George S. Vascik
George S. Vascik
Associate Professor of History
580
Mosler Hall
1601
University Blvd.
Hamilton,
OH 45011
Fax:
513-785-3145
personal page: http://www.georgevascik.org
Research
A 1988 graduate of the University of Michigan, my research interests have included 19th century German politics and political economy, the Industrial Revolution, and the sugar industry. more
Most recently, I have become interested in the ways that GIS technology can reopen previously closed historical questions. As a result, I have incorporated cutting-edge spatial and statistical analysis in my current project, Peasants and Jews: Anti-Semitism and Rural Politics in Northwest Germany. As part of my Peasants and Jews research, I have given a series of scholarly papers, most recently "Guardians of Tradition or Agents of Modernity: National Socialist Appeal in Northwest Germany" at the Social Science History Association conference in Los Angeles. This January, I had the good fortune to return to the Kreisarchiv Rothenburg-Wümme in Bremervörde to prepare this paper for publication. You can find an interview with the Bremervörder Zeitung, arranged by Archivleiterin Gudrun Kudick, here.
Teaching
My primary role at Miami University is as a classroom teacher. In addition to regularly offering secitons of Western Civilization and the introductory historical methods seminar, I teach a variety of upper division classes focusing on Modern Europe. I have led spring break workshops to Vienna, Munich, and Berlin, and in Summer 2009 taught at Miami's Luxembourg campus. I am deeply involved in campus initiatives to effectively integrate advanced technology into the classroom and provid access to non-traditional, first-generation, or underprivileged students. more
Public and Professional Service
I have most recently been professionally active in the Social Science History Association, the European Social Science History Association, The Historical Society, and the Ohio Academy of History. In addition to the normal range of university committees, I have been the academic director of four Teaching American History grants funded by the US Department of Education: America's Journey (Hamilton, Fairfield and Northwest school districts), Beacon of Liberty (Hamilton, Mason, and Middletown school districts), and Ever Growing Freedom (Princeton, Middletown, and Fairfield school districts). In the summer of 2009, I was a principle investigator for a Library of Congress American Memory Project grant (American Memory in Ohio) administered by Illinois State University. more