John Powell

Professor of History
 
Owens Hall 316
405.585.4160
 
OBU Box 61222
500 W. University
Shawnee, OK 74804

Educational Background:

M.A., Texas Tech University
Ph.D., Texas Tech University

Courses Taught:

HIST 2003: Introduction to History
HIST 2013: European Civilization: History
HIST 2023: Western Civilization: History
HIST 3123: East Asia: Politics and Culture
HIST 3463: Modern Europe, 1815-Present
HIST 3513: Britain from 1603

Selected Publications and/or Professional Activities:

Fellow, Royal Historical Society Editorial Board, Journal of Liberal History

Editor. "Religion and Prose," a special number of Nineteenth-Century Prose 39/1-2 (Spring/Fall 2012).

Encylopedia of North American Immigration , 2nd ed. (New York: Facts on File, 2012).

"Gladstone and the Colonial Church Clause: An Episode in Church-State Relations, 1849-1850," in Tradition and Formation: Claiming an Inheritance: Essays in Honour of Peter C. Erb, ed. Michel Desjardins and Harold Remus (Kitchener, Ont: Pandora Press, 2008): 153-172.

"This Ball of Liberty," Books & Culture, (Jan./Feb. 2008): 36-38.

"Eric Clapton: Suspectible to Truth," in First Things, On the Square, 7 Jan. 2008: online http://www.firstthings.com/onthesquare/index.php?paged=3

Professional Interests:

Modern Britian, Liberal Party Politics, William Gladstone

Honors Theses or Student Research Directed:

Sara Wilson, "Creating a New Church through Episcopal Mission: The Colonial Bishoprics Fund, 1841-1850," Honors Thesis, Oklahoma Baptist University, March 2011