HS13: Research and Narrative in Modern European History
About
The Modern European History Group promotes the development of new research that balances academic rigor and broadly accessible narratives. Our events include sharing work, grant writing, and improving narrative skills as historians.
Open to New People
Active since: 2021
- Syracuse University
- University of Rochester
Collaborative Goals
The goals of this group are to establish a community that exchanges works-in-progress, discusses research methods and approaches, and develops new tools for narrative writing. In our first two years, we have brought together faculty, grad students, and staff from eleven different institutions in New York, most of whom have attended multiple events. One of our staple events has been a seminar discussion of pre-circulated written work in progress. Another has been to bring in Helen Rubinstein, a writing coach and author based in New York City, to lead us through sessions on various aspects of narrative development, including structure, storytelling, speculative writing, and writing practices. These sorts of events emphasizing research and narrative remain the main focus of our group but moving forward we also intend to develop a grant writing workshop.
Group Organizers
Group Members
- Alan Allport, Professor, Syracuse University
- Tanya Bakhmetyeva, Associate Professor, University of Rochester
- Judith DeGroat, Associate Professor, St. Lawrence University
- Cristina Florea, Assistant Professor, Cornell University
- Caleb Fouts, Graduate Student, Syracuse University
- Dylan Mohr, Open Scholarship Librarian, Syracuse University
- Robert Nemes, Charles A. Dana Professor of History, Colgate University
- Jean Pedersen, Professor, University of Rochester
- Rebecca Scales, Associate Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology
- Stewart Weaver, Professor, University of Rochester
- Elisa Camiscioli, Associate Professor, Binghamton University
- Robin Mitchell, Distinguished Visiting Scholar, University at Buffalo
- Scott Moranda, Associate Professor, SUNY Cortland
- Jennifer Sovde, Assistant Professor, SUNY Canton
- Angela Thompsell, Associate Professor, SUNY Brockport
- Katherine Zubovich, Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo
Activities
Writing Workshop Spring 2024
March 2, 2024, 9 a.m.
Fall Research Workshop
Oct. 14, 2023, 1 p.m.
Modern European History Spring Writing Workshop
March 11, 2023, 9 a.m.
Group Outcomes
Our research workshop component continues to provide an important stepping stone for publishing works in progress. At least three publications have emerged already from our 2021/2022 workshop and those from our 2022/2023 workshop are looking similarly promising.