Faculty Work
This collection contains works by faculty and staff in the Department of History at the University of Northern Iowa.
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Submissions from 2025
Examining Paul's thought and its development in light of the first Jewish revolt, Kenneth Atkinson
UNI’s First Woman Professor: Laura Ensign and the Struggle for Fair Pay, Rank, and Faculty Governance under Gilchrist and Seerley, Thomas G. Connors
Submissions from 2024
Representing the Nanban Moment: Gotō Thomé (1547?–1627), Reinier H. Hesselink
Sefer Yosippon as a Source for Hasmonean History: The Mysterious Story of John Hyrcanus and the Parthians, Kenneth Atkinson
Targeting Reform: Superfund, Industri-Plex, and Pollution Remediation in the United States, Johnathan K. Williams
Tokugawa Hidetada’s Last Months, Reinier H. Hesselink
Submissions from 2023
A Historian’s Quest For Sikh History, Louis E. Fenech
Essays on the Psalms of Solomon: Its Cultural Background, Significance, and Interpretation, Kenneth Atkinson, Patrick Pouchelle, and Felix Albrecht
Guru Gobind Singh And The Khalsa, Louis Fenech
Misusing Scripture: What are Evangelicals Doing with the Bible?, Kenneth Atkinson, Mark Elliot, and Robert Rezetko
Persian Sikh Literature, Louis E. Fenech
What the Book of First Enoch and the Aramaic Dead Sea Scrolls Reveal About the History of the Qumran Community, Kenneth Atkinson
Submissions from 2022
Academic Work As Factory Work: A Former Blue-Collar Worker’s Observations On Class And Caste In The Academy, Kenneth Atkinson
Galla Placidia and the “Daughter of the Queen of the South”: The Historical Consequences of a Late Roman Interpretation of Daniel 11, Kenneth Atkinson
Jewish Eschatology and Early Islamic History, Kenneth Atkinson
Judean Piracy, Judea And Parthia, And The Roman Annexation Of Judea: The Evidence Of Pompeius Trogus, Kenneth Atkinson
Lords Of The Marches: Imperial Identity On The Margins In Early Fourth-Century China, Charles Holcombe
Periodization at Qumran and its Importance for Understanding Hellenistic History, Kenneth Atkinson
Submissions from 2021
Are the Dead Sea Scrolls From Khirbet Qumran?, Kenneth Atkinson
Cherished Five in Sikh History, Louis E. Fenech
Discover Riverside National Cemetery [Video], Thomas G. Connors
Medal of Honor Stories at Riverside National Cemetery [Video], Thomas G. Connors
Remembering POW/MIA @ Riverside National Cemetery [Video], Thomas G. Connors
The Psalms of Solomon: Texts, Contexts, and Intertexts, Patrick Pouchelle, G. Anthony Keddie, and Kenneth Atkinson
Twentieth Century Guerrilla Movements in Latin America: A Primary Source History, Fernando Herrera Calderón
Submissions from 2020
Chinese Identity During The Age Of Division, Sui, And Tang, Charles Holcombe
Empress Galla Placidia and the Fall of the Roman Empire, Kenneth Atkinson
Iowa and the Civil War, Volume 2: From Iuka to the Red River, 1862-1864, Kenneth Lyftogt and Hal Jespersen
Looking For The North American Invasion In Mexico City, Thomas G. Connors and Raúl Isaí Munõz
The Image Of Guru Nanak In Dadu-Panthi Sources, Louis E. Fenech
Submissions from 2019
A Historic Tour of Fairview Cemetery, Cedar Falls [Video], Thomas G. Connors
A Review by Kenneth Atkinson of Alexandria and Qumran: Back to the Beginning, by Kenneth Silver, Kenneth Atkinson
The Case for Hyrcanus II as the “Wicked Priest” and a Pirate: Evidence from Neglected Roman Historical Sources, Kenneth Atkinson
The “Three Nets of Belial” in the Dead Sea Scrolls: A Pre-Qumran Tradition, Kenneth Atkinson
Women of Faith and Religious Identity in Fin-de-Siècle France, Emily Machen
Submissions from 2018
Abstracts by Kenneth Atkinson of the Josephus Between the Bible and the Mishnah: An Interdisciplinary Seminar, Kenneth Atkinson
Hasmoneans and Their Neighbors: New Historical Reconstructions from the Dead Sea Scrolls and Classical Sources, Kenneth Atkinson
Iowa and the Civil War, Volume 3: The Longest Year, 1864-1865, Kenneth Lyftogt and Hal Jespersen
Iowa and the Civil War, Volume I: Free Child of the Missouri Compromise, 1850-1862, Kenneth Lyftogt and Hal Jespersen
Rewriting The History Of The Urban Revolutionary: Documentary Film And Human Rights Activism In Post-Dirty War Society, Fernando Herrera Calderón
The Gabriel Revelation (Hazon Gabriel): A Reused Masseba Forgery?, Kenneth Atkinson
Working-Class Heroes: Barrio Consciousness, Student Power, And The Mexican Dirty War, Fernando Herrera Calderón
Books from 2017
A History of East Asia: From the Origins of Civilization to the Twenty-First Century, Charles W. Holcombe
Battling Bishops In Catherine II's Russia, Gregory Bruess
Blackface Nation: Race, Reform, and Identity in American Popular Music, 1812-1925, Brian Roberts
Confederate Homefront: A History in Documents, Wallace Hettle
Portrayals of the Pharisees and the Sadducees in the Qumran texts and Josephus, Kenneth Atkinson
Submissions from 2016
Acts of Courage in World War II: Reviewing World War II through Medal of Honor Stories [Lesson Plan], Thomas G. Connors
America's National Cemeteries: A Resource Guide for College Instructors [Instructional Guide], Thomas G. Connors
Battle Cry of Freedom: Honoring African American Military Service in the Civil War [Lesson Plan], Thomas G. Connors
Discover Beaufort National Cemetery [Video], Thomas G. Connors
Diversity and U.S. Forces in World War II: Stories of Courage from Riverside National Cemetery [Lesson Plan], Thomas G. Connors
Eliza Potter's Story: Remembering the Civil War Fallen at Beaufort, SC [Lesson Plan], Thomas G. Connors
History of the Hasmonean State: Josephus and Beyond, Kenneth Atkinson
Honoring African American Military Service at Beaufort National Cemetery [Video], Thomas G. Connors
Memorial Day: Honoring Service and Sacrifice [Lesson Plan], Thomas G. Connors
Remembering the Civil War Fallen at Beaufort National Cemetery [Video], Thomas G. Connors
Sacrifice at Khirbet Qumran and in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Implications for Understanding the Wilderness Tradition and Penitential Prayers, Kenneth Atkinson
The Dream of Christian Nagasaki: World Trade and the Clash of Cultures, 1560-1640, Reinier H. Hesselink
The Oxford Handbook of Sikh Studies, Louis E. Fenech and Pashaura Singh
The Voting Rights Act in 1965 and Today, John W. Johnson
Was Medieval China Medieval? (Post-Han To Mid-Tang), Charles Holcombe
Submissions from 2015
Annie Wittenmyer And The Twilight Of Evangelical Reform, Robert F. Martin
Incident At Galisteo: The 1955 Teapot Series And The Mental Landscape Of Contamination, Leisl Carr Childers
Ranjit Singh, The Shawl, And The Kaukab-I Iqbāl-I Punjāb, Louis E. Fenech
Size of the Risk: Histories of Multiple Use in the Great Basin, Leisl A. Carr Childers
Submissions from 2014
A Review by Kenneth Atkinson of Reading the Dead Sea Scrolls: Essays in Method, Society of Biblical Literature, by George J. Brooke, Kenneth Atkinson
A Review by Kenneth Atkinson of The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Biography, by John J. Collins, Kenneth Atkinson
Chinese Shogun: Gao Huan (496-547), Charles Holcombe
French Women And The Global Fight For Faith: Catholic International Religious Outreach In Turn-Of-The-Century France, Emily Machen
Historical Dictionary of Sikhism, Louis E. Fenech and W. H. McLeod
Judah Aristobulus and Alexander Jannaeus in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Kenneth Atkinson
Shelamzion Alexander, Hyrcanus II, and Aristobulus II in the Dead Sea Scrolls, Kenneth Atkinson
The U.S. Rare Earth Industry: Its Growth And Decline, Joanne Abel Goldman
Submissions from 2013
Historical References and Allusions to Foreigners in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Seleucids, Ptolemies, Nabateans, Itureans, and Romans in the Qumran Corpus, Kenneth Atkinson
Soldiers Of Faith Behind The Lines: Religious Women And Community Patriotism During The First World War In France, Emily Machen
The Sikh Ẓafar-Nāmah of Guru Gobind Singh: A Discursive Blade in the Heart of the Mughal Empire, Louis E. Fenech
The Xianbei In Chinese History, Charles Holcombe
Women Leaders in the Rwandan Genocide: When Women Choose To Kill, Donna J. Maier
Books from 2012
Challenging Authoritarianism in Mexico: Revolutionary Struggles and the Dirty War, 1964-1982, Fernando Calderón and Adela Cedillo
Historical Cedar Falls Since 2012 [website], Thomas G. Connors
Queen Salome: Jerusalem's Warrior Monarch of the First Century B.C.E., Kenneth Atkinson
The Capitães Mores Of The Japan Voyage: A Group Portrait, Reinier H. Hesselink
The History Of The Zafar-Nāmah Of Guru Gobind Singh, Louis E. Fenech
Submissions from 2011
Comparative Methods, Michelle C. Flores
Inventing Stonewall Jackson: A Civil War Hero in History and Memory, Wallace Hettle
Submissions from 2010
Martyrdom: W.H. Mcleod And His Students, Louis E. Fenech
Books from 2009
Affirmative Action, John W. Johnson and Robert P. Green Jr.
Effects Of Extracellular Atp On Bovine Lung Endothelial And Epithelial Cell Monolayer Morphologies, Apoptoses, And Permeabilities, David McClenahan, Kati Hillenbrand, Arvinder Kapur, David Carlton, and Charles Czuprynski
Precolonial Palm Oil Production And Gender Division Of Labor In Nineteenth-Century Gold Coast And Togoland, Donna J.E. Maier
Submissions from 2008
Loathsome Neighbors And Noble Savages: The Monde Inversé Of Antoine De Montchrétien, Charlotte C. Wells
No Right To Judge: Feminism And The Judiciary In Third Republic France, Sara L. Kimble
The Darbar of the Sikh Gurus: The Court of God in the World of Men, Louis E. Fenech
The Female Indian Killer Memorialized: Hannah Duston And The Nineteenth-Century Feminization Of American Violence, Barbara Cutter
Submissions from 2007
A Faraway Country: Munich Reconsidered, Donald E. Shepardson
Iowa's Forgotten General: Matthew Mark Trumbull and the Civil War, Kenneth Lyftogt
Submissions from 2006
The Last Lord Of The South: Chen Houzhu (R. 583–589) And The Reunification Of China, Charles Holcombe
"This Fatal Cake": The Ideals And Realities Of Republican Virtue In Eighteenth-Century America, Trudy Eden
Vows In The Sikh Tradition, Louis E. Fenech and Pashaura Singh
Submissions from 2005
A Romantic's Civil War: John Esten Cooke, Stonewall Jackson, And The Ideal Of Individual "Genius", Wallace Hettle
Martyrdom in the Sikh Tradition: Playing the 'Game of Love', Louis E. Fenech
"None of the Weakness of Her Sex": Uncovering a Lost Chapter in Women's Studies, Kenneth Atkinson
Submissions from 2004
Confronting The Marshall Plan: US Business And European Recovery, Jacqueline McGlade
Hrotsvit Of Gandersheim And The Problem Of Royal Succession In The East Frankish Kingdom, Jay T. Lees
I Cried to the Lord: A Study of the Psalms of Solomon's Historical Background and Social Setting, Kenneth Atkinson
Judaism, Kenneth Atkinson
Southern Integration: The Sui-Tang (581-907) Reach South, Charles W. Holcombe
The Two Faces Of Nagasaki: The World Of The Suwa Festival Screen, Reinier H. Hesselink
Books from 2003
Domestic Devils, Battlefield Angels: the Radicalism of American Womanhood, 1830-1865, Barbara Cutter
The Creation Of Heterodoxy: "Pseudo" Mystics' Visualizations Of Catholic Doctrine In Colonial Mexico, Nora Elizabeth Jaffary
Books from 2002
Hero of the Heartland: Billy Sunday and the Transformation of American Society, 1862-1935, Robert Martin
Immigrants And Strangers: From Cosmopolitanism To Confucian Universalism In Tang China, Charles Holcombe
Prisoners From Nambu : Reality and Make-Believe in Seventeenth-Century Japanese Diplomacy, Reinier H. Hesselink
Books from 2001
Historic U.S. Court Cases : an Encyclopedia, John W. Johnson
Martyrdom and the Execution of Guru Arjan in Early Sikh Sources, Louis E. Fenech
The Genesis of East Asia, 221 B.C. to 907 A.D, Charles Holcombe
The Peculiar Democracy: Southern Democrats in Peace and Civil War, Wallace Hettle
Books from 2000
American Alchemy: The California Gold Rush and Middle Class Culture (2000), Brian Roberts
An Intertextual Study of the Psalms of Solomon: Pseudepigrapha, Kenneth Atkinson
Reasons Pre-service Teachers Choose Secondary Social Studies at Three Mid-West Institutions, Thomas G. Connors, Melinda Schoenfeldt, Kay Weller, and Ben A. Smith
Review: Religion, Civil Society and the State: A Study of Sikhism by J.P.S. Uberoi, Louis E. Fenech
Books from 1999
Conflict & Diplomacy From The Great War to the Cold War, Donald E. Shepardson
Review: Rule by Records: Land Registration and Village Custom in Early British Punjab by Richard Saumarez Smith, Louis E. Fenech
Submissions from 1998
Greenwood Cemetery Cedar Falls, Iowa [website], Thomas G. Connors
"Pillars In The Same Temple And Priests Of The Same Worship": Woman's Rights And The Politics Of Church And State In Antebellum America, Nancy Isenberg
Sex and Citizenship in Antebellum America, Nancy Isenberg
U.S. Department of Transportation: A Reference History, Donald Robert Whitnah
Books from 1997
Building New York's Sewers: Developing Mechanisms of Urban Management, Joanne A. Goldman
Early Imperial China's Deep South: The Viet Regions Through Tang Times, Charles Holcombe
Gender Constructions And Gender Relations In Cotton And Chain-Making In England: A Contested And Varied Terrain, Carol E. Morgan
Martyrdom and the Sikh Tradition, Louis E. Fenech
Religion, Identity and Empire : a Greek Archbishop in the Russia of Catherine the Great, Gregory L. Bruess
The Struggle for Student Rights: Tinker V. Des Moines and the 1960s, John W. Johnson
Submissions from 1996
Billy Sunday And Christian Manliness, Robert F. Martin
The Day Of The Monkey, Japan, 10 July 645, Reinier H. Hesselink
The Domestic Image And Factory Culture: The Cotton District In Mid-Nineteenth-Century England, Carol E. Morgan
Books from 1995
A Century of Leadership [Volume 2]: Iowa State Normal School 1876-1909, Iowa State Teachers College 1909-1961, State College of Iowa 1961-1967, University of Northern Iowa 1967-, William C. Lang and Daryl Pendergraft
In the Full Light of Day: The Ku Klux Klan in 1920s Iowa, Robert J. Neymeyer
Law and Citizenship in Early Modern France, Charlotte Catherine Wells
Rosa Luxemburg and the Noble Dream, Donald E. Shepardson
Submissions from 1994
Free Jazz: A Reflection Of Black Power Ideology, John D. Baskerville
The Artistic Achievement And Historical Position Of Huai-Su's Draft-Script Calligraphy, Ho Ch'ing-Ku and Charles Holcombe
Books from 1993
From Blue Mills to Columbia : Cedar Falls and the Civil War, Kenneth L. Lyftogt
Submissions from 1992
Who Were The German Independent Socialists? The Leipzig City Council Election Of 6 December 1917, David McKibben
Women, Work And Consciousness In The Mid-Nineteenth-Century English Cotton Industry, Carol E. Morgan
Books from 1991
Cultural Change and Imperial Administration, Robert L. Dise
Left for Dixie : the Civil War diary of John Rath, Kenneth Lyftogt
Salzburg Under Siege : U.S. Occupation, 1945-1955, Donald Robert Whitnah and Florentine E. Whitnah
Books from 1990
Sara Bard Field, Charles Erskine Scott Wood, And The Phenomenon Of Migratory Divorce, Glenda Riley
The Leipzig Working Class And World War I: A Methodology For Inferring Historical Attitudes From Behavior, David McKibbin
Submissions from 1989
Post-Soviet Afghanistan: The Position Of The Minorities, Richard S. Newell
Women's Responses to the Challenges of Plains Living, Glenda Riley
Books from 1988
The Sullivan Family of Waterloo, Kenneth L. Lyftogt and Alvin R. Sunseri
Submissions from 1987
At Home on the Range: Essays on the History of Western Social and Domestic Life., Glenda Riley
Submissions from 1986
Review of Now That the Buffalo's Gone: A Study of Today's American Indians By Alvin M. Josephy, Jr, William H. Graves
Women On The Panama Trail To California, 1849-1869, Glenda Riley
Submissions from 1985
Women On The Great Plains Recent Developments Research, Glenda Riley
Submissions from 1983
Critique Of Southern Society And Vision Of A New Order: The Fellowship Of Southern Churchmen, 1934–1957, Robert F. Martin
Submissions from 1982
Organizing a Public History Course: An Alternative Approach, Glenda Riley
Submissions from 1980
“Not Gainfully Employed”: Women On The Iowa Frontier, 1833-1870, Glenda Riley
Submissions from 1978
Socialism In The French Countryside: A Continuing Debate, Roy E. Sandstrom
Submissions from 1970
Foreign Area Studies: India. A Syllabus, Emily C. Brown
Books from 197
The Negro Community in Waterloo, Iowa: The Early Years, 1912-19, Robert J. Neymeyer
