Welcome to the Department of History
Our undergraduate program trains students in the methods of history and provides a solid basis for students to go on to graduate programs in history or to careers in a variety of fields. We oversee the social science subject matter competence program that will qualify students to apply to secondary education credential programs in the social sciences.
Students interested in the graduate study of history will be happy to learn of the excellence of our M.A. program. A recent survey by the American Historical Association has noted that more of our M.A. students go on to Ph.D.programs than from any other stand-alone M.A. program in the nation. Students may specialize in the fields of U.S. history, European history before 1500, European history since 1500, Latin American history, and Gender in history. In addition, the recently adopted concentration in Modern World history gives our students an opportunity to study an important emerging field of history. Students interested in applying to our graduate program should review the SFSU graduate application procedures as well as the History Department Graduate Program website.
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News
New Tenure-Track Faculty search (Fall 2013)
The Department of History at San Francisco State University invites applications for an approved tenure-track professorship in U.S. Constitutional and Legal History: The Jamie and Phyllis Pasker Chair in History. By virtue of the generosity of Robert Pasker and Laurie Pitman, the Department of History at San Francisco State University invites applications from accomplished scholars and teachers of U.S. constitutional and legal history. We anticipate hiring at the full professor rank, but will consider candidates at the associate professor level. Appointment with tenure if appropriate. Ph.D. and successful record of publication required. The holder of the endowed chair will teach two courses per semester, including undergraduate and graduate seminars in his or her specialization. He or she will also pursue an active research agenda in the field of U.S. constitutional and legal history and in connection with department and university goals of diversity, freedom, and social justice.
Appointment begins Fall 2014.
Application deadline January 10, or until position is filled.
To apply: A letter of application that discusses teaching interests and philosophy as well as research agenda, a CV, sample syllabi, teaching evaluations, and three letters of recommendation should be submitted by email to pasker@sfsu.edu.
For inquiries contact Philip Dreyfus, Chair, Department of History, by phone: (415) 338-7537 or by email: pdreyfus@sfsu.edu.
San Francisco State University, a member of the California State University system, serves a diverse student body of 29,000 undergraduate and graduate students. The University is an Equal Opportunity employer with a strong commitment to diversity and encourages applications from women, members of all ethnic groups, veterans, and people with disabilities.
Dawn Mabalon's New Publication: Little Manila is in the Heart
The Making of the Filipina/o American Community in Stockton, California
Dawn Bohulano Mabalon, Ph.D.
Narrating a history spanning much of the twentieth century, Dawn Bohulano Mabalon traces the growth of Stockton's Filipina/o American community, the birth and eventual destruction of Little Manila, and recent efforts to remember and preserve it.
For more information and to view the table of contents, please visit the Duke University Press website.
To read the introduction, please visit this book's preview on Scribd.
See the lead article about Prof. Mabalon's book on the main SFSU webpage:
Historian brings Filipino American experience out of the shadows
Book Launch Celebration
2-4pm Saturday, July 13, 2013
Hotel Stockton, 133 E. Weber, Stockton, CA
Special book price: $25 (can be pre-ordered for pickup at the www.littlemanila.org site)
**Refreshments, signing, Old Pinoys, Bahala Na Escrima, Little Manila Afterschool Program & more
*co-sponsored by the Little Manila Foundation and the Stockton Chapter, Filipino American National Historical Society
Bay Area Book Talks
7pm Wed. July 10
City Lights Books, 261 Columbus Avenue at Broadway
http://www.citylights.com/info/?fa=event&event_id=1776
2-4pm Sat. August 3
Arkipelago Books, http://www.arkipelagobooks.com/
1010 Mission St., SF, CA 94103
4pm Tues. Sept. 10
IEAS Conference Room, UC Berkeley, 2223 Fulton St., 6th floor, Berkeley CA.
Stay updated on more signings & book info:
http://www.facebook.com/littlemanilaisintheheart
Seattle: late July, time and place TBA
UCLA/LA: late Oct, time and place TBA
Trevor Getz' new publication: African voices of the Global Past: 1500 to the Present
African Voices of the Global Past: 1500 to the Present
Edited by Trevor R. Getz
Westview Press
to be published August 2013
Global historical events are too often recounted exclusively through European and American voices. African Voices of the Global Past explores six major historical developments of global significance—the Atlantic slave trade, industrialization, colonialism, the World Wars, decolonization, and the development of modern feminism—from an African perspective. Voices emerge throughout the text in the form of primary sources that explore the personal accounts of individuals.These enable students to look beyond the indistinct figures of Africans in European and American accounts to see the people directly involved and affected by the major global changes they experienced. Featuring contributed chapters from renowned scholars, many from the continent of Africa or the African diaspora, African Voices of the Global Past offers a unique view of global history from a traditionally overlooked perspective. This book is a perfect supplement for world history and African history instructors seeking to relate a compelling narrative of major world events. Contributors include Kwasi Konadu, Tim Carmichael, Osire Glasier, Saheed Aderinto, and Peter Adebayo.
Bay Area Social Justice Project
Bay Area Social Justice Project
Newly published: Almost Free
In Almost Free, Newly published from Univ. of Georgia Press, Eva Sheppard Wolf uses the story of Samuel Johnson, a free black man from Virginia attempting to free his family, to add detail and depth to our understanding of the lives of free blacks in the South.
