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HGA Calendar of Events and Important Dates – Fall 2007
September
- Friday, Sept. 7 – Workshop led by Ph.D. candidate Salvador Acosta on comprehensive exams; SS 304, 3:00 pm
- Friday, Sept. 14 – Workshop led by Drs. Kevin Gosner, Ben Irvin, and Paul
Milliman on entering the job market; SS 128, 3:00pm
- Friday, Sept. 21 – Workshop led by Camilla Strausfeld on finding grants and outside funding; ICL lab - SS 224, 3:00pm
- Friday, Sept. 28
- GPSC Student Showcase application deadline
- Workshop led by Dr. William Beezley on writing grant proposals and the review process; 3:00 pm
October
- Monday, Oct. 1 – GPSC Travel Grant Deadline, 5pm
- Friday, Oct. 5 - Graduate Brownbag talk by Ph.D. Candidate Michael Matthews: "The Price of Progress: Popular Perceptions of the Railway Accident in Porfirian Mexico"; 2:15, SS 128
- Friday, Oct 12 - Phil Alpha Theta and HGA book pricing for upcoming book sale; 2pm, SS 128
- Friday, Oct. 19 - Workshop led by Ph.D. student candidate Tom Donlan on applying to graduate school; 3pm, SS 128
November
- Thursday, Nov. 1 - Ph.D. student Katrina Jagodinsky will give a talk titled: "Embodied Citizenship: Tribal Expressions of Citizenship Identity in Arizona"; 12:35pm, SS 128.
- Thursday, Nov. 8 - The library is hosting a workshop on using RefWorks from 12:30-2pm. It will be held in the ICELEC, which is the electronic classroom by the courtyard on the lower level of the Information commons. Call 621-6442 to verify.
- Friday, Nov. 9 - Workshop led by Dr. Katherine Morrissey on utilizing visual sources in historical scholarship; 3:00pm, SS 128.
- Friday, Nov. 9 - HGA/ PAT book pre-sale in social sciences, outside the history office, time TBA
- Friday, Nov. 16 - HGA/ PAT booksale, time and place TBA
- Friday, Nov. 30 - Ph.D. candidate Elena Jackson Albarrán will give a talk
titled: "Pulgarcito and Popocatépetl: International Child Diplomacy in Mexico's Nationalist Art Program, 1920-1940"; 2:30pm, SS 128.
December
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Friday, Dec. 7 - Ph.D. candidate Michael Matthews will give his oral defense for his dissertation titled: Railway Culture and the Civilizing Mission in Mexico, 1876-1910; 2:15pm, SS 128.
History Graduate Association News
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HGA to start Graduate Student Brownbag Discussions – This fall, the HGA will be implementing a series of brownbags for graduate students to share current research, conference papers, and dissertation/thesis chapters. The first brownbag will be presented by Ph.D. Candidate Michael Matthews later this fall, date TBA. If you are interested in presenting your research at a brownbag discussion, please contact any of the HGA officers to discuss scheduling.
- GPSC College of Social and Behavioral Sciences Election – There are currently 2 vacancies in our college for GPSC representatives. A SBS College Representative must attend the bi-monthly GPSC meetings, serve on a GPSC standing committee, and serve as a graduate representative on a university-wide committee. The stipend is $150 per semester. The deadline for declaring candidacy is Friday, September 21. Elections will be held Monday, October 1. If interested, please see the GPSC elections page.
- University Van Certification – The HGA is encouraging grads to consider receiving the university's High Occupancy Vehicle certification, which will allow you to drive university-owned vehicles with a seating capacity of 8-15. This could be useful when considering transportation to future conferences. Anyone who is interested should register for training at the university's Risk Management site for one of this fall's 3-hour training sessions.
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Workshop Volunteers – Any faculty or grad student interested in leading or co-leading a workshop this year (see below for currently scheduled workshops) should contact an HGA officer to discuss ideas.
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