Eric Lane Martin

Associate Professor of History

Lewis-Clark State College

Division of Social Science

500 8th Avenue

Lewiston, Idaho 83501-2698

E-mail:elmartin@lcsc.edu

Phone: (208) 792-2281

 

Education:     

 

Ph.D., History, Northeastern University, (World History) August 2001

Dissertation:  Anti-colonial Worldviews:  An Intellectual World History of the Twentieth Century
Advisor:  Patrick Manning
Comprehensive Examination Fields
: Twentieth-Century Decolonization (World), Imperialism Since 1885 (European), Colonial
India 1857-1947 (India)

M.A., History, University of Texas at Arlington, (World History, Archival Studies) August 1996

Thesis:  Ideological Responses to British Imperialism  M.K. Gandhi and Kwame Nkrumah.

 B.A., History, Tarleton State University, Cum Laude, (European History) May 1991

 B.S., Criminal Justice, Tarleton State University, Cum Laude, May 1991

Academic Appointments

Fall, 2011 - Present Professor of History, Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, ID.
Fall, 2006 - Sum. 2011 Associate Professor of History, Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, ID.
Fall, 2002 - Sum. 2006 Assistant Professor of History, Lewis-Clark State College, Lewiston, ID.
Fall, 2000 -- Sum. 2002 Visiting Assistant Professor of History, Salem State College, Salem, MA.
Fall, 1999 - Sum. 2000 Lecturer, Bentley College, Waltham, MA.
Fall, 1998 - Spring, 2000 Lecturer, Suffolk University, Boston, MA.
Sum. 1998 Lecturer, University College, Northeastern University, Boston, MA.

Areas of Research and Interest

World History                                             Africa’s Colonial Experience

Twentieth-Century Anti-colonialism              Intellectual History

Imperialism                                                  Historical Theory and Method                               

Globalization                                                Comparative History

Colonialism since 1500                                 Contemporary International Affairs

 

Courses Taught


Freshman: World History to 1500, World History Since 1500, World History to 1500 Online, World History Since 1500 Online, Cultural Contact in World History, The Making of the Contemporary World, Introduction to the Social Sciences, Global Issues: Introduction to Globalization

Sophomore: Historical Research and Writing, Social/Political Philosophy
Junior: Africa and the World, Africa and the World since 1885, Imperialism and the Modern World
Senior: Senior Research Seminar, Science and Technology in World History, Past and Present: The History Behind the News, Globalization and the Inland Northwest, September 11: Contexts and Consequences


 

Publications:

Academic Writings

 

Introductory Essay. CO-Written with with David Kalivas. "H-World Editor's Introduction: Eurasia in World History." for World History Connected 5, 2 Heather Streets and Tom Laichas, ed. (University of Illinois Press: April, 2008).

 

Article. "The Problem of Any World History Textbook: James Loewen and the World History Survey," for World History Connected 3, 2. Heather Streets and Tom Laichas, ed. (University of Illinois Press: February, 2006).


Article. "World History as a Way of Thinking," for World History Connected 2, 2. Heather Streets and Tom Laichas, ed. (University of Illinois Press: May, 2005).

 

Encyclopedia article.  "Kwame Nkrumah," for Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History. William H. McNeill, ed. (Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing Group). (Forthcoming).

 

Encyclopedia article.  "Ernesto Che Guevara," for Berkshire Encyclopedia of World History. William H. McNeill, ed. (Great Barrington, MA: Berkshire Publishing Group). (Forthcoming).

 

Article.  “World Historians and World Geographers,” for Arts and Sciences Aspect (A Publication of the Salem State College School of Arts and Sciences).  Co-author Gayle Fischer.  (March, 2001).

 

Article.  “The Approach of World History,” for Past & Present: Newsletter of the Salem State College History Department.  Vol. 4, Number 1 (Fall, 2000).

 

Chapter. "Frantz Fanon," for World Philosophers and Their Works.  John K. Roth, ed. (Pasadena, CA:  Salem Press, 2000), 635-641.

 

Article.  "Migration in Modern World History:  The Creation of a CD/ROM, World History Center, and Graduate Program at Northeastern University," for World History Bulletin (Spring, 1998), x-xii.

 

Encyclopedia article.  "Berlin West African Conference," for The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery, two vols., Junius P. Rodriguez, ed. (Santa Barbara, CA:  ABC-CLIO Press, 1997), 77-78.

 

Encyclopedia article.  "Indian Sudras," for The Historical Encyclopedia of World Slavery two vols., Junius P. Rodriguez, ed. (Santa Barbara, CA:  ABC-CLIO Press, 1997), 617-618.

 

Encyclopedia article.  "Kwame Nkrumah," for Encyclopedia of Propaganda. Robert Cole, ed. (Sharpe Reference, 1997). 

 

Encyclopedia article.  "Ken Saro-Wiwa," for Censorship. Lawrence Amey, et al., ed.  (Pasadena, CA:  Salem Press, 1997).

 

Encyclopedia article.  "Reggae Music," for Censorship. Lawrence Amey, et al., ed.  (Pasadena, CA:  Salem Press, 1997).

 

Edited Works

Co-Editor, H-WORLD: sponsored by Michigan State University and the National Endowment for the Humanities (Spring 05 - Present) (http://www.h-net.org/~world/)

Co-Editor. World History Connected "Eurasia in World History"5.2 (2008). 28 Apr. 2008 <http://worldhistoryconnected.press.uiuc.edu>.

Co-Editor, World History section of History Compass by Blackwell Publishing (Fall 05 - Fall 07) (http://www.history-compass.com)

Book Reviews

 

“Unlocking Gandhi’s Worldview:  Gandhi, Freedom, and Self-Rule.”  Review published on H-WORLD (December, 2000).

 

A Dictionary of Twentieth Century World History.  Reviewed in The Journal of World History 10, 2 (Spring, 1999), 256-260.

 

NetResearch:  Finding Information Online.  Reviewed in History Computer Review 13, 2 (Fall, 1997), 61-62.

 

The Travels of Ibn Battuta A.D. 1325-1354 vol. IV.  Reviewed in Terrae Incognitae:  The Journal for the History of Discoveries (The Society for the History of Discoveries) vol. 28, (1996), 86.

 

Journalistic Writings

Article.  “The Panic Button” for Z-Net Sustainers electronic forum.  (September 15, 2001).

 

Editorial.  “Check Global Trade” for The Rapid City Journal (August 4, 2001).

 

Presentations:

 

November 6-8, 2012. Honors Program Visiting Scholar. "Gandhi's Hind Swaraj" and "Gandhi's Intellectual Development" Middlesex Community College.

May, 2012. Keynote Address. "Integrating Undergraduate Education and Faculty Research: The HIST: 336 Experience." Sixth Annual LCSC Research Symposium.


March 6-8, 2012. Honors Program Visiting Scholar.
"Gandhi's Hind Swaraj" and "The Colonial Question." Middlesex Community College.

 

Oct., 2011 Co-Presentation with Chris Riggs. "Was America Exceptional? Examining U.S. History Through a Transnational Lens." Partners in Education (PIE) Conference, Lewiston High School. (Conference organizers asked us specifically to address this topic again.)

 

Oct., 2010 Co-Presentation with Chris Riggs. "Was America Exceptional? Examining U.S. History Through a Transnational Lens." Partners in Education (PIE) Conference, Lewiston High School.

 

May, 2009 Keynote Address with Chris Riggs. "The Promise and Perils of History Research on the Web," Third Annual LCSC Research Symposium.

 

June, 2005 Paper presentation. "World History as a Way of Thinking," Fourteenth International Conference of the World History Association. Ifrane, Morocco.

 

April, 2005 Invited speaker. "Doing World History," graduate course on Global Historiography in Department of History, Washington State University.

March, 2005 Invited speaker. "Fair and Unfair Trade in the Global System," Department of Economics. University of Latvia, Riga.

 

Feb. 2005 "Kwame Nkrumah, Africa, and World History," Social Science Research Seminar, Lewis-Clark State College.

 

Oct. 2004 Paper Presentation. "World History as a Way of Thinking," first meeting of the Northwest World History Association. Portland, OR.

April, 2004 Invited speaker. "Doing World History," graduate course on Global Historiography in Department of History, Washington State University

 

March, 2004 Paper Presentation. “The Relevance of Globalization to the Field of World History:  (Anti) Imperialism & (Anti) Globalization:  the Global Justice Movements of the 20th & 21st Centuries.”  World History:  The Next Ten Years, Boston, MA. Sponsored by Northeastern University’s World History Center, The World History Association and the American Historical Association.

 

Oct., 2003 Invited radio interview.  “Imperialism, Globalization, and North Idaho” for Moscow Morning Views. 

 

June, 2003 Paper Presentation.  “ A New Hope for a Different World:  Anti-colonial Movements in the 20th century.”  Twelfth International Conference of the World History Association, Atlanta, GA. 

 

Sept., 2001 Invited discussant. “Why did it happen? Placing September 11th into the context of U.S. Foreign Policy in the Twentieth Century,” for Salem State College.

 

June., 2001 Paper Presentation.  “Worldview and World History” World History Center Reunion, Northeastern University. 

 

April, 2001 Paper presentation. "From Mohandas to the Mahatma, From Ernesto to El Che:  The development of two anti-colonial worldviews," for the department of history at Salem State College.

 

June, 2000 Paper presentation.  "Anti-colonial Worldviews," for the Ninth International Conference of the World History Association, Boston, MA.

 

June, 1998 Paper presentation.  " Transformation and Development: World History as a Methodological Approach," for Seventh International Conference of the World History Association, Fort Collins, CO.

 

Jan., 1998 Paper presentation.  " The Migration CD/ROM and Graduate Training in World History," for American Historical Association Meeting, Seattle, WA. (Sponsored by H-Net)

 

June, 1997 Paper presentation.  " Report on the ‘Migrations in World History, 1500 – Present’ CD/ROM Project," (Emphasis on Pedagogy) for Sixth International Conference of the World History Association, Pamplona, Spain.

 

March, 1997 Paper presentation.  "Global Responses to British Imperialism," for World History Seminar, Northeastern University.

 

Jan., 1997 Poster presentation.  " Migrations in World History," for Northeastern Presidential Inauguration Research Symposium.

 

April, 1996 Paper presentation.  " Nationalism Through the Eyes of the Colonized:  The Cases of M.K. Gandhi and Kwame Nkrumah," for Arlington Humanities Colloquium.

 

April, 1996 Paper presentation.  " Colonization Through the Eyes of the Colonized," for Lambda Alpha (Anthropology Honor Society) Social Science Symposium.

 

April, 1996 Invited panelist. "Africa's Triple Heritage," for The University of Texas at Arlington African Lecture Series. 

 

Feb., 1996 Invited panelist. "Africa's Triple Heritage," for The University of Texas at Arlington African Lecture Series.

College Service

Lewis-Clark State College

Committee Work: Chair of General Education Committee (Fall 06-Spring 08), General Education Committee (Fall 05-Spring 06), Faculty Senate (Fall 03, Fall 04-Spring 07), Web CT Users Committee (Spring 05-Fall 06), Technology Advisory Committee (Fall 03-Spring 04), Faculty Development Committee (Fall 02-Spring 03), Writing Across the Curriculum Committee (Fall 05-Present, Fall 02-Spring 03).

Social Sciences Program Faculty Coordinator (Fall 10 - Present), Social Sciences Division Political Science Hiring Committee (Fall 2011 - Present), Social Sciences Division Anthropology Hiring Committee (Fall 2010 - Present), Social Sciences Division History Hiring Committee (Fall 08-Spring 09), Chair of Social Sciences Division Sociology Hiring Committee (Fall 06-Spring 07), Social Sciences Division Political Science Hiring Committee (Fall 05-Spring 06), Humanities Division Creative Writing Hiring Committee (Fall 02-Spring 03), Social Science Division Scholarship Committee (04-05, 03-04).

Student Advising: Social Science Division Academic Advisor (25-30 Students), Social Science Study Abroad Advisor (since Fall 07), Social Science Club Faculty Advisor (Fall 03-Spring 07), Radio Club Co-Faculty Advisor (Fall 02-Spring 07), Idaho Progressive Students Association Faculty Advisor (Fall 04-Spring 06).

Courses Developed: Africa and the World since 1885 (Spring 10), Science and Technology in World History (Fall 08), Web Version of World Civilizations Since 1500 (Spring 05), Web Version of World Civilizations to 1500 (Fall 04), Globalization and the Inland Northwest (Fall 04), Africa and the World (Spring 04), Social/Political Philosophy (Spring 04), Imperialism and the Modern World (Fall 03), The Keys to History (Fall 03), Introduction to the Social Sciences (Spring 03), Global Issues: Introduction to Globalization (Fall 02), September 11, 2001: Contexts and Consequences (Fall 02).

Programs Organized: Black History Month (04, 05, 06, 08), Social Science Research Seminar (Spring 05), Division of Social Sciences Pizza and Movie Night "The Harder They Come" (Spring 05), "Outsourcing American Jobs" a presentation by the United Steelworkers of America (Fall 04), Field trip up the Clearwater with Friends of the Clearwater: A local environmental, natural, and cultural history tour (Fall 04), "Free Trade, Free Speech and Democracy: Policing Globalization" a presentation by Luis Adolfo -- Colombian Trade Unionist (Spring 04), Forum "The World Trade Organization: Cancun Round" (Fall 03), Brown Bag Local Foreign Policy Series (Spring 03), Forum "September 11, One Year Later" (Fall 02).

Presentations: "The Sounds and History of Jamaican Music" as invited guest DJ for Marilyn Levine's "History of Rock and Roll" course (Spring 04, 05) also as invited Guest for Okee Goode's ENG 102 course (Spring 07), "Kwame Nkrumah, Africa, and World History" Social Science Research Seminar (Spring 05).

Salem State College

History Day Judge at Lexington High School (Spring 01), Developed New Course: The U.S. and The World: The History Behind the News (Spring 01), Programs Organized: "Real Wars, Real Lives" a presentation by refugees from Afghanistan, Congo, Sudan by the International Rescue Committee; September 11 Reading Group.

Northeastern University

Ph.D. representative to history department Graduate Committee (Fall 97 - Spring 98), World History Seminar (Co-Organizer), World History Reading Group

University of Texas at Arlington

History department representative to UTA Graduate Student Council (Fall 94 -Sum. 96), Graduate student representative to UTA Centennial Convocation Committee

 

Activities and Service in the Field of World History

  • Co-Editor, H-WORLD: sponsored by Michigan State University and the National Endowment for the Humanities (Spring 05 - Present) (http://www.h-net.org/~world/)
  • Co-Editor, World History section of History Compass by Blackwell Publishing (Fall 05 - Fall 07) (http://www.history-compass.com)
  • Co-Book Review Editor, H-World (Fall 01 - Fall 05)
  • Founding Member, Northwest World History Association (World History Association Regional Affiliate)
  • Advanced Placement World History Exam Reader (Summer O5)
  • Research Associate, World History Network
  • Research Fellow, World History Center (1996 - 2004)

 

Professional Organizations


World History Association
Northwest Regional World History Association
American Historical Association

 

Awards and Honors

Fall 2008 LCSC Technology Incentive Grant ($2,250)
Spring 2008 LSCS Faculty Development Grant (approx. $800)
Fall 2007 LCSC Technology Incentive Grant ($2,250)
Fall 2004 Travel Funding from LCSC Academic Dean and Social Science Division ($850 apiece)
Fall 2004 LCSC Faculty Development Grant ($1,000)
Fall 2004 LCSC Technology Incentive Grant
Sum.1998 World History Center Travel Grant
Win. 1998 World History Center Travel Grant
Sum. 1997 World History Center Travel Grant
1996-1999 Northeastern Doctoral Fellowship
1995-1996 University of Texas at Arlington Graduate Teaching Assistantship
1990-1991 Tarleton State University Dick Smith Scholarship
1989-1990 Tarleton State University Dick Smith Scholarship

 

References available upon request