Dennis  Reinhartz

Professor of History and Russian

Address:      Department of History
                     Box 19529
                     University of Texas at Arlington
                     Arlington, Texas 76019-0529

Telephone(817) 272-2907

E-Mail:        dprein@uta.edu

Fax:             817-272-2852

Educational Background

A.B.--Rutgers University, 1966
A.M.--Rutgers University, 1967
Ph.D.--New York University, 1970

Academic and Administrative Experience

University of London, Spring 1989
The University of Texas at Arlington, 1973-
Bridgewater College, Summer 1973
James Madison University, 1970-73
New Jersey Institute of Technology, 1968-70
Rutgers University, 1966-69

Courses Taught

History 2301, History of Civilization I   
History 2302, History of Civilization II 
History 3300  Introduction to Historical Research
History 4301, Historical Geography and Cartography
History 4359, History of Russia to 1855  
History 4360, History of Russia Since 1855 
History 4361, Russia and Northeastern Europe, 1225-1815 
History 4362, Russia and the Successor States Today  
History 4379, The History of Modern China
History 5312, Colloquium in Modern European History 
History 5313, Colloquium in European Regional/Topical History 
History 5332, Seminar in Modern European History
History 5333, Seminar in European Regional/Topical History
History 5341, Issues and Interpretations in European History 
History 5350, History of Cartography 
History 6301, Colloquium in Exploration, Discovery, and the History of Cartography 
History 6321, Research Seminar in Transatlantic Exploration, Discovery, 
                      and the History Cartography
History 6338, Issues in Transatlantic History 

Selected Publications

MAPPING AND EMPIRE: SOLDIER-ENGINEERS ON THE SOUTHWESTERN FRONTIER (University of Texas Press, 2005).

"The Roma and the Wars of Yugoslav Succession,"
            SOUTH SLAV JOURNAL 23 (Spring-Summer 2002)

"Interior Geographies: Map Screens from an Age of Exploration, Expansion, and Trade,"
           MERCATOR'S WORLD 5 (September/October 2000). 

"A Unique Suburban Lands Boutique: La Bodega Winery at DFW International Airport,"
            FORUM XV (1999).

"Unmarked Graves: The Destruction of the Yugoslav Roma in the Balkan Holocaust, 1941-1945,"
            THE JOURNAL OF GENOCIDE RESEARCH 1 (March 1999).

"Cartography, Literature, and Empire: Herman Moll, his maps, and his friends."
            MERCATOR’S WORLD 4 (March/April 1999).

"The Americas Revealed in the THEATRUM," in
            ABRAHAM ORTELIUS AND THE FIRST ATLAS (HES Publishers/Uitgevers B.V., 1998).

THE MAPPING OF THE ENTRADAS INTO THE GREATER SOUTHWEST
            (University of Oklahoma Press, 1998), with Gerald Saxon.

"Maps from Inspections of the Northern Frontier of New Spain in the Second Half of the Eighteenth Century,"
            CARTOGRAPHICA 3/4 (Autimn-Winter 1998).

THE CARTOGRAPHER AND THE LITERATI: HERMAN MOLL AND HIS INTELLECTUAL CIRCLE
            (Edwin Mellen Press, 1997).

"Hacia el Norte! The Spanish Entrada into North America, 1513-1543," in
            NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION, vol. 1 (University of Nebraska Press, 1997),
            with Oakah L. Jones.

"Two Manuscript Maps of Nuevo Santander in Northern New Spain from the Late Eighteenth Century," in
            IMAGES AND ICONS OF THE NEW WORLD: ESSAYS ON AMERICAN CARTOGRAPHY
            (The British Library, 1996).

"In The Service of Catherine the Great: The Siberian Exploration and Map of Sir Samuel Bentham,"
            TERRAE INCOGNITAE 26 (1994).

"'How Wide the World': Geography, Maps, and the Teaching of American History,"
            MAGAZINE OF HISTORY 7 (Spring 1993), with Judy Reinhartz.

"'Greetings from 'The Lone Star State'': Postcard, Cartoon, and Souvenir Maps of Texas,"
            THE MAP COLLECTOR 62 (Spring 1993).

TABULA TERRA NOVA
            (Somesuch Press, 1992), with Katherine R. Goodwin.

"Are We Worshipping at the Altars of False Gods?: Methodologies and Attitudes in the Social Sciences,"
            THE SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL 29 (1992).

"Damnation of the Outsider: The Gypsies of Croatia and Serbia in the Balkan Holocaust,1941-1945," in
            THE GYPSIES OF EASTERN EUROPE (M.E. Sharpe, 1991).

"History, Geography, and Maps: Teaching World History,"
            TEACHING HISTORY (Fall 1991), with Judy Reinhartz.

GEOGRAPHY ACROSS THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
            (NEA, 1990), with Judy Reinhartz.

"A Sanson-Jaillot Copperplate of 1674 of the Eastern Half of South America for the
     ATLAS NOUVEAU
: What Might Have Been,"
            IMAGO MUNDI 42 (1990), with Lisa Davis-Allen.

TEACH-PRACTICE-APPLY: THE TPA INSTRUCTIONAL MODEL, 7-12,
            (NEA, 1988), with Judy Reinhartz.

ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF NORTH AMERICAN DISCOVERY AND EXPLORATION
            (Texas A&M University Press, 1988), with Stanley H. Palmer.

"Shared Vision: Herman Moll and His Intellectual Circle and the Great South Sea,"
            TERRAE INCOGNITAE XIX (1988).

THE MAPPING OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST
            (Texas A&M University Press, 1987), with Charles C. Colley.

"Common Themes: Toward a Community of Dissent in Post-TitoYugoslavia," in
            HUMAN RIGHTS IN YUGOSLAVIA (Irvington, 1986).

"Aryanism and the Independent State of Croatia, 1941-1945, "
            SOUTH SLAV JOURNAL 9 (Autumn-Winter 1986).

ESSAYS ON WALTER PRESCOTT WEBB AND THE TEACHING OF HISTORY
            (Texas A&M University Press, 1985), with Stephen E. Maizlish.

MILOVAN DJILAS: A REVOLUTIONARY AS A WRITER
            (Columbia University Press, 1981).

"Milovan Djilas: The Transcendence of a Revolutionary," in
            ESSAYS ON MODERN EUROPEAN REVOLUTIONARY HISTORY
            (University of Texas Press, 1977).

Selected Other Professional Activities

President, Arid Lands Association, 2001-2002
President, Texas Map Society, 2000-2002
Senior Researcher, Commission of Enquiry into the Activities of Nazism in Argentina,1998-
Cartographic consultant, Addison Wesley Longman, 1997-98
Editorial Board, E-HAWK, online military history journal, 1997-
Board of Directors, Gypsy Lore Society, 1997-2000
Adele Mellen Prize for THE CARTOGRAPHER AND THE LITERATI, 1996
Consultant, United States Memorial Holocaust Museum, 1996-
President, Society for the History of Discoveries, 1993-95
Cartographic consultant, AMERICAN WAY (American Airlines), 1991-96
Cartographic consultant, NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC, 1991-
President, Western Social Science Association, 1990-91
Pesidio La Bahia Award for THE MAPPING OF THE AMERICAN SOUTHWEST, 1987-
Associate Editor, THE SOCIAL SCIENCE JOURNAL, 1987-2001
Board of Directors, American Association for the Advancement of Slavic Studies, 1985-1987
Consultant to United States departments of State and Justice, 1983-
President, Rocky Mountain Association for Slavic Studies, 1984-85
Notable New Jersey Author Citation for MILOVAN DJILAS, 1983
President, Southwestern Association for Slavic Studies, 1976-77
College of Liberal Arts Constituency Council Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1976
Associate Editor, RED RIVER VALLEY HISTORICAL JOURNAL, 1975-84

 

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