Category Archives: Interdisciplinary Work

The News from Indian Country: The Cherokee Phoenix, 1828-1834, Part II (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 9)

Posted on January 8, 2013 by georgelamplugh

[Note: We conclude the story of the Cherokee Phoenix begun in a previous post. Both the passage by Congress of the Indian Removal Act (1830) and President Jackson’s refusal to enforce the Supreme Court’s ruling in the case of Worcester v. … Continue reading →

Posted in "Cherokee Phoenix" (newspaper), American History, Cherokee Indians, Chief John Ross (Cherokees), Elias Boudinot, Georgia History, History, Interdisciplinary Work, Nullification, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Uncategorized, Wilson Lumpkin | 4 Comments

Teaching Prep School With a PhD: Is It For You?

Posted on November 6, 2012 by georgelamplugh

[Note:  Several times over the past few years, I’ve been asked by My Old Graduate School (MOGS) to speak to interested students about “prep school” teaching as an alternative to a career in the traditional professoriate (because, of course, those jobs are as scarce … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Current Events, History, Interdisciplinary Work, Research, Retirement, Southern History, Teaching | Tagged , , , , | 8 Comments

The News from Indian Country–The Cherokee Phoenix, 1828-1834, Part I (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 8)

Posted on November 1, 2012 by georgelamplugh

[Note:  This began as my contribution to my school’s interdisciplinary examination of Native American culture, but I had another reason for offering to present something on the Cherokee tribal newspaper:   the removal of the Cherokees from Georgia was a significant part of my ongoing research project, … Continue reading →

Posted in "Cherokee Phoenix" (newspaper), American History, Cherokee Indians, Chief John Ross (Cherokees), Elias Boudinot, George R. Gilmer, Georgia History, History, Interdisciplinary Work, Nullification, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Wilson Lumpkin | Leave a comment

Echoes of the Scopes Trial, 1925-2000 (Adventures in Interdisciplinary Land, 2)

Posted on October 1, 2012 by georgelamplugh

[Note:  In another “interdisciplinary project,” the school’s drama group presented Lawrence and Lee’s “Inherit The Wind.”  We were fortunate to be able to snag as our keynote speaker Dr. Edward J. Larson of the University of Georgia, who had recently published a … Continue reading →

Posted in "Inherit the Wind", American History, Cold War, History, Interdisciplinary Work, Research, Richard Hofstadter, Scopes Trial, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

The Uses of History in Tom Stoppard’s “Arcadia” (Adventures in Interdisciplinary Land, 1)

Posted on August 1, 2012 by georgelamplugh

[Note:  Of one thing I am convinced:  There is nothing new in the world of “Education.” Rather, the same ideas, usually with different names and/or ever greater reliance on technology, keep coming ’round, like some sort of bizarre, quasi-“intellectual” carousel … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Interdisciplinary Work, Research, Teaching, Tom Stoppard's "Arcadia" | 3 Comments