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The second Robert A. Calvert book prize was awarded at the 2008 annual meeting of the Texas State Historical Association in Corpus Christi, TX in March.  To read more, click here.

When History Professor Walter Buenger took over as interim head of the department in 2002, he wanted to facilitate and encourage the faculty to compete for national and international research awards.  To read more, click here

R.J.Q. Adams authors, Balfour: The Last Grandee

In a recent review, Philip Ziegler, the dean of British biographers, calls Professor Adams: ‘One of those disconcerting Americans who know as much about British history as any Briton does. He writes with grace, intelligence and concision.’ The latest example of Adams’s long study of British political culture tells the story of Arthur James Balfour, Britain’s last prime minister, 1902-05. Brilliant, handsome, possessed of legendary charm and wit–a philosopher, social lion and fashion icon, as well as world statesman. His brief prime ministry was dogged with failure, yet he seamlessly passed into another career as foreign minister and eventually as elder statesman. He crafted the 1917 Balfour Declaration laying the groundwork for the modern Middle east, guided the 1921-22 Washington Naval Conference and wrote the 1926 Balfour Definition which laid down the guidelines for the contemporary British Commonwealth. His life was long and full of events and mysteries, and man and career are woven together in this highly praised new book.

Leor Halevi authors book and receives Albert Hourani book prize.

Muhammad's Grave:  Death Rites and the Making of Islamic Society is a signal contribution to the social history of early Islam.  Exceptionally rich in its documentation and evidentiary record, highly imaginative and creative in its use of oral traditions and legal rulings, Muhammad's Grave is a seminal work that sets a new standard in the study of early Islamic social history.

Kamphoefner will deliver Fallon-Marshall Lecture

Walter D. Kamphoefner, professor of history, has been selected to deliver the 2008 Fallon-Marshall Lecture in the College of Liberal Arts on Wednesday, April 23, at the Annenberg Presidential Conference Center. The lecture is titled “What’s New about the Newest Immigration? A Historian’s Perspective,” and recounts the process of negotiation and mutual accommodation in the integration of immigrants into American society over the past two centuries. A theme at the center of Kamphoefner’s lecture is the highly romanticized view of the melting pot. He believes the incorporation of immigrants into American society was a much slower and messier process than what the public remembers.

Krammer examines treatment of war prisoners in Prisoners of War: A Reference Handbook

A new book by TAMU History Professor Arnold Krammer looks at the rules for and treatment of prisoners of war. View article at: http://clla.tamu.edu/news/12-6-07-history-professor-examines-treatment-of-war-prisoners

Linn authors, The Echo of Battle

Discussing commanders as diverse and Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton, and Colin Powell, and technologies from coastal artillery to the Abrams tank, Linn shows how leadership and weaponry have continually altered the army's approach to conflict.  And he demonstrates the army's habit of preparing for wars that seldom occur, while ignoring those it must actually fight.  Based on exhaustive research and interviews, The Echo of Battle provides an unprecedented reinterpretation of how the U.S. Army has waged war in the past and how it is meeting the new challenges of tomorrow.

Obadele-Starks authors, Freebooters and Smugglers

Freebooters and Smugglers examines the tactics and strategies that the adherents of the foreign slave trade used to challenge the law.  It reassesses the role that Americans played in the continuation of foreign slave transshipments into the country right up to the Civil War, shedding light on an important topic that has been largely overlooked in the historiography of the slave trade.  Obadele-Starks holds a joint appointment at Texas A&M University-College Station and Texas A&M University at Qatar.

Vaught receives University Professorship for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence (UPUTE) award, click here

Vaught chosen as distinguished faculty lecturer

David Vaught, associate professor of history, has been selected as one of two faculty lecturers for the 2008-2009 University Distinguished Lecture Series. In spring 2009, Vaught will present his lecture entitled “Abner Doubleday Revisited: Baseball in Rural America.”  View article at: http://clla.tamu.edu/news/03-04-08-vaught-chosen-as-a-distinguished-faculty-lecturer-for-the-2008-2009-series