November 10, 2004 :: No. 84
California Symposium to Honor Faculty Member
Faculty members from four Southern California
universities will focus on various aspects of California history
during a “California Studies Symposium” Tuesday, Nov.
16, at Cal State Fullerton.
The free program, from 10 a.m.-noon in Room 360 of
the Pollak Library, is being presented, in part, as a tribute to
the late Clark Davis, an associate professor of history at Cal State
Fullerton who died in 2003.
The symposium is co-sponsored by Cal State Fullerton’s
History Department and the university’s Center for Oral and
Public History.
“Clark specialized in the history of California,
but he was also interested in business culture, race, gender and
ethnicity in the United States,” said William Haddad, chair
and professor of history at Cal State Fullerton. “When he
died at age 36, we wanted to sponsor a program that would honor
his area of expertise and serve as a tribute to some of the work
he achieved in his short life.”
Among the topics to be addressed at the symposium
include Davis’ notion of “the perfect job” in
California — a recurring theme that appeared in his book,
“Company Men: White-Collar Life and Corporate Cultures in
Los Angeles, 1892-1941” (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000).
In addition, the speakers will look at California history and the
influences that range from academia to Hollywood
to various ethnic groups, and what influences and cultures they
provided.
Scheduled forum speakers include: Becky Nicolaides,
associate professor of history and urban studies and planning at
UC San Diego and author of “My Blue Heaven: Life and Politics
in the Working Class Suburbs of Los Angeles, 1920-65” (University
of Chicago Press, 2002); Josh Sides, assistant professor of history
at Cal Poly Pomona and author of “L.A. City Limits: African
American Los Angeles From the Great Depression to the Present”
(University of California Press, 2003); and David Igler, assistant
professor of history at UC Irvine and author of “Industrial
Cowboys: Miller & Lux and the Transformation of the Far West,
1850-1920” (University of California Press, 2001). Natalie
Fousekis, CSUF assistant professor of history, will moderate. A
book signing will follow the program.
For more information, contact Natalie Fousekis, at
657-278-2763.
Media Contacts: |
Natalie Fousekis at 657-278-2763
or nfousekis@fullerton.edu
Valerie Orleans, Public Affairs, 657-278-4540 or vorleans@fullerton.edu |
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