Below you will find a list of faculty members with information about current publications and projects. Click each name to learn more!

NICK MILLER

Nick Miller, history professor and Director of BSU’s Arts and Humanities Institute, has been granted a prestigious Challenge Grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The two million dollar grant will aid Boise State University in the creation of the first Digital Humanities program in Idaho. Members of his grant writing team included Dr. Leslie Madsen-Brooks (History Department), Dr. Steve Olsen-Smith (English Department), and Dr. Tara Penry (English Department). The Digital Humanities program will strengthen and promote the humanities in Idaho and beyond. Congratulations to Dr. Miller and the AHI team.

To learn more about the Digital Humanities program, please click here.

CHANDRA SILVA

Chandra Silva will be a delegate to the 42nd annual Frank Church Symposium February 27th, 28th, and March 1st, 2013 at Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho.

To learn more about the Frank Church Symposium, please click here.

LISA MCCLAIN

Lisa McClain recently presented her research “Catholicism, Gender, and the English Mission: New Models of Piety and Gender among Jesuits and Mary Ward’s ‘English Ladies’” at the North American Conference on British Studies in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on November 10, 2012. Her panel also included scholars from Spain and Canada. McClain’s article “Troubled Consciences: New Understandings and Performances of Penance among Catholics in Protestant England” will be published in the journal Church History in March 2013.”

EMILY WAKILD

Emily Wakild was recently awarded a National Science Foundation, Science, Technology and Society Scholars Award for her project, “Comparative Histories of Scientific Conservation: Nature, Science, and Society in Patagonian and Amazonian South America.” This grant of nearly $200,000 will allow professor Wakild a year of research and writing time for this project as well as provide funds for undergraduate research assistants and the development of a teaching website for the project. She will work in archives in Chile and Brazil and add this information to work she has previously done in Peru and Argentina. The project aims to enter the history of conservation in South America into contemporary debates about land management and nature protection.

Dr. Wakild won the 2012 Charles A. Weyerhauser Book Award, give for superior scholarship in forest and conservation history for her book “Revolutionary Parks: Conservation, Social Justice, and Mexico’s National Parks, 1910-1940,” (University of Arizona Press, 2011). The book shows how the creation of the Mexican national park system comprised both conservation and social justice, showing a revolutionary evolution in nation building.

LISA BRADY

Lisa Brady has been named the editor of the Oxford University Press Journal of Environmental History, a prestigious journal in this area of research. Brady has been a strong contributor with research on the DMZ in Korea and was invited to speak earlier this year at the World Knowledge Forum Conference in Seoul, Korea about the history and future of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and its ecological importance.

Brady’s recent book, War Upon the Land: Military Strategy and the Transformation of Southern Landscapes during the American Civil War, is the first book-length environmental history of the conflict between the North and the South. Brady argues that ideas about nature and the environment were central to the development and success of Union military strategy.

JOANNE KLEIN

Joanne Klein authored “Quiet and Determined Servants and Guardians: Creating Ideal English Police Officers, 1900-45,” in A History of Police and Masculinities, 1700-2010, David G. Barrie and Susan Broomhall, editors (Routledge, December 2011). Dr. Klein authored Invisible Men: the Secret Lives of Police Constables in Liverpool, Manchester, and Birmingham, 1900-1939 (Liverpool University Press, July 2010).

JILL GILL

Jill Gill authored Embattled Ecumenism: The National Council of Churches, the Vietnam War, and the Trials of the Protestant Left, Northern Illinois University Press, September 2011. This year, Gill went on a fellowship and sabbatical to conduct research on the Jim Crow Laws in Idaho. Gill is traveling around the state conducting interviews on the subject for a forthcoming book on the impact of the laws in Idaho.

Barbour at Museum Comes to Life 2012

BARTON BARBOUR

Barton Barbour would like to announce corrections to his book Jedediah S. Smith: No Ordinary Mountain Man and Fort Union and the Missouri Fur Trade. Click Jedediah Smith and Fort Union for a complete list of corrections.

Todd Shallat downtown in Boise, ID.

TODD SHALLAT

“Landscape Infrastructure” was the subject of Todd Shallat’s 2012 symposium presentation to the Harvard Graduate School of Design. The presentation has been excerpted for a book chapter in American Military History (Philadelphia: Foreign Policy Research Institute, 2012).

Marie Curie Comic by Lynn Lubamersky

LYNN LUBAMERSKY

Lynn Lubamersky presented her research on “The Mythic Marie Curie: The Making and Re-making of the Image of the Most Famous Female Scientist in History” at the fourth international Polish Studies Conference at the University of Illinois at Chicago on Oct. 16, 2012. The scholars from around the world were invited to present their research in an intimate venue at the Chopin Theater on Division Street and Milwaukee Avenue.

Her research on Marie Curie and Maria Salomea Skłodowska is part of the “Off the Record: Untold Stories of Women in Science and Technology” project, a monologue-based play written by an interdisciplinary team at Boise State University. The conference was sponsored by the Hejna Family Chair in the History of Poland and the Consul General of the Republic of Poland.

DAVID WALKER

David Walker was invited to participate in ”The Long Shadows: An Environmental History of the Second World War” conference in Helsinki, Finland. While there he visited the tomb of C.G.E. Mannerheim, the commander-in-chief of Finnish forces during WWII and president of Finland from 1944-1946. From there he took the opportunity to visit the Jeonsuu Bunker Museum in the eastern part of Finland. The outdoor museum has preserved part of the Salpa Line, Finland’s defensive position against Soviet invasion during the Continuation War (1942-1944), and includes an intact bunker (Dr. Walker is shown here inside part of that structure), artillery positions, and a portion of the anti-tank line constructed early in the conflict.

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The History Department’s Internship Program is designed to offer history majors an opportunity to put to practical use a variety of skills and information acquired in the classroom. Internship credit may be earned by working with local, state and federal government entities, as well as with non-government organizations, museums, and private companies where the historian’s research and analytical skills can be practically applied. The ultimate goal is to teach the intern how to use these skills in the workplace while earning credit toward their degree. A secondary result is that interns gain experience that makes them more marketable upon graduation. An important part of the internship is the final essay in which the student reflects on the experience and carefully identifies the historical knowledge applied or gained. Internships are no less rigorous or less academic than regular classes. They are simply an alternative way of learning history. For information about internship availability please contact the department at 426-1255 or bsuhistory@boisestate.edu.

REQUIREMENTS

Your overall GPA should be 3.0 to qualify for internship credit, although under certain conditions the GPA requirement may be waived. If your overall GPA is below 3.2 you may only take the internship pass/not pass. All one-credit internships will be pass/not pass. In order to earn a passing grade for your activities you will be responsible for the following:

1. Fulfill the hourly obligation with the agency for the number of credits you expect to earn, i.e. 50 hours for each credit taken.
2. Maintain a journal or log in which you describe your assignments and record the number of hours worked at each. It is also a good idea to enter here the type of learning experience you gained in each task. At the end of the semester you should present the log to your supervisor(s) to make sure that your records correspond to theirs. The completed log, with supervisor’s signature, should then be turned into the department’s internship coordinator during the last week of classes.
3. Also, during the final week of classes you should submit to the internship coordinator a brief essay about your experience. This should reflect the impact that the internship had on your educational development. It should be typewritten, double-spaced, one-inch margins, standard 12-point typeface, and no more than five-pages long. Your name and the name of the agency where you worked should be at the top of the essay.
4. Prior to the end of the semester the internship coordinator will request a written evaluation from your supervisor. You have the right to see the evaluation your supervisor submits before the coordinator turns your grade into the registrar. View a copy of the evaluation form.
5. It is your responsibility to keep in touch with the internship coordinator about problems that may surface as you engage in your internship activities. The sooner you do this, the easier it is to make adjustments. It is our intention to make the internship process a positive educational experience where the student and the agency both benefit.

Enrollment

The Internship Application for Academic Credit is now on-line. Access the form at the Career Center website (internship page) or for training on how to use the system, please contact Anne Evans at 426-4351 or anneevans@boisestate.edu. Part of the application process is an online workshop dealing with internships in general. It is important that you take complete the workshop before filling out the application form. While completing your application for academic credit you will be prompted to designate the department (history), the coordinator (Professor Leslie Madsen-Brooks), and information specific to the details of the internship. That information can be obtained from the coordinator.

Internship credits are variable, i.e. for each credit you earn you must work at least 50 hours in the internship. Some internship tasks only take about 50 hours whereas most are ongoing and students can earn 3 or more credits per semester depending upon the hours worked and the duties performed. Internships are available for lower division credit (History 293), upper division credit (History 493), and for graduate credit (History 590). Students may apply 12 internship credits toward the baccalaureate degree, serving as fulfillment of upper division area requirements. Graduates in the Master of Applied Historical Research program may also earn up to 12 internship credits and in the Master of Arts in History up to 9 credits. In both cases internships will only be arranged with the authorization of the professor directing the graduate’s program.

Once the form is completed submit it for approval and print a copy for yourself. Take your copy to the internship coordinator for her signature, and to your supervisor for his/her signature. After securing both signatures turn the form into the Registrar’s office first floor of the Administration Building. If you are receiving financial aid your internship application must be submitted with appropriate signatures on or before the tenth day of classes of each semester. If you are not on financial aid and your internship is for less than 3 credits you have six weeks to register from the first day of classes.

Internship Possibilities

The history department has established over the years relationships with various federal, state, and local government entities that from time to time request interns. We also have developed internships in museums, non-governmental organizations, and within the private sector. Oftentimes, department faculty and sectors within the university request internships. We also encourage students with particular interests to develop their own internship opportunities. The following is a partial list of internships usually available each semester. For details about each see the internship coordinator.

• Idaho History Day (sponsored by the Idaho State Historical Society)
• Idaho History Day Judges (1 credit only)
• Idaho Oral History Center
• Idaho State Historical Society, Library and Archives
• Idaho State Historical Society, Preservation Office
• Idaho State Historical Society, Old Penitentiary
• Idaho State Historical Society, Julia Davis Park Museum
• Idaho Military History Museum
• Warhawk Museum (Nampa)
• Basque Museum
• Albertson Library Special Collections
• Albertson Library
• Boise Public Library
• Boise City (Planning and Zoning)
• Boise City (Historian’s office)
• Center for Idaho History and Politics
• Upward Bound (summer only, pays board and room and a stipend)
• SSPA Secondary Education Intern
• Celebration Park
• Governor’s internship (apply directly to Governor’s office)
• Snake River Alliance
• Oregon State Park
• Bureau of Land Management
• Bureau of Reclamation
• Research assistant for department faculty
• Self-generated internships (dependent on department approval)

From time to time other internships become available and will be posted on the bulletin board outside the coordinator’s office and listed on this page. It is a good idea to check it occasionally. This is especially true for summer and one-time opportunities. For the most part internships are unpaid, although some do provide a stipend and expenses if warranted.

Please contact the Internship Coordinator for current internship opportunities:

Dr. Leslie Madsen-Brooks

lesliemadsen-brooks@boisestate.edu

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