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D r. M i c h a e l G a b r i e l d e l i v e r s C h a m b l i s s
Faculty Researc h Award Lecture
On November 29th, 2012, Dr. Michael P. Gabriel presented before an audience of students, faculty, and alumni at the McFarland Alumni Auditorium.
His talk “Civilians in Wartime: The Saratoga Campaign: ‘It was an Awful Time’,”
featured his most recent research on the American Revolution from his book
“The Battle of Bennington: Soldiers and Civilians.” Dr. Gabriel referenced material from pension depositions, period diaries and interviews of surviving
Washington County residents during his lecture. He became the most recent
recipient of the Carlson R. Chambliss Faculty Research Award in December
2011. Dr. Gabriel also spoke on the subject at the 235th Anniversary events
this past summer at Bennington and Fort Ticonderoga.
Museum Trip
Fall 2012
Dr. Maria Sanelli sponsors Pride and Passion: The AfricanAmerican Baseball Experience at the Rohrbach Library.
As part of her ongoing research into curricular development and modern American history for the Frederick
Douglass Center, Dr. Maria Sanelli sponsored Pride and
Passion:The African-American Baseball Experience, a Negro
Baseball League exhibit on loan from the National Baseball
in Cooperstown, New York. The project was financed in
part by a previous grant for the National endowment for
Humanities. The exhibit also featured a series of speakers
that included Dr. Lawrence Hogan, author of the 2006
Shades of Glory: the Negro Leagues and the Story of AfricanAmerican Baseball, Mr. Robert Scott, a professional pitcher
for teams that included the New York Black Yankees from
1941-1955, and Dr. James Higgins, a visiting professor in
the History Department, who addressed African-American
life in Pittsburgh during the Negro Leagues era.
D r. L o u i s R o d r i q u e z p r e s e n t s
at the Lehigh County Medical
Society
History Student presents at
Regional Conference
Dr. Louis Rodriquez recently served as a guest
lecturer for the Lehigh County Medical Society.
His presentation addressed the role of the
consumer with respect to technological advances
in the marketplace.
Dr. Rodriquez tracked the
evolution of various technologies from the steam
engine to current advances in computer streaming.
He also addressed the impact of contemporary
technology on healthcare delivery across the
nation and in the Lehigh Valley.
Meghan Fallon (KU ‘13) will present original
research
at
the
February
2013
Southern
Association for History of Medicine and Science
conference to be held in Charleston, South
Carolina. Her paper entitled “Civil War Disease:
How pathogens for Soldiers Hit Home,” was
researched and written under the guidance of
visiting faculty member Dr. James Higgins.
Congratulations to Meghan on a significant
accomplishment!
K u t z t o w n P r o m o t e s M i s a ’ s Fu g u e i n C o o p e r a t i o n
with Fleetwood Area High School
History Club Travels to Philadelphia
On November 11, 2012, twenty-eight students and their advisor, Dr. Saidi traveled to
Philadelphia to visit the Constitution Center,
Independence Hall, and the Liberty Bell,
among other locations in the city. Students
visited the Reading Terminal Market for
lunch. Many students enjoyed the exhibit at
the Constitution Center called American Spirits: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition. The trip
was part of an ongoing series of events sponsored by the KU History Club.
On October 29th, a local community audience
viewed The Return of Martin Guerre. The 1982 film
starring Gerard Depardieu was based upon the real
sixteenth-century court case in France that involved
a man’s stolen identity. According to New York
Times reviewer Vincent Canby, the film “leaves room
in which to speculate on the nature of life in the
16th-century [village of] Artigat, on its
institutions—especially the church—on family ties,
on the sanctity of marriage, property, and money.”
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History
Michael D. Gambone,
Chair
Anne Manmiller, Secretary
Lytle 115
Tel: 610-683-4385
Fax: 610-683-4049
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