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Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ the Event

Community Studies and the Changing Field of History:Ìý From Medieval Villages to the Boulder County Latino History Project

We welcome you to the 18th Distinguished Professor SeminarÌýSeries with Distinguished Professor,ÌýMarjorie McIntosh.In this presentation, Marjorie McIntosh will identify three major changes in the scope and methodology of historical studies that have transformed the field since World War II.Ìý Her talk will explore these developments chronologically, using examples from her own community studies to illustrate how the new concerns and technologies played out in practice.Ìý Her talk includes material on medieval and early modern English communities, the recent Boulder County Latino History Project, and glimpses of her work in East and West Africa.

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ the Speaker

Marjorie K. McIntoshÌýretired as a distinguished professor after teaching history for 28 years at the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder. She has taught and done research about the history of England, 1300-1650, women in modern Africa, and—closer to home—Latino history. After helping to create the Boulder County Latino History Project, preparing material for its website, and writing a pair of books that describe what the project has learned, she is now volunteering with several local community service organizations

Her publications include:

• Latinos of Boulder County, Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ, 1900-1980,Ìý2 vols., Old John Press, Palm Springs, 2016, hardcover and paperback
• Poor Relief and Community in Hadleigh, Suffolk, 1547-1600, Studies in Regional and Local History, Univ. of Hertfordshire Press, 2013, hardcover and paperback
• Poor Relief in England, 1350-1600, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2012, hardcover
• Yoruba Women, Work, and Social Change, Indiana Univ. Press, 2009, hardcover and paperback; African edition, Bookcraft Press, Ibadan, Nigeria, 2010, paperback
• Women, Work, and Domestic Virtue in Uganda, 1900-2003, co-authored with Grace Bantebya Kyomuhendo, co-published by James Currey, Oxford/Ohio Univ. Press/Fountain Press, Kampala, 2006, hardcover and paperback
• Working Women in English Society, 1300-1620, Cambridge Univ. Press, 2005, hardcover and paperback
• Controlling Misbehavior in England, 1370-1600, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1998, hardcover; electronic version, 2001; paperback, 2002
• A Community Transformed: The Manor and Liberty of Havering, 1500-1620, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1991, hardcover; paperback, 2002
• Autonomy and Community: The Royal Manor of Havering, 1200-1500, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1986, hardcover; paperback, 2002

Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ the Series

The Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ Boulder Retired Faculty Association (UCBRFA) presents the distinguished professors of the University of Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ, aÌýlecture and presentation series featuring some of our finest professors andÌýtheir extraordinary research and scholarly work.