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January 6 and the Politics of History
Get PDFOn January 6, 2021, more than two thousand rioters stormed the doors of the U.S. Capitol building in Washington, D.C., hoping to interrupt the peaceful transfer of power from former president Donald Trump to his successor, Joseph Biden. The deaths, property damage, and vicious rampage that ensued were witnessed on live television as an unprecedented attack on the democratic process and those who strive to protect it.
As an installment of UGA Press’s History in the Headlines series, this book offers a rich discussion between highly respected scholars on the historical backdrop and context for contemporary issues from the headlines. In addition to the historical context, this conversation demonstrates how historians speak to one another about contentious topics and how they contribute in meaningful ways to the public’s understanding of momentous events. This volume focuses on the historical context of the January 6 attack and employs a free-flowing conversation style that allows the historians a more unconventional format. The participants discuss if—and if so, how—historians should engage in public debates and what that engagement means to their roles as academic authorities in the public.https://cupola.gettysburg.edu/books/1196/thumbnail.jp
Little Island
Get PDFAfter spending two full months living on a remote island off the coast of Maine, I had a difficult time adjusting to mainland life again; the noise, the people, the lack of birds a shock to my system after getting used to such a different way of living. In this piece, I wanted to capture the feeling of becoming part of Petit Manan island, trying to learn the language of the land and the birds, and then the feeling of loss and change once I left. I hope readers can experience the feeling of falling in love with the island along with me as they read the poem
The Sign of the Southern Cross: Borghini\u27s Peru in the Maritime Arch of the 1565 Entrata of Johanna of Austria into Florence
No full textFor Johanna of Austria\u27s Entrata into Florence in 1565, Vincenzo Borghini concocted an extraordinary spectacle of aquatic splendours to mark the procession\u27s fourth stop. Dubbed the Arch of Maritime Empire by Randolph Starn and Loren Partidge, this structure featured the likes of Oceanus, Neptune, Proteus, Tethys, and Tyrrhenian Sea along with treasures of the marine world, celebrating Medici and Habsburg control over the seas. It was a luxurious and pagan-infused ensemble that would have stood out in the public streets of this inland city. Youths held gilded festoons of shells, fishes, and corals; narrative scenes spun the tales of ancient heroes like Perseus and Jason and the Argonauts and thirsty on-lookers took swigs of wine from the breast of a siren. It was the kind of fare that, as Philip Gavitt observed, seemed difficult to reconcile with Borghini\u27s roles as a Benedictine monk in charge of an institution dedicated to abandoned children. [excerpt
Gig Work
No full textGig work is frequently defined as (1) independent work (2) done through apps or websites. Although the technology is newer, independent work has a long history. Both elements of gig work have important implications for the occupational health of gig workers, as well as the practice of occupational health psychology. This entry first reviews employment classification and how that relates to worker protections as well as occupational health interventions; then it explores algorithmic management, which is common across many gig work platforms, along with the biases commonly faced by gig workers and clients. Last, the entry reviews key implications for gig workers’ occupational health, and how collective organizing among gig workers may help improve working conditions
APPC Minutes – September 10, 2024
No full textMinutes of the Academic Policy and Program Committee Meeting, September 10, 2024
The Colorado Wolf Reintroduction Portrayal in News Media
Get PDFThe Colorado gray wolf (Canis lupus) reintroduction began in December 2023 in the hope of restoring this once native population to the area, and it has received mixed responses from the media. By answering the research question of \u27How has the wolf reintroduction in Colorado been framed in news media?\u27, this research poster looks at the portrayal of the reintroduction in news articles from six months before and after the first wolves were released. Media is an influential factor in people\u27s opinions and it is important to be aware of the information being shared and any bias within them
Mythos and Logos: Foucauldian Subjectivities of Virginia Woolf\u27s Orlando
Get PDFVirginia Woolf’s Orlando: A Biography details a centuries-long battle between Orlando and the sexual structures of repressive power in England. The biographical framework of the novel implies its contribution to objective, historical fact, while the miraculous nature of Orlando’s sexual transformation directly conflicts with constituted epistemologies of being. This paper examines these contrasting forces through Michel Foucault’s post-structuralist considerations of knowledge, power, and sexuality, in addition to the incorporation of other scholarship on Woolf’s conceptions of gender. I specifically follow the timeline of Foucault’s interpretation of the repressive hypothesis as it unfolds throughout the course of Woolf’s novel. By establishing a mythos of Orlando, one founded on the preternatural, that is supported by empirical evidence of self-proclaimed neutral institutions, Woolf challenges the severance of fact and belief that continues to influence our behaviors and identities
An Undergraduate Student’s Guide to the Open Ed Conference
Get PDFAttending conferences as an undergraduate student is different from attending them as a working professional. This guide suggests how students can get ready for and successfully attend the OpenEd conference, as well as suggesting useful conference recordings from past years. It was written based on the author\u27s experience as a Scholarly Communications Student Assistant
APPC Minutes – March 19, 2024
No full textMinutes of the Academic Policy and Program Committee Meeting, March 19, 2024
