Department of History

Summer Research in Africa…
Follow Madison’s blog and her  adventures and research  in Gambia at http://maddigoestoafrica.wordpress.com/2013/05/21/yall-im-changing-my-name-to-toubab

Senior Meredith Edwards

Senior Madison Edwards, History major and African Studies minor has been awarded a summer SURF grant for four weeks of research in Gambia and Senegal, Africa. Her advisor and mentor is Dr. Assan Sarr, Assistant Professor of History and a native of Gambia. Madison will research connections between the Lowcountry and West Africa and the Atlantic slave trade. She has promised to send us updates on her summer in Africa.

Congratulations to Professor Emeritus Peter McCandless on his article entitled “Culture, Art, & Conflict- Southern Revolutionary Fever” in the final issue of American Revolution Magaine Sept/Oct 2012 Vol 5.    SAR

The Charleston Area Service Collaborative (CASC) is an AmeriCorps VISTA program run through the Mayor’s Office for Children, Youth, and Families. AmeriCorps members are placed at area government agencies, universities, and non-profits with programs focused on education, health, or veteran services. VISTAs focus on creating sustainable systems and building organizational capacity through in-direct service. Previous VISTAs have focused in areas such as resource development, program management, and volunteer management.

CASC is in the process of recruiting new VISTAs for the upcoming service year. This is a year-long commitment starting in August. Members receive a monthly living stipend, health coverage, loan deferment, and a $5500 Education Award upon completion of service. More information about VISTA can be found here:http://www.nationalservice.gov/programs/americorps/americorps-vista.

Those interested can apply using the following link: https://my.americorps.gov/mp/listing/viewListing.do?id=41130&fromSearch=true. This is an application for all CASC projects. Following submission,the Mayor’s Office for Children, Youth, and Families will contact applicants to determine projects best suited to applicants skills and interest.

Congratulations History graduates! You are now  History and College of Charleston Alumni and on your way to new horizons and challenges. This spring 44 History majors earned a Bachelor of Arts degree and nine  earned Latin Honors. Receiving highest honors is James Michael McManus graduating with  Summa Cum Laude. (GPA 3.9-4.0)

James Michael McManus, Summa Cum Laude

Michael Bradshaw, Magna Cum Laude
Chelsea Elizabeth Legette, Magna Cum Laude
Mary Hood Paulson, Magna Cum Laude

Luke Montgomery Allen, Cum Laude
Seth Reid Clare, Magna Cum Laude
Jordan Skyler Hardee, Cum Laude
Patrick Joseph Leonard, Cum Laude
Daniel C. Mackin Cum Laude

   Luke Montgomery Allen, Cum Laude

   Justin Scott Allran

   Michael Robert Baker

   Francis Joseph Berger IV

   Brandon  Walter Bodofsky

   Joseph Michael Bradshaw, Magna Cum Laude

   Jason Scott Byers

   Dan Stefan Candea

   Heather Melissa Chacho

Kathryn Elyse Chamberlain

Seth Reid Clare, Magna Cum Laude

Michael Keith Dahlman Jr.

Derek Anthony Del Core

Samantha Nicole Geltz

Jordan Skyler Hardee, Cum Laude

Margaret Conyers Harken

Savannah Elizabeth
 Elsie Harms

Andrew James Holloway

Philip Fullerton Howerton Ill

Jordan Alexandria Hubbard

Amber Grace Joyner

Charles Munson Lanier

Chelsea Elizabeth Legette, Magna Cum Laude

Patrick Joseph Leonard,Cum Laude
Deborah Jeanette Lisin ski

Ellyn McVea Lurey

Daniel C. Mackin Cum Laude

Sharon McAllister

Katherine Alyxandria McCoy

James Michael McManus, Summa Cum Laude

Daniel Taylor Oldland

Catherine McKenzie O’Neill

Edwin Brown Parkimon

Mary Hood Paulson, Magna Cum Laude

Kristin Anne Rebholz

John Arthur Scaringi

Sarah Anne Scudder

Kevin Craig Stanfield

Alexandra Tamara

Benjamin Marable Thompson

Dylan Rose Vories

Bridget Marie Walsh

Jason George Williams

Rachel Lauren Wolf

The college’s First -Year Experience (FYE) is an academic program designed to integrate new students into college life. Each year freshmen are asked to recognize faculty, staff or students who made a difference in their lives during the first year.  The 2012-2013 First Year Service Award in History was awarded to Assistant Professor, Tammy Ingram. Students expressed thanks to all for supporting them at the start of their college years.

 Awards 2013
Randolph Alumni Memorial Hall
   Monday, April 15, 2013

Outstanding History Students: 
James M. McManus & Chelsea Elizabeth Legette
Certificate awarded to a graduating senior with the highest grade point average

Outstanding History Student Award with Service: 
Daniel C. Mackin
Certificate awarded to a graduating senior with a GPA of 3.5, with service to the History Department

Departmental Honors:
Seth Reid Clare & Mary Hood Paulson
Awarded to graduating seniors who have shown academic excellence with a GPA of 3.5 and exceptional work in research.

The George & Agnes Heltai Award in History:
  James M. McManus
The Heltai award is presented annually to the graduating senior whose academic achievement in their discipline merits the highest distinction.  This award honors Dr. George G. Heltai, Professor in the department of History at the College of Charleston from 1967 to 1986, and Mrs. Heltai, his wife, for their devotion to the students, the faculty, and the intellectual and cultural life of the College. It is a gift from Dr. Malcolm Clark, Professor of History Emeritus.

The Society of First Families of South Carolina Scholarship:
 Kristin Victoria Brig
This award is presented to a rising senior in History with special concern for early South Carolina History to the 1790s.

The Albert R. Simonds Special Merit Award:
  John Earle Curtis
The Simonds Award is presented to a rising senior in History selected on the basis of academic excellence.

The Douglas & Elizabeth Clark Memorial Scholarship in History:
 Andrew Thomas Smith
The Clark Scholarship is awarded to a rising junior or senior based on academic excellence.

The William Moultrie Cup:
 Luke Montgomery Allen
The Rebecca Motte Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution presents this cup and certificate in recognition of excellence in advanced study in American History.

Charleston Chapter of The American Federation of Women’s Clubs
 History Prize:
  Sarah Anne Scudder
This award is a gift presented to a History major with highest honors in U.S. History.

The Alexander C. Dick Scholarship in Pre-Law:
 Austin David Hughey
This endowed scholarship is presented to an outstanding student in History with intent to attend law school.

Senior Meredith Edwards

 Madison Edwards, History major and African Studies minor has been awarded a summer SURF grant for four weeks of research in Gambia and Senegal, Africa. Her advisor and mentor is Dr. Assan Sarr, Assistant Professor of History and a native of Gambia. Madison will research connections between the Lowcountry and West Africa and the Atlantic slave trade. She has promised to send us updates on her summer in Africa

Dr. Irina Gigova, Associate Professor of History, will present her research on Thursday, April 11 @ 4:00  p.m. in Addleston Library Room 227. Her talk is entitiled, ” The Feeble Charm of National Communism: Writers and Cultural Politics in Communist Bulgaria.”

 ”I will discuss one of the projects that occupied my attention last year, namely the efforts of the Bulgarian Communist Party to foster a form of “cultural” nationalism and the response these endeavors elicited among writers and other intellectuals. I suggest that an analysis of the cultural field could illuminate some of the reasons why Bulgarian communism did not lead to the ethnic violence that split neighboring Yugoslavia after 1990.”

All are invited and welcome.

Irina Gigova, Scott Poole, Department of History along with Okasana Ingle will present at the upcoming  Russian Lecture Series on Wednesday, April 3 @ 7:00 p.m. in the Addlestone Library Room 227.

Dr. Gigova talk is entitled Historical Ambivalence in Eastern Europe Towards Russia. Dr. Poole will speak on Leon Trotsky and the Other Russian Revolution.

The History Department is thrilled to report that Tammy Ingram’s publication  Dixie Highway: Road Building and the Making of the Modern South is now in production with U.N.C. Press and will appear in the spring 2014 catalog. 

Take a look at her article  One for the Road in the College of Charleston Magazine to to gain a sense of how her background led her to this subject.  Her concluding remarks are instructive and demonstrate the teacher-scholar model we adhere to:  “The lesson my Dixie Highway research has taught me is one I carry into the classroom with me every day.  ordinary things are interesting if you have enough curiosity to ask questions about them.” -Professor Powers, Chair History Department