The History Department's Public History Studies program is working
with other folks on campus to create a unique Certificate
in Historic Preservation.
We are hoping that it will be up and running by Fall
2012
DRAFT
CERTIFICATE IN HISTORIC PRESERVATION
This certificate program will call for 15 hours of cross disciplinary
graduate training in the dynamic field of historic preservation.
Students will have the flexibility to choose the disciplinary emphasis
of their certificate by selecting to follow a path that is oriented
toward Archeology, Architecture, or History. However, the program
will be structured so that all students gain some exposure to each
of these three disciplines as part of their curriculum. The objective
of the certificate is to take advantage of programs and scholars
that are already training students in various aspects related to
historic preservation and to harness their complementary approaches
into a unified program providing students with uniquely well-rounded
training in historic preservation. With this training in hand,
recipients of the certificate will be better positioned to excel
in fields where a certificate in historic preservation is respected,
they will be more employable, more highly valued in their chosen
field, and they will be better positioned to attain professional
advancement.
The Certificate program in Historic Preservation will provide
graduate training in historic preservation through the Anthropology,
Architecture, and History departments. It will offer students
already holding undergraduate degrees in related fields a complementary
professional certificate. The program will be designed to be
an additional credential or enhancement, not a substitute for
a graduate degree. Toward this end, the certificate may be pursued
simultaneously with an M.A. or M.Arch. degree and, depending
upon the program and with approval, up to 15 hours may count
toward that degree. Students completing the five-course program
will earn a graduate certificate that will appear on their permanent
transcripts.
PROGRAM
The certificate in Historic Preservation will require a minimum
of 15 hours of graduate courses.
Required Courses.
i. * HIST 545: Applied Public History Studies – Historic
Preservation I
ii. * ARCH 576: Louisiana Architecture History
iii. * ANTH 480G: Cultural Resource Management
Electives. Students will select two courses from the following:
HIST 545: Applied Public History Studies –
Intro to Public History
HIST 452G: Historical Resource Administration and Interpretation – Historic
Preservation II
HIST451G: Applied Public History Seminar – Local
History
HIST 452G: Historical Resource Administration and Interpretation – Museums
ANTH 490G: Archaeology Field School (must enroll in corresponding
ANTH 499: Archaeological Records; note that the two courses together
count toward the certificate as only one elective)
ANTH 491G: Research in Cultural Anthropology
ANTH 493G: Seminar in Anthropology –
Heritage and Habitat
ARCH 521: History of Architecture
ARCH 530: Urban Theory
ARCH 539: Historic Building Technology
ARCH 579: Heritage Documentation Buildings
or, with approval, other complementary 400/500 course
History on the Move: Alaska
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John Troutman
receives
W. Turrentine-Jackson Prize
Fall 2011
Professor Troutman will receive the Western History Association's
2011 W.
Turrentine Jackson Prize which is presented
to a beginning professional historian for a first book on
any aspect
of the
history of the American West. Submissions
for the award are made by one's press. John's book, Indian
Blues: American Indians and the Politics of Music, 1879-1934, has
already earned
accolades, but this is a particularly prestigious recognition.
Congratulations to Professor Troutman.
New Faculty Member
Fall 2011
Ted Maris-Wolf has joined the faculty of the Dept.
of History, Geography, and Philosophy as a specialist in African
American History. We are happy to welcome him to the Department.
Please look under his faculty bio for more information about his
background and scholarly pursuits.
Dennis Ehrhardt
July 2011
It is with great sadness that we report the passing of a longtime
member of the Geography faculty. Dennis Ehrhardt passed away at the
end of July (2011). A memorial bench will be installed as a way to
remember and recognize Dennis' contributions to the University and
to the intellectual development of more than a generation of students.
You may call the Department administrative assistant to make a donation
to the fund (337-482-6900).
Public Lecture
Thursday, March 3rd, 6:00 PM - UL Alumni House
Dr. Charissa Threat will give a public lecture
as part of the Department of History's Women's History Month commemoration.
"Nursing is a Woman's Prerogative:
African American Women and the Army Nurse Corps, 1940-1945"
Professor Threat graduated from UL Lafayette's
MA Program in History. She is currently an Assistant Professor
of History at Northweatern University in Boston, Massachusetts.
Her talk is based on material from her current book project which
is titled "Re-Imaging Civil Rights: The Campaign to
Integrate the Army Nurse Corps, 1940-1966."
Brad Pollock
Professor Pollock was a kind, gentle, and thoughtful
colleague and friend who played a vital role in the Department
of History and Geography. He joined the faculty in 1984, and since
that time has become a fixture in the department, teaching a range
of important classes in U.S., African, African American, and Global
History. Brad has long been a respected teacher and a highly sought
after community activist. From the time of his M.A. thesis on W.E.B.
Dubois and the Dilemma of the Racial Dialect, Professor Pollock
dedicated his professional career to the discussion and consideration
of minority affairs and the importance of African American culture
in the U.S. This tragic loss is felt by his family, friends, colleagues,
and students.
It is difficult to recap all that Brad gave and all that he meant.
Looking through his file, a letter, written in 1977 in support
of his application to become a graduate student in History at (then)
USL stands out. One of his professors from Oberlin College wrote: “Brad
also has the kind of personality which encourages people, students
and faculty, to trust on another and to listen to each other. In
this day people like Brad Pollock are hard to find, and he will
be sorely missed here at Oberlin.” As we all reflect on his
many contributions, both personal and professional, and all that
he meant to us –students and colleagues alike– this
one section from a letter written over 30 years ago reminds us
of Brad’s consistency. He will be sorely missed here at UL
Lafayette and the void he leaves cannot be filled.
Brad graduated from James H. Brown High School in Chicago. He
earned a B.A. from Oberlin College of Ohio in 1977 and an M.A.
in History from UL Lafayette (USL) in 1980. He continued his graduate
studies in the Ph.D. program at the University of Michigan, Ann
Arbor.
Professor Bradley H. Pollock March 16,
1955 - October 1, 2009
MISSION STATEMENT
Department of History and Geography
Following the mission of the University and the College
of Liberal Arts, the Department of History and Geography is committed
to the continual
creation of historical knowledge and the transmission of that knowledge
to our students, to the wider community of scholars, and to the public
at large. We execute this mission through an undergraduate curriculum
that involves a range of courses varying in both format and content.
In all of the classes we offer, our goal at the undergraduate level is
to transmit a body of information along with the critical, analytical
and writing skills necessary for the student to process and communicate
that knowledge clearly and effectively. Additionally, our Geography courses
broaden the disciplinary range by providing a regional, humanistic approach
to the historical perspective. At the graduate level we stress not only
the mastery of a more extensive body of knowledge, but equally important,
advanced research skills and the historiography of the student’s
chosen field. Underlying all of this is the commitment of our faculty
to teaching, to research, and to sharing the fruits of that research.
