About
Transatlantic History and THSO
About Transatlantic History and THSO
Founded
in 2000, the Transatlantic History Student Organization (THSO) is a
one-of-a-kind a graduate student organization for anyone interested in
transnational history or comparative history that deals with encounters,
discoveries, and interaction across frontiers and borders situated in the
countries and continents surrounding the Atlantic Basin. The primary purpose of the organization is
to provide UTA history graduate students with a forum for the discussion of
issues relating to transatlantic studies. THSO hosts the Annual Graduate Student Symposium on Transatlantic History,
which has proved to be an excellent venue for the discussion of the
interrelations between peoples and ideas of the Old and New Worlds.
For
more information on what Transatlantic History is please see our links page; the page for our 2008 forum entitled: “What is Transatlantic History?”;
the video Transatlantic
History in Texas: University of Texas at Arlington
on Historians TV,
Spring 2012
May 4, 2012 –
The Spring Social, co-hosted with Phi Alpha Theta. Click here
for the informational flyer.
March 20, 2012 –
Job Market Seminar in UH334, 4-5pm, featuring Dr.
Joshua Salzmann.
March 8, 2012 –
The Department of History presents The 47th Annual Walter Prescott
Webb Memorial Lectures
February 22, 2012 –
Professional Development Series Seminar/Roundtable: “Submitting and Presenting
Papers at Academic Conferences”
UH321, 12-1pm, featuring Dr. David
Narrett, Dr. Gene Tucker, and Kristen D. Burton.
February 15, 2012 – Please click here
for the call for papers – Graduate Student
Conference on Transatlantic History.
The deadline for submissions is May 1, 2012.
February 1, 2012 – Please click here for the call for papers – Traversea: Journal of Transatlantic History, Volume
Two. The deadline for submissions was
April 1, 2012.
Fall 2011
December
9, 2011 – The Winter Social,
co-hosted with Phi Alpha Theta
December
7, 2011 – Volume 1 published of Traversea: Journal of Transatlantic History
October 27, 2011 –
The Twelfth Annual Graduate Student Symposium on
Transatlantic History – "Transatlantic Encounters: Film
and History." Check out the Call for Papers!
September
28-29, 2011 – THSO Booksale
Spring 2011
April 12th-13th, 2011 – Book Sale, UTA Central Library
Mall, from 8a.m. to 2p.m.-- All Books $1.00!!
Sign up for a shift outside the THSO office, UH 317. You can also donate books! To do so,
just speak to one of the officers. See you there!
May 1st, 2011 -- Deadline for submissions for the
first issue of Traversea, the new online
journal in transatlantic history.
May 7th, 2011 -- The Spring Social, co-hosted with Phi
Alpha Theta. Save the Date! Details to follow.
Fall
2010
December 11th, 2010 – The fall social, co-hosted with
Phi Alpha Theta, held at Dr. Adam's house.
October 28th, 2010 – The Eleventh Annual
Graduate Student Symposium on Transatlantic History – “The European
Imagination of the Americas” – check out the program and the call for papers.
Our
fall social, co-hosted by Phi Alpha Theta, was a great success with lots of food
and friends! Thanks to Dr Adam for opening his home to us and
shutting
away his cats for a few hours, and thanks to Rufki Salihi for providing
such wonderful homemade lasagna!
The Eleventh Annual Graduate Student Symposium on
Transatlantic History, entitled “The European Imagination of the Americas
,” (see the call
for papers)
was held on Thursday, October 28, 2010, in the Red River Room of the University
Center – the presentations were eclectic and good, followed by our fun and
engaging guest speaker Dr. Meredith McClain. The symposium had an excellent
turnout for attendance, but if you missed it – you better plan for next year’s!
See also the summary
posted on H-Net by Isabelle Rispler. Pictures to follow!
Spring
2010
Our
spring social, co-hosted with Phi Alpha Theta was fun, thanks to Dr. Kyle for
opening his home to us.
Our
Spring 2010 book sale (April 21-22) was a
triumph! We made $653 – thanks to the faculty who donated books and the
students who helped sell the books – a special thank you to Todd Holzaepfel, Ph.D. (2009), of the Downtown Fort Worth, Inc., for donating 47
boxes of books of all stripes; these books sold well.
Caroline Craig and Matt Winslett help at the 2010 book sale
Fall
2009
The
Tenth
Annual Graduate Student Symposium on Transatlantic History, entitled
“Transatlantic Exploration in the Era of Humboldt,” (see the old call for papers) was held
on Thursday, October 1, 2009, in the Library Parlor, Sixth Floor, Central
Library – the presentations were very good and the symposium was well-attended
by everyone but UTA graduate students.
Dr. Christopher Morris dispensing some wisdom at the THSO conference
The September book sale made some
good fundage—keep donating books!
Spring 2009
The Spring Social, May 8, 2009 at Paul Rutschmann’s House, co-hosted with Phi Alpha Theta, was a
well-attended and a success.
THSO’s
Second Annual Dissertation/Prospectus Workshop was a success.
Fall 2008
THSO in the Time Traveler,
the history department’s newsletter:
The Fall THSO Bake Sale made some good money – thanks to all who
volunteered their time and/or brought us saleables.
November and December, 2008 – THSO’s workshop with Dr. Cawthon on CVs was well-attended and informative, thank you
Dr. Cawthon – the Fall
social, co-hosted with Phi Alpha Theta, was held at Dr. Adam’s house and
everyone had an enjoyable time until rather late.
October 23, 2008 – THSO’s Ninth Annual Graduate Student Symposium,
“Slavery in the Transatlantic World,”
was a great success, with four very fine student presentations,
brilliant commentating by Drs. Morris and Haynes, and a funny, informative
keynote address by Dr. Trevor Burnard.
THSO Vice President Alex Hunnicutt and THSO member Jessica
Brown getting ready for 2008’s symposium
October 1-2, 2008 – THSO’s bake sale made some good money – thanks
to all who volunteered their time and/or brought us saleables.
September 24, 2008 – Dr. Adam’s presentation on H-NET was well-attended and very informative –
several students were very intrigued.
September 15-16, 2008 – Our book sale with Phi Alpha Theta went
very well, we earned over $900 combined!
Spring 2008
Our Call for Papers
has been released for the Ninth Annual
Graduate Student Symposium on Transatlantic History
to be held on October 23, 2008
May 3, 2008, 7:00pm – Our social, co-hosted by Phi Alpha Theta, at
Dr. Kyle’s home at 917 Bert Dr., Arlington, TX was well-attended and everyone
had an enjoyable time.
April 24, 2008, 6:00-7:00pm, UH 334 – Professional Development
Seminar: Dr. Sarah Davis-Secord spoke on “Job Interviews in the Academy,” an
intriguing subject for all in the history program who may soon be looking for a
job – although not well-attended, it was informative and interesting, hopefully
we can get her to do it again.
April 10, 2008 – “What is
Transatlantic History?” was presented from 2:00 to 3:30 – it included
presentations by Dr. Stanley Palmer, Dr. John Garrigus, and Dr. Thomas Adam,
and was ably moderated by Dr. Stephen Reinhardt – professors and students in
attendance asked probing questions, and a good time was had by all.
A workshop on dissertation proposals from 4:00 to 5:30 – included prospectus
presentations by Ph.D. students Greg Kosc and David Watry – they did an excellent job defending and explaining
their proposals, and received excellent feedback.
March 13, 2008, 9:00am-7:00pm, The 43rd Annual Walter Prescott
Webb Lecture Series: “The Culture of Jim Crow: Rethinking the Segregated South,
1880-1920” – was a success, thank you to all members who attended.
February 26 and 27, 8:00am-1:00pm, UH Lobby – THSO Bake Sale – we
earned more than $170.00 – thanks to all those who donated time and baked
goods.
February 7, 6:00-7:00pm, Ransom Hall, Room 312 – Professional
Development Seminar: Dr. John Garrigus hosted a workshop on Zotero, a free,
easy-to-use Firefox browser extension that enables users to collect, manage,
and cite research from all types of sources – Click here for a flyer
– the workshop was attended by more than a dozen people and students seem
genuinely enthused about Zotero.
Transatlantic History Doctoral Program
THSO, Department of History, Box 19529, 601 S. Nedderman Drive, 201 University Hall, Arlington, TX 76019
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