[Ohiogift] National History Club News Update for October

Mon Oct 19 11:06:32 EDT 2015

  National History Club Newsa partner of HISTORY®October 2015

National World War I Museum and Memorial
The Woman Who Would Be King, Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt, by Kara Cooney
New York University

Lessons of Leadership Contest

The National History Club is happy to announce the 3rd annual Lessons of Leadership Contest, which invites student members of the NHC to select an elected official and describe how this person risked his or her career making a decision that was at odds with public opinion. Students are encouraged to think broadly for this contest, and figures can range from ancient to modern, domestic (local, state, national) and foreign.                     Contest entries can be submitted in any three of the following formats:             
* An essay of not more than 2,000 words, supplemented with a bibliography and endnotes.             
* A documentary that reflects the ability to communicate a figure's importance, and also helps develop skills in using photographs, video, graphic presentations, etc.             
* A website that reflects the ability to use website design software and computer technology to communicate how a historical figure influenced history.             
All entries must be received by April 1, 2016 and submissions will be judged by the NHC Advisory Board. Winners will be announced at the end of April.             
Awards * First Place - $2,000 * Second Place - $1,000 (two prizes) * Third Place - $500 (two prizes)             
Find out more information!                  

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         National World War I Museum and Memorial
                             National World War I Museum and Memorial 2015 Symposium Global War, 1915 | Empires at War, Churchill's Gallipoli and an America Divided, November 6-7.             
Explore the rising tensions in America and the globally escalating conflict that defined the world in 1915 at the National World War I Museum and Memorial's annual symposium. Follow the trajectories of different countries around the world as the conflict escalated to total war, including fighting in the colonies and East Asia, stalemate in the West, Churchill's disaster at Gallipoli, mobilization at home, and the polarization of American society around the issue of war.             
Featured speakers at the event include: Mustafa Aksakal (Georgetown University); Gary Armstrong (William Jewell College); Christopher Bell (Dalhousie University); Susan Grayzel (University of Mississippi); Edward Gutierrez (Northeastern University); Jason McDonald (Truman State University) Candice Millard (Author and former writer/editor at National Geographic magazine); Michelle Moyd (Indiana University-Bloomington); David Stone (Kansas State University/Naval War College).             
         Further details available online!     The Woman Who Would Be King, Hatshepsut's Rise to Power in Ancient Egypt, by Kara Cooney
                             Constructing a rich narrative history using the artifacts that remain, UCLA professor Kara Cooney offers the definitive biography of Hatshepsut, the ephemeral and influential ruler whose reign was practically erased mere decades after her death.             
"The book will be of great interest to those fascinated by ancient Egypt, history, and women's history." - Library Journal             
Broadway | TR | 320 pages | 978-0-307-95677-4 | $16.00             
         Click here to purchase a copy or to order an examination copy	 New York University
                             OUR STUDENTS learn about American culture wars and European total wars, the Indian Ocean and the Atlantic World, the history of science and the science of history.  They study statecraft and spycraft, magic and medicine, utopias and dystopias, slavery and revolution, imperialism and nationalism, and capitalism and its discontents.  History is, after all, as rich and diverse as the human experience, and - selecting from more than 50 classes per semester, most of which feature small-group discussions of fewer than 20 members - our students pursue interests, develop capacities, and foster relationships that last long after they leave Washington Square.             
OUR MAJOR helps students make the most of their time at NYU.  We offer a Mentorship Program, so every student can work closely with a faculty member.  We welcome double majors and history minors, so that our students can pair their studies with majors such as economics or politics, tracks such as pre-health or pre-law, or specializations such as area studies and foreign languages.  We enable our students to pursue their own interests, through independent studies, internships, capstone seminars, and the honors program.  And we encourage our students to study away at any of NYU's global sites, so they can explore, for example, imperialism in London, the Cold War in Berlin, the Renaissance in Florence, public health in Accra, or the world economy in Shanghai.             
OUR GRADUATES pursue careers in law, medicine, journalism, business, government, entertainment, real estate, non-profits, and more.  A small number of majors proceed to PhD programs in the country's finest universities, while a quarter of our graduates enter professional schools of law, medicine, or business.  But historical study prepares students for countless careers in a globalized world that values the ability to research deeply, analyze critically, write clearly, think creatively, and communicate effectively.             
OUR FACULTY have won more than a dozen teaching awards, as well the most prestigious of prizes for historical writing - including multiple Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes.  History majors at NYU thus join a community of scholars and teachers that the National Research Council ranked the #7 history department in the United States - and #1 overall in the state of New York.             
         Visit the NYU Department of History!

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