"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

Recent Graduates Secure Tenure-Track Positions: Loyola University Chicago

Loyola University Chicago Department of History

Recent Graduates Secure Tenure-Track Positions

Several recent graduates of Loyola's PhD program have secured tenure-track teaching positions at universities around the world.

Adam Shprintzen (PhD 2011) begins his tenure as Assistant Professor of History at Marywood University in Scranton, Pennsylvania this fall. At Marywood, Shprintzen will teach on nineteenth century and revolutionary-era America, with classes focusing on social reform, digital history, environmental history, labor history and urban history. In addition, as part of the university's emphasis on service, Shprintzen plans to help develop programs promoting intercultural and interfaith exchange on campus. Dr. Shprintzen also published his first book titled, The Vegetarian Crusade: The Rise of an American Reform Movement, 1817-1921 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013).

Stella Ress (PhD 2014) starts her job as Assistant Professor of Public History at University of Southern Indiana this fall. Dr. Ress will teach undergraduate courses in U.S. history, public history, and arts and heritage administration. The University of Southern Indiana is located in Evansville, Indiana, and has close ties with regional historic institutions, including Historic New Harmony, a utopia socialist community founded in the 1820s, and the offices of Historic Southern Indiana.

Cord Scott (PhD 2011) started a full-time teaching position at the American University of the Middle East in Kuwait City this January. Dr. Scott's first book, Comics and Conflict: Patriotism and Propaganda from World War II through Operation Iraqi Freedom, based on his dissertation supervised by Dr. Lewis Erenberg, will be published in the fall by the Naval Institute Press.

Congratulations to these accomplished graduates!

archive