UNH Research 2012 - Humanities & the Arts
        A digest of the year’s research news from the
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Amy Boylan – Languages, Literatures, and Cultures – Italy In summer 2012, Amy Boylan, assistant professor, participated in the |  |
Cord Whitaker Awarded Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation/Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Career Enhancement Fellowship
http://unh.edu/news/campusjournal/2012/Feb/29kudo01.cfm
Cord Whitaker, assistant professor of English, has been awarded a fellowship for junior faculty that supports promising research from young scholars who "are committed to eradicating racial disparities in core fields in the arts and sciences."
Cory McKenzie – Refuge from Communism: A Monastery in
New York Preserves Russian Orthodoxy
http://www.unh.edu/research/sites/unh.edu.research/files/docs/RES_AREAS/Digest_12_HA/INQ_2012_05_McKenzie.pdf
Undergraduate Cory McKenzie '14 describes how he “stumbled into Russia in the middle of New York State” while visiting Holy Trinity Monastery as part of his Research Experience and Apprenticeship Program (REAP) project on Russian Orthodoxy during the twentieth century.
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Letters from the Civil War on Display in Special Collections The essence of “the bloodiest of all
wars” is captured in a Special Collections exhibit that Related Research Areas: Health, Behavioral & Social Sciences | |
Gregory McMahon – History – Turkey
http://unh.edu/cie/gregory-mcmahon
Since 1993, Gregory McMahon, associate professor, has travelled to central Turkey to conduct research each summer at the Çadır Höyük Excavation site. To integrate teaching and research, he takes UNH students with him.
Jenni Cook – Music – Brazil
http://unh.edu/cie/jenni-cook
Jenni Cook, associate professor, traveled to Ribeirão-Preto,
Brazil, to finalize plans for a student exchange between the University of
São-Paolo and UNH, to teach, and to give a recital of Brazilian Art Song and Songs by
Women Composers.
 | Julia Rodriguez Awarded Best Article Prize by
N.E. Council on Latin American Studies Julia Rodriguez, associate professor of history, has been awarded the 2012 Best Article Prize by the New England Council on Latin American Studies. Her article, “A Complex Fabric: Intersecting Histories of Race, Gender, and Science in Latin America,” appeared in Hispanic American Historical Review. | |
Lowell Mower – The 1754 Excise on Spirituous Liquors:
Taxes, Political Rhetoric, and the English Concept of
Liberty in Eighteenth-Century Colonial Massachusetts
http://www.unh.edu/research/sites/unh.edu.research/files/docs/RES_AREAS/Digest_12_HA/INQ_2012_06_Mower.pdf
http://www.unh.edu/unhtoday/2012/07/1754-excise-spirituous-liquors
Lowell Mower, a senior history major at the University of New Hampshire at Manchester (UNHM), spent ten weeks meticulously sorting through colonial American imprints at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, as well as other historical repositories throughout New England to study how the 1754 excise tax on liquors helped shape political ideology in the Colonies. He was mentored by John Resch, professor of history at UNHM.
Lu Yan – History – England Lu Yan, associate professor, traveled to London and Oxford to continue Related Research Areas: Health, Behavioral & Social Sciences |
Rachel
Trubowitz – http://www.unh.edu/research/ | |
On the Bookshelf: “Nation and Nurture in
Seventeenth-Century Rachel Trubowitz, professor of English, has authored Nation
and Nurture Related Research Areas: Health, Behavioral & Social Sciences |
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Bookshelf: “Transatlantic Women: Nineteenth Century American Women Writers
& Great Britain” Brigitte Bailey, associate professor of English, has co-edited Transatlantic Women: Nineteenth Century American Women Writers & Great Britain, published by the University Press of New England. In this volume, 15 scholars from diverse backgrounds analyze American women writers' transatlantic exchanges in the nineteenth century, showing how women writers (and often their publications) traveled to create or reinforce professional networks and identities, to escape strictures on women and African Americans, to promote reform, to improve their health, to understand the workings of other nations, and to pursue cultural and aesthetic education. Related Research Areas: Health, Behavioral & Social Sciences | |
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Elected American Folklore Society Fellow Burt Feintuch, professor of English and director of the
University of New Hampshire Center | |
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Named Prestigious Fulbright Scholar for Work in Croatia Deborah Kinghorn, associate professor of theatre and dance, has received a prestigious Fulbright Award to teach and help launch a new post-doctoral program at the University of Rijeka, Croatia, during the 2012-13 academic year. |
Professor's
Book Provides New Understanding of the American Revolution In his new book Among the Powers of
the Earth: The American Revolution and the Making of a New World Empire, Related Research Areas: Health, Behavioral & Social Sciences | |  | |
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Receive National Endowment for the Humanities Awards Two UNH English professors received prestigious National Endowment for |
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Szu-Feng Chen – Theatre &
Dance – Korea
http://unh.edu/cie/szu-feng-chen
Szu-Feng Chen was invited by The Theatre Practice (TTP) in Singapore to create set and costume design for Lao Jiu: The Musical, its feature musical production for the Singapore Kuo Pao Kun Festival. The festival honors the contributions of Kuo Pao Kun, pioneer and art educator, to the Singapore performing arts.
The 1754 Excise on Spirituous Liquors
http://www.unh.edu/unhtoday/2012/07/1754-excise-spirituous-liquors
Lowell Mower, senior history major at the University of New Hampshire at Manchester UNHM), worked with John Resch, professor of history at UNHM, on an independent study concerning the precursors to the American Revolution. To continue his work on this subject, Mower was awarded a UNH Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship that supported ten weeks of meticulously sorting through colonial American imprints at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts, as well as at other historical repositories throughout New England.
Related Research Areas: Health, Behavioral & Social Sciences
The Spirit of the Sankofa Bird
http://www.unh.edu/unhtoday/2012/09/spirit-sankofa-bird
Brett
Gallo ‘12, a music major, returned from his UNH International Research
Opportunities Program-supported trip to Ghana to study
and decipher the language
of traditional West African music with a new talent – and a new direction in
life. After studying with the
Nyame Tsease drumming and dance ensemble founded by Antoinette Kudoto, the
country's first woman master drummer, he has joined in the ensemble’s efforts to revive
the music of their native land, much of which was squelched during colonial
rule.
Two Books Released by History Professor David Bachrach, associate professor of history, recently had
two books published. Related Research Areas: Health, Behavioral & Social Sciences |  | ||
UNH British Historian Explains Appeal of Downton Abbey
http://www.unh.edu/news/releases/2012/dec/lw13downton.cfm
What was it really like to live in 20th century Edwardian
England, especially for women – and why
does it intrigue so many of us? Nicoletta Gullace, associate professor of history, has some
insights.
Related Research Areas: Health, Behavioral & Social Sciences
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UNH Named Host of Fulbright Program, Expands Arabic
Courses Becoming a host institution with the Fulbright Foreign Language Teaching Assistant (FLTA) Program has allowed UNH to expand its Arabic language program. The FLTA Program, which is sponsored by the United States Department of State Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, enables young international educators to refine their teaching skills, increase their English language proficiency, and extend their knowledge of the cultures and customs of the United States while engaging in non-degree studies at accredited post-secondary U.S. educational institutions. Related Research Areas: Health, Behavioral & Social Sciences | |
UNH Researcher: Gulf, Balkan Wars Add New Dimensions
to War Trauma
http://www.unh.edu/unhtoday/2012/03/unh-researcher-gulf-balkan-wars-add-new-dimensions-war-trauma
http://unh.edu/news/campusjournal/2012/Mar/21trauma.cfm
A new book by Laurence French, senior research associate at UNH Justiceworks and Vietnam-era disabled veteran, and co-author Lidija Nikolic-Novakovic, a Balkan War survivor, sheds light on the long-term psychological trauma experienced by the coalition force in recent wars in the Persian Gulf and Balkans that, when left untreated, can have deadly consequences.
Related Research Areas: Health, Behavioral & Social Sciences
| University Poets
Share Their Works UNH Poetry Professors Mekeel McBride [pictured left] and |
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