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William L. Urban Specialty: The Teutonic Order in the Crusading Era |
Lee L. Morgan Professor of History and International Studies |
right: in the garden with Jackie |
Dept of History, Monmouth College, Monmouth IL 61462 Office phone: (309) 457-2388 FAX (309) 457-2152 E-Mail Address: urban@monmouthcollege.edu |
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Awarded the Harry E. Pratt Memorial Prize for the best article on Illinois History in 1997. The Illinois Historical Society, Dec. 4, 1998. And in 2000 the Vitols Award for the best article of 1998 in the Journal of Baltic Studies. |
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Expertise in Baltic Studies (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Prussia); editor of the Journal of Baltic Studies 1990-1994, Book Review editor, 1994-2000.
Subspecialties in the American West and local history, especially the family
of Wyatt Earp in Monmouth. Evaluates historical documents. Lectures to some strange audiences. Travels
widely, often accompanied by student groups. Works closely with Eta Sigma Phi (classics honorary society).
Founding advisor of the local ZBT fraternity chapter.
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Reading
of Medieval Mercenaries in Warren County Library (2007)
PLAY: FOUNDERS’ DAYS, with Acts on the 1853 Academy, the College in the Civil War, and the foundation of the Kappas; opened on Broadway in 2002 for two performances. There was a reading of the Civil War chapters for Heritage Day in the spring of 2011.
Courses for Fall 2011 Courses for Spring 2012
1997 Spring Break Trip to ROME 1998 Spring Break Trip to MUNICH
1998 Summer Trip to Europe 1999 Summer Trip to Europe
2000 Summer Trip to Europe 2001 Summer Trip to Europe
2002 Spring Break Trip to Berlin 2002 Summer Trip to Russia
2003 Spring Trip to Roman Germany 2003 Summer Trip to Europe
2004 Spring Trip to Germany 2004 Summer Trip to Europe
Spring Break in Munich 2005 May 2008 Trip to Ireland
2011 September trip to Poland 2012 January trip to Puerto Rico
What I did on my summer vacation 2006 Summer 2009
FAMILY HISTORY STUDIES. See course offerings.
The Juvenal, Juvinall, Juvenile Families
The Dandurand-Dendurent Family History. A narrative account 1663-1948.
Recent Editorials:
November 7, 1999: Send dangerous dictators to cushy exile.
January 21, 2003: The Collapse of East Germany.
May 25, 2003. Truth Commission for Iraq.
August 3, 2003 Will the History of South's Occupation repeat itself in Iraq?
August 25, 2003 Notes from Europe
April 1, 2004 The Vogue of Revolution in Poor Countries
April 15, 2004 National Security
April 18, 2004 Significant Risks to integrating U.S. intelligence agencies
Oct 2, 2004 Solution to Journalism Reform lies in morality
August 14, 2005 Revising Ancient History
December 15, 2005 Mayors project
Nuclear Power (November 2, 2006)
People Ask Me The Darnedest Things (Oct 8, 2008).
David Horowitz at Knox (April 16, 2009) and continued (April 23, 2009)
Hard Times Come Again No More (June 11, 2009) and Putting Hard Times in Perspective (June 18, 2009)
Are today’s news events world historical? (July 2, 2009)
From Egypt to Babylon (July 30, 2009)
Wisconsin Still in Front (April , 2011)
Robert Parker's Back Story (May 19, 2011)
Reception for Stacy Cordery Nov 3, 2007, to celebrate the publication of ALICE