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June 2010   Backstory With The American History Guys VFH Radio The following excerpt is from an article in Charlottesville's popular weekly publication "The Hook". Wise Guys - Ayers, Onuf and Balogh Shed Robes For Radio by Courteney Stuart If you'd asked historians Brian Balogh, Peter Onuf, and Ed Ayers six years ago how they'd feel about becoming popular radio personalities, they would have laughed it off as a joke. Well, in fact, someone did ask, and they did laugh. Heartily. At the time, all three were employed at the University of Virginia as accomplished colleagues who collectively had penned enough books to fill a small library and had garnered enough honors-- academic and literary-- to wallpaper any remaining walls in that library. But host a radio show? "I thought it was crazy," laughs Ayers, now president of the University of Richmond. "I don't think history is funny," Onuf says he replied when the idea for what would become BackStory with the American History Guys was first floated past him following a history symposium at which he and Ayers had presented. And Balogh says the idea seemed so terrible at first that, in a strange way, he couldn't resist... Read The Rest of the Article >> Scales of Justice: A History of Supreme Court Nominations Now Airing Just in time for the Kagan confirmation hearings, BackStory is delving into the long history of appointments to the Supreme Court. Join the History Guys as they explore the highlights - and lowlights - of Supreme Court nominations past. Listen Now >>   VFH Welcomes our Summer Fellows VFH Research & Education Summer 2010 VFH Fellows are working on projects ranging from a new telling of Bacon’s Rebellion to a study of metaphor in African American literature to a history of modern protest by Native Americans in the Pacific Northwest. In addition to writing and researching their books, they hold weekly thematic discussions. From left: James Rice, SUNY Plattsburgh; Rebecka Rutledge Fisher, UNC-Chapel Hill; Vera Parham, University of Hawaii, Hilo; Hilary Holladay, Fellowship Program director; Maria Rybakova, San Diego State University; and Keith Mitchell, University of Massachusetts, Lowell. Not pictured: William Freehling, Senior Fellow, and Martien Halvorson-Taylor, University of Virginia.   Events Calendar Don't miss these events! VABC Launches "After Love" Thursday July 1 Charlottesville, VA More... Time Warp: Celebrate Independence with John, Paul, George, and Ben Saturday July 3 Lynchburg, VA More... E. Claiborne Robins, Jr. Teachers Institute Monday July 12 - Friday July 16 Richmond, VA More... FloydFest Thursday July 22 - Sunday July 25 Floyd, VA More... Documentary Film Series - Man On Wire Thursday July 22 Charlottesville, VA More... Many More Events Can be Found on the VFH Calendar   VFH News & Announcements Chapter Verse: Annual Poetry Broadside Contest Deadline July 1 - VABC NEH Awards Charlottesville More Than $800,000 In Grants - C-Ville Weekly Legacy Museum Marks 10 Years Preserving Region’s Black History - Lynchburg News & Advance The Virginia Festival of the Book is Accepting Participant and Program Applications - VaBook Call For Proposals Deadline July 16 - Conference for Web Professionals - edUi   Virginia Foundation for the Humanities 145 Ednam Drive Charlottesville, VA 22903 Phone 434.924.3296 | Fax: 434.296.4714