John Laband, The Transvaal Rebellion: The First Boer War, 1880-1881 (London: Pearson Longman, 2005), in VICTORIAN STUDIES, 48, No. 3 (Spring 2006): 571-72 Category: Book Review
2006
Michael G. Brennan, ed., The Origins of the Grand Tour (London: The Hakluyt Society, 2004), in TERRAE INCOGNITAE, 38 (2006): 102-03 Category: Book Review
2006
"The Power of Numbers: Settler and Native in Ireland, America, and South Africa, 1600-1900," in Steven G. Reinhardt and Dennis Reinhartz, eds., Transatlantic History, Vol. 37, Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures (College Station, TX: Texas A&M Univ Press, 2006), 85-194 Category: Article
2005
Published David Taylor, Policing the Victorian Town: The Development of the Police in Middlesbrough, c. 1840-1914 (Basingstoke: Palgrave macmillan, 2002), in JOURNAL OF MODERN HISTORY, 77, No. 1 (March 2005): 180-181. Category: Book Review
Book reviews
2005
Andrew T. Harris, Policing the City; Crime and Legal Authority in London, 1780-1840 (Columbus: The Ohio State University, 2004), in AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW, 110, No. 4 (Oct. 2005): 1245-46 Category: Book Review
Presentations and Projects
"In Memory of R.R. Palmer: A Few Thoughts, Professsional and Personal"
Society for French Historical Studies, Milwaukee, WI, April 2003
"Settler and Native in Ireland, America, and South Africa: Some Comparative Musings"
Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures, UT Arlington, March 2001
"British Foreign Policy and the Reforming Impulse"
Chair and comment on session, Western Conference on British Studies, Fort Worth, TX, October 1997
"The Path of Progress: Post-Famine Ireland's Age of Equipoise, 1850-70"
Western Conference on British Studies, Colorado Springs, CO (Colorado College), October 1996
"Some Reflections on England's Military State Police in Ireland, 1814-50"
American Conference for Irish Studies, Madison, Wisconsin (University of Wisconsin), April 1991
"Different Legacies: Native and Settler in America and South Africa, 1600-1900"
Slide lecture for UTA Fall Lecture Series, October 1991
"Explaining the Hostility to England's New County Police, 1839-56"
Western Conference on British Studies, San Antonio, Texas, October 1985
"1848' in England and Ireland: A Non-Revolution"
Consortium on Revolutionary Europe 1750-1850, Durham, N.C. (Duke University), February 1984
"Before and Bobbies: Protest and Public Order in the Queen Caroline Riots of 1821"
Western Social Science Association, Denver, April 1977
"Teaching in the Four-Year College"
East Texas Historical Association, Nacogdoches, TX, September 2000
"British Politics and the Irish Union"
Chair and commentator at session, Western Conference on British Studies, Tucson, AZ, October 1999
"Home Rule and Crises of Order in Ireland"
Chair and commentator at session, Western Conference on British Studies, Dallas, TX October 2006
"The British Empire: Defense and Challenge"
Chair and commentator at session, Consortium on Revolutionary Europe, 1750-1850, College of Charleston, Charleston, SC, February 1999
Appointments
Duration
Rank
Department / School
College / Office
University / Company
1988-current
Professor
History Department
College of Liberal Arts
The University of Texas at Arlington
1997-2002
Graduate Advisor
History Department
College of Liberal Arts
The University of Texas at Arlington
1996-2001
Assistant Chair
History Department
College of Liberal Arts
The University of Texas at Arlington
1995-1996
Acting Chair
History Department
College of Liberal Arts
The University of Texas at Arlington
1995
Assistant Chair
History Department
College of Liberal Arts
The University of Texas at Arlington
1990-1994
Graduate Advisor
History Department
College of Liberal Arts
The University of Texas at Arlington
1978-1988
Associate Professor
History Department
College of Liberal Arts
The University of Texas at Arlington
1983-1987
Chair
History Department
College of Liberal Arts
The University of Texas at Arlington
1982-1983
Acting Chair
History Department
College of Liberal Arts
The University of Texas at Arlington
1981-1982
Graduate Advisor
History Department
College of Liberal Arts
The University of Texas at Arlington
1973-1978
Assistant Professor
History Department
College of Liberal Arts
The University of Texas at Arlington
Synergistic Activities
Harvard University
Teaching Fellow and Tutor, Kirkland House, 1970-72 (fellowship in England & Ireland, 1969-70), 1968-69
Learned and Honor Societies
Phi Beta Kappa
American Historical Association: Chair, Registration Sub-Committee of Local Arrangements Committee for annual meeting in Dallas, Dec. 1977 Member, R.L. Schuyler (British history) Prize Committee, 1990-92 and Morris Forkosch Prize Committee, 1992-94
National Conference on Birtish Studies
Western Conference on British Studies: Program Chair, 1979-80 (for Durango, Colorado meeting, Oct. 1980) Program Chair, 1998-99 (for Tucson, Arizona meeting, Oct. 1999) President, 1981-82
Irish American Cultural Institute Consortium on Revolutionary Europe American Conference for Irish Studies
Departmental Committees
Advisory Committee, member (elec.) 2003-current Curriculum Committee, chair 1975-78; member 1988-89, 78-79 Department chair Review, ad hoc, chair 2003-04 Executive, member 1988-92 (subsequently renamed Advisory Comm.) Graduate Studies Committee, member 1981-current Newsletter Committee, member 1996-current, 92-94 Program Review, member 2002-03 (graduate program) Recruitment Committee, chair, African History 1992-93, chair, SW Studies Center Director 1990-91, chair, Tudor-Stuart 1987-88, member 1978-79, 73-76 Research Enhancement, Awards, & Nomination Committee, chair 1993-94 (1987-88 Org. Res. Comm., chair), member 1991-93 (1990-92 Org. Res. Comm., member) Scheduling Committee, member 1988-2002 Tenure & Promotion Committee, chair 2004-05, 1996-97, 93-94, 90-91, 88-89, 78-79; member 1979-80, 74-75 Transatlantic Committee, chair 1998-2002 Webb Lecture Committee, chair 1978-81; member 1996-2002, 91-94, 81-82, 75-78 Other Service: Department Chair, 1983-87 Acting Department Chair, 1995-96, 82-83 Assistant Chair, 1995-2001 Graduate Advisor, 1997-2002, 90-94, 81-82 Transatlantic History Student Organization (THSO), Faculty Sponsor, 2002-current Pre-Law Advisor, 1976-79 Phi Alpha Theta (History Honor Society): Faculty Sponsor, 1975-76; Co-Sponsor, 1974
College Committees
Chair, Liberal Arts Tenure & Promotion Committee, 2002-04, 1987; member, 92-94 Chair, Liberal Arts Teaching Award Selection Committee, 1996-97; member, 97-01 Chair, Liberal Arts Committee to Review Dean Thomas Porter, 1987-88 Liberal Arts Dean Search Committee, 1993-94 Liberal Arts Research Enhancement Program Committee, 1993-94 Liberal Arts Graduate Studies Committee, 1987-89, 82-85 Liberal Arts Interdisciplinary M.A. in Teaching (Education) Commitee, 1988-90 Liberal Arts Interdisciplinary Committee to Review Dr. Lewis Baker, Humanities, 1987-88 Liberal Arts Graduate Faculty Membership Committee, 1982-84 Liberal Arts Curriculum Committee, 1977-78 Liberal Arts Advising Committee, 1977-78
University
Committees: Chair, Academy of Distinguished Teachers & University Teaching Awards; Selection Committee, 1997-99; member, 1996-2001 Graduate Interdisciplinary Studies Faculty Committee, 2001-05 Outstanding Academic Advisor Nominating Committee, 2001-current New Faculty/GTAs Orientation Committee, 1998-99 Search Committee for Vice-Provost for Research/Graduate Dean, 1993-94 Chairs' and Deans' UTA "Role and Scope" [five-person] Committee on the Status of UTA in the UT System, Sprig 1987
Other: Commencement speaker, UTA Liberal Arts graduation ceremonies, Texas Hall, May 1998 Faculty Judge, UTA Graduate Student Council Prize researcj symposium, November 1996 Faculty Senate, 2003-05, 1975-77 Graduate Assembly, 1989-95; Chair, Committee on Graduate Students, 1993-95: faculty coordinator of founding of new Graduate Student Council,1995 Hearing Panel, 2003-04, 1992-94 Maverick Scholar Program, Faculty Mentor, Spring 1998; History Instructor, HIST 1311 section, Fall 1997 Provost's Advisory Council, 1994-95 Undergraduate Assembly,1995-2001, 1978-86 UTA Student Leadership Retreat, Glen Rose, TX, Session Leader, Aug. 1998
Misc.: TV Interview, "UTA Today," Arlington Telecable-13, re: Chancellor's Council Teaching Award, September 1994. Arranged UTA public lecture, "New Thoughts on Ireland, 1782-1891," Nov. 1976, by Dr. Michael Hurst, St. John's College, Oxford University, and interview broadcast on Channel 11, KTVT News UTA representative at conference of Southwest Association of Pre-Law Advisor Xavier University, New Orleans, Oct. 1978, Trinity University, San Antonio, Oct. 1977
Consulting
Reviewed book manuscripts for Holt, Rinehart, and Winston; Syracuse University Press; and Cambridge University Press. Reviewed article submissions for Albion, International Review of Social History, Social Science Quarterly, and Victorian Studies. Reviewed grant applications for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada; the American Philosophical Society (Philadelphia); and the Economic and Social Research Council (Government of United Kingdom). "The Dallas Police Department," a consultant study for the Humanities Involvement Group of the Public Interest Information Network, City of Dallas, Sept. 1977-Jan. 1978. Resulted in "City of Dallas Police Department: A Report," Feb. 1978, for the Public Interest Information Network. An 8,000-word study prepared for the Dallas Public Library; on file there and also on computer retrieval for local citizen and interest groups. Personal interview, "The American Irish," UTA Today radio show, June 12 & 13, 1976, WFAA and other local stations. "Juvenile Delinquency: Understanding the Causes," a series of seminars in the Fort Worth-Dallas-Arlington area, Aug.-Oct. 1975, sponsored by the Associate Dean of Student Life, UTA, Mr. Reby Cary, and founded by the Texas Committee for the Humanities.
This course explores South Africa's political and cultural history from the end of the Anglo-Boer War (1902) to the rise to power of the African National Congress (1994 and beyond). A century of self-discovery by both whites and blacks, Afrikaner and African, witnessed the growth of a nation at first defined only as "white" and "European" (settlers) but which, challenged by disenfranchised "non-whites" (natives), first widely employed force and later turned to delicate negotiations for a settlement and transfer of political power that many observers termed a "miracle." Blood and violence, intimidation and heroism, coolness and selflessness, guilt and redemption—our story has it all this semester. Reading totals per week: about 200 pages.
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This course traces English history from King James II to Prime Minister Tony Blair. It chronicles the rise and decline of one of the "greatest" nations in world history. Topics to be covered include the taming of the monarchy, the aristocracy's golden age, the Three Revolutions (American, Industrial, and French), popular radicalism and demands for democracy, the British Empire and imperialism, women's rights and suffrage, World Wars I and II, the rise of the Welfare State, and the nation's modern-day continuing crisis and declining place in world affairs.
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This course traces the growth of the English nation from the Roman occupation to the end of the absolute monarchy. Its themes are: the forging of a unified nation, the role of powerful monarchs, the growth of English law, and the emergence of Parliament to political power.
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This course, required of History majors, seeks to educate the student in how to practice the discipline of history—the standards it seeks to follow, the types of sources employed (primary, secondary, private, official, etc.), and the challenges encountered in identifying such matters as bias and motives in sources and the historical characters themselves.
Our historical subject this semester will involve the country of Ireland, specifically the most traumatic and influential event in modern Irish history: the Great Potato Famine of 1845-1852. A fungus (though at the time it was not so identified) infected the island’s potato crops, which provided the basic sustenance for the numerous Irish poor. Many people lived on nothing else. Year after year the crops failed, rotting in the ground. Starvation and disease took over large sections of the island. Over this seven-year period, one million people died and one million left the island (emigrated). On the eve of the Famine, Ireland’s population in 1845 was 8.5 million; by 1851 it had dropped to 6.5 million. A half-century later, because of continuing emigration, Ireland’s population was no more than 4 million (1900). Even today (2009) only about 6 million persons live on this small island west of Great Britain. Ireland’s “famine holocaust” and its aftermath, of course, hugely changed Irish history but the traumatic event also greatly affected Britain’s history because Britain was responsible (until 1921) for the governance of Ireland.
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This course will study the rise and development of what some have called the “grandest empire” in the history of the world. The history of the British Empire is not only exciting and colorful, full of great variety, surprises and improbabilities, it is also very important because the colonial lands have all developed into modern nations shaped, to differing degrees, by their history of rule by England.
Covering four centuries (but concentrating on the eighteenth and nineteenth), this course will examine the major areas of the British Empire: Ireland, Canada (and, also, the USA to 1783), the West Indies, India, Australia & New Zealand, and Africa with special emphasis on South Africa. Also examined will be metropolitan (London) attitudes and policies, and the changing ideas of imperialism.
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This course traces British history from mid-Victorian grandeur to 21st-century decline. Major themes will be the transition from an aristocratic to a (more) democratic society, industrial growth and decay, the role and status of women, imperialism and the problem of Ireland, the importance and impact of world wars (I and II), and the dilemmas and challenges of the post-1945 era.
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The University of Texas at Arlington: Gertrude Golladay Award for Outstanding Teacher in Liberal Arts, 2009 Award for Outstanding Faculty Graduate Advisor, 2001 University nominee, Piper Award, 1998 College of Liberal Arts nominee, Piper Award 1997 Academy of Distinguished Teachers, charter member, 1996-2001 Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1994 Award for Outstanding Research Achievement, 1989
National Academic Advising Association (NACADA) Outstanding Faculty Advisor Award, presented October 2001 at national meeting in Ottawa, Canada. One of eight winners in North America.
East Texas Historical Association: Recipient of Ottis Lock Award for excellence in history teaching in a four-year college of university, 1990
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars: Fellow, WWICS, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., Jan.-Aug. 1981. Project: "Police and Protest in England and Ireland, 1780-1850"
Harvard University: Harvard Traveling Fellow, England and Ireland, 1969-70 Harvard Graduate Prize Fellow, 1966-67
Brown University: Magna cum Laude graduate, with Highest Honors in History (for Senior Thesis), 1966 Phi Beta Kappa, 1966
LIsted In: Directory of American Scholars, various editions; International Who's Who in Education, Cambridge, England; and The Writer's Directory
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