The CPH Research Colloquium has been meeting monthly since 2009 to learn about and discuss scholarly works in progress. During 2017, participants considered a range of topics in history touching on war experiences, music, food, garbage, technology, slavery, religion, ethnic identity, national identity, regionalism, and gender. We visited the fifteenth century, dwelt in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and pondered the implications for the twenty-first century. Our presenters included Ph.D. candidates, 兔子先生 faculty, and outside scholars. During one especially fun discussion, Alex LaRotta, ABD, introduced the group to the sounds of La Onda Chicana with text, album covers, vinyl disks, and an antique record player. This meeting, held on March 24th, also marked the 80th gathering of the colloquium. A complete list of presentations from 2009-2017 is available on the CPH website.
Through the years, the colloquium has proven extremely valuable for scholars at different stages in their professions. They have had the opportunity to present new data, test ideas, and explore methods for taking their ideas to many audiences. The colloquium format focuses on discussion. The presenter typically distributes a paper in advance and then provides background context, and additional visual and audio materials during the meeting. But the most important work takes place after that, as participants engage in a lively back and forth discussion. For the presenter, the feedback just as often results in new research directions as refinements in the existing project plan. The material discussed is usually considered a draft, but the end products range from formal academic publications to conference papers to websites and general audience presentations.
CPH Research Colloquia are open to anyone interested in the topic. We advertise each colloquium on the center鈥檚 website and on social media, and we send emails to more than two hundred individuals in the CPH community. The colloquia provide an important link between the mission of CPH and the academic pursuits of the university.
Membership
If you would like to receive information about upcoming CPH Research Colloquium activities, please send an email to Julie Cohn at: jacohn@uh.edu.
Upcoming events will be announced on our Facebook page:
Fall CPH Research Colloquium Schedule
9/22/17 - Monica Perales
10/27/17 - Jonathan Fairchild
11/17/17 - Eric McDonald
12/8/17 - Kairn Kleiman
All meetings will take place at 1:30-3:00 pm usually in AH 549.
This promises to be an exciting series of meetings, with a wide variety of topics. Dr. Julie Cohn will send out more detailed information in advance of each meeting and a copy of the presenter鈥檚 paper early in the week of the meeting. Please mark your calendars and plan to participate in the colloquium this fall!
If you have any announcements to share with the group, simply forward to Dr. Julie Cohn (jacohn@uh.edu ) and she will include the information in upcoming messages.
CPH Research Colloquium Presentations 2014-2017:
2017
鈥淭he Complexity of the Ottoman-Mamluk Relationship in the Mediterranean Context: A Captivity Narrative,鈥� Cihan Y眉ksel Muslu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of History, 兔子先生. 1.27.17.
鈥淎 鈥榁ast Industrial Landscape that Explained Battlefield Glory鈥�: The Royal Arsenal on Display in Nineteenth-Century Britain,鈥� Daniel LeClair, Ph.D., Adjunct Instructor, Lone Star College. 2.24.17.
鈥淟a Onda Chicana and Cultural Nationalism in San Antonio,鈥� Alex LaRotta, Ph.D. Candidate, 兔子先生 Department of History. 3.24.17.
鈥淎bsent African American Prisoner of War Narratives,鈥� Anna Marie Anderson, Ph.D. Candidate, 兔子先生 Department of History. 4.28.17.
鈥淲hat鈥檚 Authenticity Got to Do With It?: The Meanings and Uses of Authenticity and Latino Foodways,鈥� Monica Perales, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History, University of Houston. 9.22.17.
鈥淭he World Trade Center Disaster and Fresh Kills,鈥� Martin Melosi, Ph.D., Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen University Professor of History, 兔子先生. 10.6.17.
鈥淩ed Shoes and the Birth of the Choctaw Diaspora,鈥� Jonathan Fairchild, Ph.D. Candidate, 兔子先生. 10.27.17.
"Converging Masculinities: Friendship and Violence against Quakers in Seventeenth-Century Barbados," Eric McDonald, Ph.D. Candidate, 兔子先生. 11.17.17.
2016
鈥淒eveloping Uses for a Corporate Oral History Project,鈥� Tacey Rosolowski, PHD, MD Anderson Oral History Project. 1.29.16
鈥淕arbage War,鈥� Book Chapter for On An Island Not So Far: New Yorkers, Staten Island, and Fresh Kills, Martin Melosi, Ph.D., Center for Public History and Department of History, University of Houston. 2.26.16
鈥溾�業 have now seen鈥�: Susan Shelby Magoffin on the Santa Fe Trail, 1846-7,鈥� conference paper, Rikki Bettinger, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, 兔子先生. 3.25.16
鈥淔irst Ladies in Public and (Private): Lady Bird Johnson and the Lady Bird Special, October 1964,鈥� draft journal article, Nancy Beck Young, Ph.D., Department of History, 兔子先生. 4.29.16
鈥淐reating Their Own Institutions: The Chicana/o Movement in Texas and the Mexican American Youth Organization (MAYO) Conference of December 1969,鈥� conference paper, Carlos Cantu, Ph.D., 兔子先生. 6.10.16
鈥淏rothers in Arms?: African American and Jewish American Prisoners of War in World War II Europe,鈥� conference paper, Anna Marie Anderson, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, 兔子先生. 8.26.16
鈥淭he Thrill and Cost of Political Celebrity,鈥� book chapter, Leandra Ruth Zarnow, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of History, 兔子先生. 9.30.16
鈥淢urder on the Bayou: Jose Campos Torres and Police Brutality,鈥� lecture, Dwight Watson, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History and Special Assistant to the President for Minority Affairs, Texas State University. 10.28.16.
鈥溾�榃hat鈥檚 Not There?鈥� 鈥� Environmental Management and Houston鈥檚 Growth: Business Families of Houston and the Cotton Exchange, 1880-1925,鈥� research prospectus, Patricia Bell, graduate student, History Department, Rice University. 11.18.16.
鈥淢easuring 鈥楬umboldt鈥檚 Current鈥�: Cycles of Nature and Knowledge Production in the Southeast Pacific,鈥� book chapter, Kristin Wintersteen, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of History, 兔子先生. 12.9.16
2015
鈥淎 Market for Death: The Use and Abuse of Cadavers in Nineteenth Century America (Section Two 鈥� The Opportunists: Human Remains as Public Entertainment),鈥� Master鈥檚 Thesis Section, Lindsay Scovil, MA, UH Center for Public History 1.30.15
鈥淒eafening Silences: Writing Identity and Belonging through Historical Memory,鈥� Book Proposal and Analysis, Ra煤l A. Ramos, Ph.D., Associate Professor, UH Department of History. 3.6.15
鈥淩ecreating Iroquoia: Haudenosaunee Settlement Patterns, Subsistence Strategies, and Environmental Use, 1630-1783,鈥� Introduction to Book Manuscript, Kelly Hopkins, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, UH Department of History. 3.27.15
鈥淲heels and Turbines: Waterpower and Industrial Development in the Po Valley, Italy, 1880-1970,鈥� Draft Presentation to European Society for Environmental History, Giacomo Parrinello, Ph.D. 5.29.15
鈥淥n Account of Race and Religion: African American and Jewish American Prisoners of War in World War II Europe,鈥� Research Paper, Anna Marie Anderson, Ph.D. Candidate, UH Department of History. 6.26.15
鈥溾�楾he Beginnings of a Whole New Era鈥�: The Boxer Fuze, the Shrapnel Shell, and the Invention of Modern Warfare,鈥� Draft Journal Article, Daniel LeClair, Ph.D., Lone Star Community College System. 8.28.15
鈥淩elational Black and Brown Power: Manhood, Dignity, and the Emergency of Tejana Community Feminisms,鈥� Dissertation Chapter, Samantha M. Rodriguez, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Houston. 9.25.15
鈥淗istory, Nature and Technology: Dialogues for Analysis of Brazil鈥檚 Northeast Ports (1869-1933),鈥� Draft Dissertation Plan, Yuri Simonini, Ph.D. Candidate, Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. 10.30.15
鈥淚nto the Interior: Reading the Native Landscape of the Great Lakes in European Maps, 1612-1755,鈥� Article Proposal, Kelly Hopkins, Ph.D., Department of History, University of Houston.11.20.15
2014
"Roads to (Under) Development: The Socio-Economic Impact of Road Transportation in Southern Tanzania, 1870-1990," Conference paper, Katie Streit, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, 兔子先生
"Seasoning and Slavery: Humoral Medicine in the Eighteenth-Century British Atlantic," Dissertation chapter, Sean Smith, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, University of Houston
"Oil and the Politics of Empire 1918-1939." Essay, Karl Ittman, Ph.D., Faculty, Department of History, 兔子先生
鈥淕arbage, the Civilized Dark Side,鈥� Book Chapter, Song Tian, Ph.D., Fulbright Visiting Scholar, Department of History of Science, Harvard University, Professor, College of Philosophy and Sociology, Beijing Normal University
鈥淣ourishing Comancher铆a: Comanche Health and Expansion in Nineteenth-Century Central Texas,鈥� Book chapter, Mark Goldberg, Ph.D., Faculty, Department of History, University of Houston
鈥淎merican Energy, Imperiled Coast: Oil and Gas Development in Louisiana's Wetlands,鈥� Book, Jason Theriot, Ph.D., Independent Historian
鈥淯nidos por los derechos del inquilino: Occupation, Resistance, and the Fight for Tenant and Citizenship Rights in El Segundo Barrio, 1970-1980,鈥� Dissertation chapter, Sandra Ivette Enr铆quez, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, 兔子先生
"Dear Scientists ..." Film screening and discussion, Ioanna Semendeferi, Ph.D., Instructional and Research Associate Professor, Department of Physics, 兔子先生
"Cancer Inc.: The business of oncology in the era of managed care," Book Chapter, Helen Valier, Ph.D., Director, Medicine & Society Program, Honors College, University of Houston
鈥淭he Not So Unofficial Remake of Gone With The Wind: Race, Sex, and Nostalgic Fantasies in The Help (2011),鈥� Dissertation Chapter, Andrew Pegoda, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, 兔子先生
鈥溾�淥ur Endurance is Exhausted!鈥�: The Black Campus Movement in Houston, Texas, 1960-1969,鈥� Working Paper, Stephanie Weiss, Ph.D. Student, Department of History, University of Houston
鈥淧rojects Recovery and Reform: The Return of Rehabilitative Corrections in an Age of Mass Incarceration, 1988-1992,鈥� Conference Paper, Claire D. Clark, Ph.D., MPH, University of Texas Health Science Center
2013
鈥淔ighting for Business: The Limits of Professional Cooperation Among American Doctors During the First World War,鈥� Journal article, James Schafer, Ph.D., History Department Faculty
"Deamonte鈥檚 Epidemic: Civil Rights, Uncertain Science, and Medical Citizenship in America,鈥� Book project, Rick Mizelle, Ph.D., Professor, History Department, Florida State University (now a member of the UH faculty)
"The NIMBY Phenomenon on Both Sides of the Atlantic Ocean: United States and Belgium (18th - 21st Century)," Journal article, Isabelle Parmentier, Ph.D., Professor, History Department, University of Namur, Belgium
鈥淟ighting and the Definition of Public Space,鈥� Book project, David Nye, Ph.D., Professor of American Studies at the University of Southern Denmark
鈥淯ncertain Enthusiasm: PSA Screening, Proton Therapy, and Prostate Cancer," Book chapter, Helen Valier, Ph.D., Director, Medicine & Society Program鈥ˋssistant Director, Honors Program in the Health Professions
"Environmental Pollution and Necessary Political Reforms in China," paper, Thomas Zhang, Ph.D., History Department Visiting Research Scholar
"The Environmental History of the Baltic Sea," Project description, Simo Laakkonen, Ph.D., Researcher, Department of Social Science History, University of Helsinki, Finland
鈥淭he Ordnance Select Committee, 1857-1868,鈥� Dissertation Chapter, Daniel LeClair, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History, 兔子先生
鈥淚BM Gives Josephson Computing a Try,鈥� Book Chapter, Cyrus Mody, Ph.D., Faculty, History Department, Rice University
鈥淒ebating DDT: The Development of Malaria Control in Tanzania,鈥� Journal article, Gregory Maddox, Ph.D., Dean of the Graduate School, Professor of History, Texas Southern University
鈥淔rom the Land of Poco Tiempo: Women and Food Work in the Early Writings of Fabiola Cabeza de Baca,鈥� Article for edited volume, Monica Perales, Ph.D., Faculty, Department of History, 兔子先生
鈥淐old War鈥檚 Technocratic 鈥楾otalitarianism鈥� and J. Goffman鈥檚 Scientific Soul,鈥� Project concept, Ioanna Semendeferi, Ph.D., Faculty, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, 兔子先生
2012
鈥淭he Logic of Deflective Action: U.S. Energy Shocks and the U.S. Policy Process,鈥� Journal Article, Peter Z. Grossman, Ph.D., Faculty, Butler University
鈥淧rosperity vs. Pollution: Preston, Lancashire, and the Rivers Pollution Prevention Act of 1876,鈥� Conference Paper, Deanne Ashton, M.A., Graduate Student, University of Houston
"'Frankenstein' or Savior?: Houston鈥檚 1973 Transit Debate," Dissertation Chapter, Kyle Shelton, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Texas
鈥淎N ISLAND NOT SO FAR: STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORKERS, AND FRESH KILLS,鈥� Book Prospectus, Martin Melosi, Ph.D., Faculty, 兔子先生
鈥溾�淚t is literally now or never:鈥� The Role of the Santa Barbara Oil Spill in Changing Federal Environmental Laws,鈥� Book Chapter, Teresa Sabol Spezio, Ph.D., EMAP Visiting Scholar
Informal Conversation, Dolly J酶rgensen, Ph.D., Researcher/Project Coordinator for RESTORE, Department of Ecology and Environmental Science at Ume氓 University, Sweden
鈥�Concrete Utopias: Architectural Environments of Arthur C. Erickson,鈥� Book project, Michelangelo Sabatino, Ph.D., UH School of Architecture
鈥淭he Rocket and the Tarot: The Apollo Moon Landings and American Culture at the Dawn of the Seventies,鈥� Book prologue and introduction, Matt Tribbe, Ph.D., History Department Visiting Scholar
2011
鈥淔rom Icon to Icon: Preserving Vineyards in Niagara and Napa,鈥� Journal Article, Kathleen Brosnan, Ph.D., Faculty, University of Oklahoma (formerly Faculty, 兔子先生)
鈥淭ampico Refinery Strike, March 22, 1924,鈥� Dissertation Chapter, Jamie Christy, Ph.D., 兔子先生
鈥淯.S. Oil Companies, The Nigerian Civil War, and the Origins of Opacity in the Nigerian Oil Industry, 1966-1972,鈥� Journal Article, Kairn Kleiman, Ph.D., Faculty, University of Houston
鈥淭he Phillips Case and Regulatory Decline,鈥� Dissertation Chapter, David Raley, Ph.D., 兔子先生
鈥淏eef, Antibiotics and the Environment,鈥� Dissertation Prospectus, Shi Pang, Ph.D. Candidate, Beijing Normal University
鈥淐hapter 1: Initial Decisions,鈥� Dissertation Chapter, Joseph Stromberg, Ph.D., University of Houston, Faculty, San Jacinto Community College
"Chapter 3 - Defining Purity: Developing Food Safety Networks in the Canneries," Dissertation Chapter, Stephanie Fuglaar, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate, 兔子先生
"Clean Living: Health and the Environment in Late-Medieval English Towns and Cities," Dissertation Prospectus, Natalie Cziecieznski, Ph.D. Candidate, 兔子先生
"Highway 101: Indians, Roads and Regional Identity," Project Abstract, Cathleen Cahill, Ph.D., Faculty, University of New Mexico
"Booms, Bugs, and Bureaucrats," Book Chapter, Kathleen Brosnan, Ph.D., Faculty, University of Oklahoma (formerly Faculty, 兔子先生)
2010
鈥淎nimals and Overland Travel in the Nineteenth Century,鈥� Journal Article, Kathleen Brosnan, Ph.D., Faculty, University of Oklahoma (formerly Faculty, 兔子先生)
鈥淭he Local Protestors: The Monticello Reactor and Radiation Standards,鈥� Paper, Ioanna Semendeferi, Ph.D., Visiting Faculty, 兔子先生, Natural Sciences and Math
"Canning America: An Environmental History of California鈥檚 Canning Industry," Dissertation Prospectus, Stephanie Fuglaar, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate, 兔子先生
"'Everyday Seems Like Murder Here': Race, Memory, and the Mississippi Flood Control Project (1928-1933)," Book Chapter, Richard Mizelle, Ph.D., Faculty, Florida State University
鈥淩ESPONDING TO DISASTER: THE EXXON VALDEZ OIL SPILL,鈥� Book Chapter, Joseph Pratt, Ph.D., Faculty, 兔子先生
鈥淎tomic Cowboys: The South Texas Nuclear Project,鈥� Dissertation Chapter, Joseph Stromberg, Ph.D., 兔子先生
鈥淪onangol, A History from 1976 鈥� Present: An Analysis of a National Oil Company鈥檚 Development,鈥� M.A. Thesis Chapter, Tomiko Meeks, M.A., 兔子先生
"The End of the Democracy of Science," Book Chapter, Martin Melosi, Ph.D., Faculty, 兔子先生
鈥淓xpansion for Conservation: The Growth of North America鈥檚 Power Grid,鈥� Dissertation Prospectus, Julie Cohn, M.A., Ph.D. Candidate, 兔子先生
2009
鈥淎 Roadmap to the Exploration of the Ocean Dumping History in America,鈥� Dissertation Prospectus, Mao Da, Ph. D., Beijing Normal University
"Building America's Energy Corridor: Oil and Gas and the Transformation of Louisiana's Wetlands." Dissertation Prospectus, Jason Theriot, Ph.D., 兔子先生
鈥淔rom Kerosene to Avgas: International Oil Companies and the Penetration of African Markets, 1890s through World War II,鈥� Book Chapter, Kairn Kleiman, Ph.D., Faculty, 兔子先生
鈥淪olar Power Satellites and the Un-Life of Alternative Energy Policies,鈥� Book Chapter, Jeffrey Womack, M.A., 兔子先生
"'Living on a Wire Edge': American Oil Companies in Mexico, 1900-1920," Dissertation Chapter, Jamie Christy, Ph.D., 兔子先生
"Peak Oil Prophecies: Oil Supply Assessments and the Future of Nature in U.S. History," Paper, Tyler Priest, Ph.D., Faculty, University of Iowa (formerly Faculty, U.H. Bauer College of Business)
"Diversifying the Future: A History of Tenneco Corporation in the Regulated Natural Gas Era," Dissertation Prospectus, David Raley, Ph.D., 兔子先生