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FACULTY
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Professor
Irene Whelan
Professor Whelan
was with us for the Fall semester of 2002, teaching " World
History" and " Topics in Irish History," before departing
for her native Ireland and a well-earned sabbatical in the winter/spring
term of 2003. On May 24th, she gave a paper, "The 'Second
Reformation' and the Politics of Cultural Defense" at the Catholic
Records Society's annual conference in Dublin. For the fall 2003
term, in which she will take a leave of absence, she has received an Arts
Faculty Fellowship at the National University of Ireland at Galway, where
she is to take up residence while researching the history of a historic
cottage owned by her family. The publication of her book, The
Bible Wars, by Lilliput Press of Dublin is imminent.
Professor
Colin Morris
Professor Morris introduced two new courses in
the fall 2002 term: "The U.S. Constitution in Historical
Perspective" and a seminar, "Early America." He
continued to teach the Preceptorial, served as Director of the American
Studies Program and in January 2003 moved onto campus to assume new
responsibilities as faculty-in-residence. In that capacity, he
organized an interdisciplinary library seminar in February on
"Viewing Violence: Causes and Effects" and organized a
faculty-sponsored film series with Prof. Shields. In December, he
spoke in the Library on a panel, "Teaching with Technology,"
organized by the Department of Instructional Technology. He taught
"The American Civil War" in summer session II, 2002, and once
more produced "History News" (publication costs were again
substantially covered by President Berman). Professor Morris
organized the annual departmental field trip (see page 1 above) in
conjunction with the Art History Department. He published a book review in
The Boston Phoenix and completed and submitted for publication
consideration three article manuscripts.
Professor
Mohamed Mbodj
Professor Mbodj
attained the rank of tenured professor in December, 2002. From June
3-19, he led a Manhattanville student trip to his native Senegal and also
to Gambia. While in Dakar he was keynote speaker and panel chair at
the West African Research Association's second biannual symposium,
"Fieldwork in Social Sciences in Postmodern African Studies."
In September, he was a speaker at the Seminar on Senegal organized by
System Planning Corporation for the U.S. Department of State and the
National Intelligence Council, on "Islam and Politics in Senegal and
the West," held at Washington, D.C. In November, he was |
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and panel convener at the annual meeting of the African Studies
Association on "Africa in the Information & Technology Age:
Islam and Africa After September 11." Early in 2003 he served
on the West African Research Association's grant selection committee, the
Chateaubriand Research Grants selection committee for the U.S. French
Embassy, and the Scientific Committee of the General Convention of the
African Associations in New York, at Barnard College. In February he
spoke at the opening ceremony of Black History Month's exhibit at the
Library in a presentation entitled "At the Origins of the 'Strong
Black Woman'"; the Black Students Organization honored him with its
"Mother Jones" Award. On April 5th, he lectured on "Cheikh
Anta Diop and His time (1940s-1980s): Between Science and Politics"
during Senegalese Week in New York City. Also in April he gave the
concluding remarks at the African Studies Center conference on
"Current Issues in Islam in West Africa" at Rutgers University.
He completed an article on "Urban Politics and Islam in Kaolack
(Senegal) in the 1920s and 1930s" and continued revising his Historical
Dictionary of Senegal for Scarecrow Press. In May, he returned
to Paris to lecture at the University of Paris and the Ecoles des Hautes
Etudes.
Professor
Lawson
Bowling
Professor Bowling
continued to serve as Chair of the Department, a faculty-in-residence in
Spellman Hall, Director of International Studies, N.C.A.A. Faculty
Athletics representative (Attending the January convention in Anaheim with
President Berman) and Chairman of the Board on Academic Standards.
He returned to teaching the Preceptorial and also to the position of
Director. Several portions of his manuscript on the debate over the
Great Society programs were favorably received by his editor with
Greenwood Publishers, and he continued to work on that project. He
organized the effort to create the new Gregg Reidy Memorial Award for
Achievement in Economic History, including a memorial mass for Gregg on
campus on September 15th which attracted about 20 alumni friends of Gregg
to Purchase. He organized a benefit concert for the Howard
Bloomquist Award fund, given on November 17th by violinist Darwin Shen
'96, who generously donated his talents. Prof. Bowling had many
meetings with history alumni during the year to keep them connected with
the Department and College. He spent spring break in Rome in
preparation for teaching "Modern Italy" in the fall of 2003.
He moved his lecture courses from morning to early afternoon and then
dealt with the striking doubling of enrollment across the board. |
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