Fall 2018 Department Highlights

Fall 2018 has been a busy and exciting semester for History Department faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates both inside and outside of the classroom! From conducting research and publishing papers or books to presenting at conferences and working in the field, staff and students can take pride in their remarkable range of achievements.

Please join us in celebrating the following achievements and awards for History Department undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty during the Fall 2018 semester.

Undergraduate Students

History Major Matthew Pajor of the St. Joseph Seminary was a recipient of this year's . Pajor is pursuing a Bachelor of Arts in History, Philosophy, and Political Science. The Presidential Medallion is awarded by the University's deans to students "who have exemplified a commitment to leadership, scholarship, and service throughout their time at Loyola."

The History Club was approved as a Recognized Student Organization thanks to the work of undergraduate Norman Frazier.

History Major Jacob Kreiner provided research for the Cook County Forest Preserve Historical Signage Project in the areas of Palos Preserves and Caldwell Woods.

Undergraduate alumnus Pedro Regalado published an op-ed in the Washington Post entitled ""

Alumnus Devin Leigh published an article entitled "" in the journal Slavery & Abolition.

Graduate Students

PhD Candidate  presented a poster on 鈥淢apping Kinship in an Enslaved Community" at the Chicago Colloquium on Digital Humanities and Computer Science in Chicago, Illinois.

PhD Alumna  was elected to the Board of Metropolitan Community College in Omaha, Nebraska.

Graduate students Jenny Clay and  worked with the Women and Leadership Archives to create the . Showcasing images alongside more than 30 interviews, the site shares the stories of women religious, students, staff, and faculty from Mundelein College.

Graduate students  and  were inducted into Alpha Sigma Nu, the Jesuit national honor society.

Masters Student  recently completed a wall case exhibit for the University Archives highlighting the life of Loyola鈥檚 founder, Fr. Arnold Damen, S.J. The exhibit is on the second floor of Cudahy Library to the right of the elevators, so be sure to check it out next time you're nearby!

PhD Candidate  presented on 鈥淒igital Pedagogy and the Radical Networks of Common Sense,鈥� at the International Conference of Thomas Paine Studies in New Rochelle, New York.

Alumnae Rachel Boyle, PhD, has curated an online exhibit showcasing fifteen case studies of Chicago protests, spanning nearly 150 years of history, for the Chicago Collections Consortium. View the exhibit, "Place of Protest: Chicago's Legacy of Dissent, Declaration, and Disruption" .

PhD Student  published an article on 鈥淩anchos" and PhD Candidate  published an entry on 鈥淢ourning Clothes" in , Volume 1.

Graduate students , , Lisa Hartman, and  worked with the Rogers/Park West Ridge Historical Society on the two day  event, highlighting the religious diversity of Chicago's Far North Side.

PhD Candidate  presented on 鈥淚nsights and Methodologies for Researching Slavery at Religious Archives" at the Association for Catholic Diocesan Archivists Conference in Mundelein, Illinois.

Jenny Clay and  created a digital exhibit about the creation of Peace Studies at 黑料门University Chicago in June 2018. Created with WLA Director Nancy Freeman and Sociology Professor Kathleen Maas-Weigert, the project uses oral histories to trace the development of the Peace Studies program as part of Mundelein College in 1989.

PhD Candidate gave a speech on 鈥淓nslaved Experience among the Missouri Jesuits: An Update on Our Findings"  at the Province Day of the Jesuits US Central and Southern Province in St. Louis, Missouri.

Masters student  recently completed an internship as a Repatriation Researcher for the National NAGPRA program, and in August she finished a Repatriation Internship for the National Museum of the American Indian.

Masters Student  completed research and presented his work on the Eggers Grove Forest Preserve for the Cook County Forest Preserve Historical Signage Project.

Faculty

History Department Professor Timothy Gilfoyle Received Loyola鈥檚 2018 Faculty Member of the Year Award

 published his book, , which received great reviews from  and .

Dr. Aidan Forth's "sophisticated and beautifully written" first book, , has been awarded the  for the best book in British Studies since 1800. Learn more about Dr. Forth's work in this interview.

Dr. Ben Johnson recently completed his five-year term as co-editor of 

 contributed to the new .

, Professor of History and Director of the Public History program at Loyola, was awarded the Frederick Jackson Turner Award for Lifetime Achievement in Midwestern History.

Professor Emerita Dr. Barbara Rosenwein published  with Elina Gertsman.