"Civil War Chicago: Eyewitness to History" on October 20th

Professor of History Theodore J. Karamanski, PhD and Loyola alumna Eileen M. McMahon, PhD, will discuss their new book on the Civil War’s transformative role in Chicago's development.

Richard Pryor Biographer to Speak at Loyola

Scott Saul, the author of Becoming Richard Pryor, will give a public lecture on the comedian entitled "Living with Richard Pryor: A Biographer's Tale" on Friday, April 24 at 3 PM.

Timothy Gilfoyle on "The Changing Forms of History"

Should history be a book discipline? What constitutes "acceptable scholarship" in history? Professor Timothy Gilfoyle considers the rich and diverse forms that historical scholarship take from books, digital media, and public history projects in his article "The Changing Forms of History" in April's edition of Perspectives on History, the AHA newsmagazine.

"The Rise of the Nation-Saint" on November 5th

Prof. Kathleen Sprows Cummings, University of Notre Dame, discusses a pre-circulated paper on the efforts of U.S. Catholics to secure their first canonized saint for the third meeting of the 2015-2016 Ramonat Seminar Series.

Voices of Chicago Women Activists

Celebrate Women's History Month with the Women & Leadership Archives and the Chicago Area Women's History Council. Come hear multimedia excerpts of oral histories by Columbia College honors students featuring Chicago women activists and leaders. The event will be held on Sunday, March 16th from 2:00pm-5:00pm on the 1st floor of Piper Hall.

What was Chrysler Village and how did it get its name?

Public History graduate students know and shared their work on a historic nomination for the neighborhood with Ask Geoffrey on WTTW the other night. LEARN MORE

Closing the Gap

Sarah Doherty (PhD '12) reflects on the importance of the Preparing Future Faculty Program in equipping her, and other minority doctoral students, with the skills necessary for a career in academia. LEARN MORE

Kate Rousmaniere To Speak on the History of the Principal's Office : Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago Department of History

Kate Rousmaniere To Speak on the History of the Principal's Office

Dr. Kate Rousmaniere (Miami University Ohio) will speak on "How I Got Sent to the Principal’s Office: Research in the History of Education and School Leadership" on Monday, February 17th, at 6 pm in Corboy Law Center, Room 105.

The principal is the most misunderstood person in all of education. Perceived by individuals and popular culture alike as a disagreeable functionary of bad news, the wet blanket of progressive teacher practice, and the prison guard of students' freedom, the principal is both misunderstood and disliked. Historians have contributed to the problem that is the school principal by ignoring or misinterpreting the history of the role.

Rousmaniere is professor at Miami University Ohio and past president of the History of Education Society (HES) and the International Standing Conference on the History of Education (ISCHE). Her most recent book, The Principal's Office: A Social History of the American School Principal (SUNY Albany Press, 2013) has been hailed as a long-due synoptic historical study of educational leadership at the school-building level. She is also the recent author of an article on the principalship that appeared in The Atlantic magazine, "The Principal: The Most Misunderstood Person in All of Education"

The talk is sponsored by the Loyola University Chicago School of Education, Cultural & Educational Policy Studies, and Administration & Supervision Programs.

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