest Athletic Conference, which he has been asked to
write.
Andrew Hsieh – On August 11, 1999 he delivered
a lecture, “Political Stances and Cultural Continuity dung
the Ming-Ch’ing Transition: the Case of Ku Yen-wu (1613-1682).”
At the Chinese Civilization Centre of the City University of
Hong Kong.
Phil Kitner – He helped complete the building
of a new cabin on Vinalhaven Island, Maine where he has vacationed
for about thirty years.
Bill Patch – Over the summer, he settled into
a garret apartment just across the Rhine from Dusseldorf, in
the suburb of Meersbusch. He has made use of the hiking and bicycle
paths in the neighborhood, and went to visit the Roman ruins
at Xanten near the Dutch border. He will soon set off for a major
trip to the Black Forest. In the meantime, he has checked out
the protocols for the first six congresses of the Christian trade
unions (from 1901 to 1912) and a half dozen recent monographs
that should be useful to his ongoing research.
Marci Sortor – She finished work on the fifth
edition of The Other Side of Western Civilization vol.
1, which was published in June. This summer she worked on medieval
immigration and immigrants whenever she wasn’t occupied
with chair duties, getting ready for classes, or swimming with
her daughter. |
