UMKC History Department

Our very own Dr. David Trowbridge was recently featured in the Kansas City Magazine!

Imagine walking through Loose Park and your phone notifies you that a local historian can tell you the story of how the park came to be. This is David Trowbridge’s vision for his app, Clio.

Link below:

https://kansascitymag.com/umkc-professors-app-locates-historical-spots/

ATTENTION GRADUATE HISTORY STUDENTS!

All UMKC history graduate majors (returning and new) are encouraged to attend the History Graduate Student Orientation which, will be held on Friday, August 16, 2024 from 2:00-4:00pm in Cockefair Hall 215.

This is an important opportunity to reconnect with other students and faculty, ask questions, and to understand how the department can assist in fulfilling student educational aspirations. Students will learn the ins and outs of the MA in History, Public History Emphasis, the Interdisplincary Ph.D., and the new Ph.D. in Humanities (History) programs. Students will also learn about the new Mellon Internship Program, hear from the History Graduate Student Association (HGSA), and will learn about student resources available on campus.

Drinks, Snacks, and departmental swag await!

Register via RooGroups today: https://cglink.me/2n2/r395073

German speaking students or members of the public are cordially invited to participate in our research team as interns or volunteers.

Historische Briefe: Digital in den Dialog | mit:forschen! Briefe schreiben war Alltag im Krieg. Aber was haben sich Deutsche im Zweiten Weltkrieg zwischen Heimat und Front geschrieben? Helfen Sie mit, ihre Briefe zu transkribieren und für einen inter/nationalen Dialog über die Vergangenheit zu erschließen! Etappenziel: Oberfrohna2025.

Taiwanese American scientist Peter Tsai is the inventor of the fabric used in N95 masks, which can filter out 95% of submicron particles including dust, haze, pollen, and smoke. The N95 respirator was originally created and patented in 1995 for use in construction and was later discovered to block viruses and bacteria, which encouraged its use in the healthcare field.

Several years ago, executive consultant Stefanie Smith led a workshop for UMKC history students that helped several of them land new jobs. I too have benefitted greatly from her training by directing my career towards new goals. Now you can get some of her advice in a podcast. I recommend her to both students starting out and mid-career professionals.

5 Principles for a Powerful Professional Mindset Listen to this audiobook by Stefanie Smith on Spotify

On 9 May 1944 in connection with the planned operation of extermination of Jews from Hungary in Auschwitz, the head of SS garrison in SS-Obersturmbannführer Rudolf Höss announced a series of directives.

He ordered that the expansion of the platform and a three-track rail connection in Birkenau be speed up, that Bunker 2 (so-called little white house) was to be put back into operation and incineration pits were to be dug next to it as well next to crematorium no. 5.

Furthermore, the commander of Gleiwitz I sub-camp Otto Moll (in the picture), who was known as an expert of burning bodies in trenched, was promoted to head of all crematoria. Sonderkommando was also enlarged - from 420 to 620 prisoners.

🔊 Our about the fate of prisoners.
https://anchor.fm/auschwitz-memorial/episodes/On-Auschwitz-13-The-fate-of-Sonderkommando-prisoners-e1bv3ou

📢Attention Undergraduate and Graduate Students📢
The History Department invites you to submit a proposal for the Spring 2024 HDRS taking place May 10 at the UMKC Miller Nichols Library. We welcome research paper, panel, poster, and roundtable proposals on any historical topic or period for a project or internship undertaken within the last academic year.

Deadline for submissions is May 3, 2024, by 5 PM. Please note that all presenters must be available to attend and present on Friday, May 10, 2024, from 8:00 to 1:00 PM.

Prizes and awards will be given to the best undergraduate and graduate research papers and projects submissions. If you would like to be considered, the deadline to submit all required materials for awards, prizes, and recognitions is May 1, 2024, by 5 PM.

Submit your proposals by scanning the QR Code in the image or by using this Qualtrics link: https://umkc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6L7JBDo4qBTm0MC

Check out this exciting upcoming lecture featuring Dr. Susangeline Patrick, Associate Professor of World Christianity at Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City.

Be sure to save yourself a seat! Registrar today via RooGroups (https://roogroups.umkc.edu/HSGA/feeds?type=event&type_id=391851&tab=details).

Check out this amazing upcoming Records Preservation Workshop hosted by the History Graduate Student Association (HGSA)! Don't forget to registrar via RooGropus (https://roogroups.umkc.edu/HSGA/feeds?type=event&type_id=389696&tab=details).

Mark your calendars for the upcoming Grad Roo Fair on Wednesday, March 13 from 1-3pm.

GradRoo Fair | Graduate Studies | University of Missouri - Kansas City UMKC is the largest comprehensive, fully accredited university in the Kansas City area with award-winning academic programs and a diverse, inclusive campus.

If you missed out on last week’s MLK lecture, you can watch it here.

Becoming Martin By Kevin Willmott

3rd of THREE events next week surrounding MLK Lecture Series

Wed, Jan 24, 12-1:30pm. MLK Event: Lunch with Kevin Willmott (Tuesday night’s speaker), which includes free food and a chance to talk with Willmott in a small setting. See RooGroups for more info and to register. https://roogroups.umkc.edu/FirstGen/rsvp_boot?id=390496

2nd of THREE events next week surrounding MLK Lecture Series

Tues, Jan 23 at 6pm in the Student Union, rm 401. Kevin Willmott (Oscar winning writer of BlacKKKlansman) will be delivering lecture on "Becoming Martin." See RooGroups for more info and to register. https://roogroups.umkc.edu/FSE/rsvp_boot?id=389492

1st of THREE events next week surrounding the MLK Lecture Series

Mon, Jan 22 at 6:00pm at the Student Union Theater. Free film screening of BlacKKKlansman. See RooGroops for more info and to register. https://roogroups.umkc.edu/SHSS/rsvp_boot?id=389835

N**i-Era Art Looting and The Status of Art Restitution Today: Ruthie Research Scholar Lecture
Jan 4, 6:30pm

Beatrice Levine, graduate student at the University of Kansas, will deliver the inaugural Ruthie Research Scholar Lecture at the Midwest Center For Holocaust Education. This presentation explores what steps the art world is taking to facilitate restitution and search for masterworks still missing today, examines the history of N**i looting, and questions where the art world is excelling and failing in its efforts to return looted works to their rightful owners today.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: N**i-Era Art Looting and The Status of Art Restitution Today: Ruthie Research Scholar Lecture. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: N**i-Era Art Looting and The Status of Art Restitution Today: Ruthie Research Scholar Lecture. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

ATTETNION STUDENTS, ALUMNI, AND EMERITUS FACULTY!

TODAY IS THE DAY! Join the our students as they present their semester long research at the History Student Research Symposium currently being held in the Miller Nichols Library 151, 451, and 452 until 12:30pm today.

HGSA's inaugural lecture series this afternoon was a success! We would like to thank Kaleb Herman Adney for agreeing to speak about the "Habits of the Market: International Finance, To***co, and Resistance in the late Ottoman Empire (c. 1870-1925)."

Wonderful news from the KC Public Library!

❗️❗️❗️🤩This is HUGE: We now have a subscription to a searchable online historic database of Kansas City's The Call, a Black weekly newspaper founded in 1919! https://kclibrary.org/research-resources/research-databases/kansas-city-call-1946-2008. So far, we have received 1946-2008, with more full years coming, back to 1919 and through 2010, hopefully later this year. So for everyone who has had to guess dates and kill their eyes with microfilm till now, hooray! Kansas City Call Newspaper

Internship Spotlight: Through her internship at the Johnson County Museum, MA Public History emphasis student Jessica Sapien has been building collaborative bridges with the Latinx community. Read her blog about her experience working with the Olathe Leadership Lowrider Bike Club, where high school students find mentorship, skills training, and community.

https://jocohistory.wordpress.com/2023/10/02/the-olathe-leadership-lowrider-bike-club/