Dr Gyorgy Toth

Lecturer

History University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Dr Gyorgy Toth

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About me

I earned my Ph.D. in the interdisciplinary field of American Studies from The University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA, in 2012. I also hold MAs in American Studies and English Language and Literature from Eotvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, and The University of Iowa.

I was born and raised in Budapest, Hungary, where I witnessed the historic transition of the Eastern Bloc to democracy and capitalism in 1989-1991. As part of my Master's programme in American Studies, I held a Kellner Scholarship to Bard College, New York, where I witnessed the terrorist attacks of 9/11 and the U.S. response. In 2004, the same year that Hungary joined the European Union, I moved to the U.S. Midwestern state of Iowa to study for a PhD. During my years there I witnessed the re-election of George W. Bush to the presidency, the campaign that made Barack Obama president of the United States, and the legalization of same-sex marriage in the state. While in Iowa, I was fortunate to receive training and work experience not only in the usual academic duties, but also in archival management and international education. In 2012, I attained the position of assistant professor at the Department of American Studies at Charles University in Prague, Czechia, where I continued cultivating my European identity. Since the autumn of 2014 I have been Lecturer of post-1945 U.S. History and Transatlantic Relations at the division of History, Politics and Heritage of the University of Stirling. Here I have witnessed the aftermath of the Scottish independence referendum, and the Brexit referendum and the Scottish response. I have been exploring Scotland's places and history as a vantage point for understanding transatlantic relations and the dynamics of U.S. culture in Europe.

20th century, especially post-1945 US history; transatlantic cultural relations and social movements; US transnational relations; American Indian history and studies; U.S. and European public history and memory. My scholarly orientations are Performance Studies, Transnational American Studies / US History, American Indian Studies, Transatlantic Studies, and Cultural Memory Studies.

I have conducted research in 5 countries on two continents. They included the records of NGO offices, historical societies, the United Nations, in interviews, and in university archives and libraries. My main strength is the qualitative analysis of archival materials.

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals:

Award

Nominated for Best Tutor Award
https://www.stirlingstudentsunion.com/…igns/rateawards/
Nominated for Best Tutor Awards in The Recognizing and Advancing Teaching Excellence (RATE) Awards, the University of Stirling Students' Union's annual student-led teaching awards scheme.

Community Contribution

“Native American History through the Maps of Jefferys and Holland’s 1776 American Atlas”
https://www.jstor.org/…blane-cathedral
Exhibit Co-curation and exhibition labels. Gyorgy Toth with Helen Beardsley. Maps from Thomas Jefferys’ and Samuel Holland’s American Atlas (1776). January – April, 2022. University of Stirling Library; Leighton Library, Dunblane. Publication Gyorgy Toth, “Native American History through the Maps of Jefferys and Holland’s 1776 American Atlas”. Journal of the Society of Friends of Dunblane Cathedral, 2022.

Naming the Marcella LeBeau Essay Prize of the Scottish Association for the Study of America
Scottish Association for the Study of America
https://www.scotamstudies.org/essay-prizes
The Marcella LeBeau Essay Prize is awarded to the best essay by an undergraduate student at a Scottish University on a topic relating to women, gender, or minority studies within the Americas. The namesake of this prize is Marcella Rose Ryan LeBeau (1919-2021), of the Two Kettle Band of the Cheyenne River Lakota Nation. Her story of service, advocacy for health and justice on behalf of her Native people and the United States, and her goodwill towards Scotland is emblematic of the type of scholarship this award hopes to promote. The Marcella LeBeau Essay Prize is intended, in a small way, to highlight some of the current issues facing American Studies scholarship within the UK both in subject matter and participants. The Marcella LeBeau Essay Prize is intended to encourage and share the study of women, gender and minority topics, and decolonization in American Studies at the undergraduate level.

Consultancy

“Cross-Cultural Exchanges: A Case Study of Czech Lacrosse” as a Native American game.
https://ims.fsv.cuni.cz/en/contacts/people/52927690
Consulting. “Cross-Cultural Exchanges: A Case Study of Czech Lacrosse” as a Native American game. Regarding the history of European cultural fantasies enabling a transatlantic alliance for American Indian sovereignty. Application to the Grant Agency of the Czech Republic. Dr. Lucie Kyrova, Department of North American Studies, Charles University in Prague. 2017.

“Indigenous people of the Americas and Siberia glossary” of terms
https://www.nls.uk/
Consulting. “Indigenous people of the Americas and Siberia glossary” of terms. National Library of Scotland. January 2021.

Native American activist takeovers of Mount Rushmore, South Dakota
https://vantagepointhistory.com/
Consulting. Vantage Point Historical Services, Inc. Regarding the Native American activist takeovers of Mount Rushmore, South Dakota in 1970 and 1975. Dr Eric Zimmer, July 22, 2016.

Event / Presentation

“Richard Erdoes, An Austrian Ally of Red Power”

https://botstiberbiaas.org/
Invited talk. “Richard Erdoes, An Austrian Ally of Red Power.” Habsburg Encounters with Native America conference. The University of Innsbruck and the Botstiber Institute for Austrian-American Studies. Innsbruck, Austria, June 22-23, 2023.

“A Transatlantic Red Underground?: Transatlantic Musical Performances for American Indian Sovereignty in the Late Cold War”
Invited talk. “A Transatlantic Red Underground?: Transatlantic Musical Performances for American Indian Sovereignty in the Late Cold War.” Department of European, American and Intercultural Studies, La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. December 13, 2018.

“American Indian Performances of Transatlantic Environmental Sovereignty in the Late Cold War”
https://www.uni-regensburg.de/…rence/index.html
Invited talk. “American Indian Performances of Transatlantic Environmental Sovereignty in the Late Cold War.” Environment Meets Performance: Current Research in Transnational American Studies conference. University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, September 29, 2017.

“From Wounded Knee to Checkpoint Charlie: The Politics of Solidarity in the Transatlantic Alliance for American Indian Sovereignty in the Late Cold War”
https://calendars.illinois.edu/detail/5093?eventId=33322167
Invited talk. “From Wounded Knee to Checkpoint Charlie: The Politics of Solidarity in the Transatlantic Alliance for American Indian Sovereignty in the Late Cold War.” American Indian Studies program, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA. October 25, 2018.

“From Wounded Knee to Checkpoint Charlie: The Transatlantic Alliance for American Indian Sovereignty in the Late Cold War"
Invited talk. “From Wounded Knee to Checkpoint Charlie: The Transatlantic Alliance for American Indian Sovereignty in the Late Cold War.” Research seminar series. Andrew Hook Centre for American Studies, University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK. February 9, 2018.

“From Wounded Knee to Checkpoint Charlie: The Transatlantic Alliance for American Indian Sovereignty in the Late Cold War.
Invited talk. “From Wounded Knee to Checkpoint Charlie: The Transatlantic Alliance for American Indian Sovereignty in the Late Cold War.” Research seminar series. Heidelberg Center for American Studies. University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, May 4, 2017.

“The Joys and Discontents of a Transnational Coalition: The Politics of Solidarity in the Transatlantic Alliance for American Indian Sovereignty in the Late Cold War"
https://www.utu.fi/…/jmc-events-2018
Invited keynote. “The Joys and Discontents of a Transnational Coalition: The Politics of Solidarity in the Transatlantic Alliance for American Indian Sovereignty in the Late Cold War.” Keynote address at the Act!vism: Momentum. Mobilization. Movement seminar. John Morton Center for American Studies, University of Turku, Finland, September 7, 2018.

“The Native American Sovereignty Movement and the Transatlantic Politics of the Memory of Columbus, 1970-1994”
Invited talk. “The Native American Sovereignty Movement and the Transatlantic Politics of the Memory of Columbus, 1970-1994.” Transatlantic Memories – History Activism, Heritage, and Diplomacy across the Atlantic World workshop. Remotely at the John F. Kennedy-Institute for North American Studies, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. November 5, 2021.

“The Politics of Allyship in Scholarship and Praxis.”
Invited talk. “The Politics of Allyship in Scholarship and Praxis.” Search for Indian America 5th International Conference. Remotely at the University of Pardubice, Czechia, March 1, 2022.

“The Politics of Solidarity in the Transatlantic Alliance for Native American Sovereignty in the Late Cold War"
https://www.history.ac.uk/node/3364
Invited talk. “The Politics of Solidarity in the Transatlantic Alliance for Native American Sovereignty in the Late Cold War.” North American History seminars. Institute of Historical Research, University College London, London, United Kingdom. March 28, 2019.

External Examiners and Validations

External Examiner for Master's and BA programs for University of Dundee

External Examiner for PhD, Canterbury Christ Church University

Other Academic Activities

“Developing a Signature Pedagogy for American Studies in the UK” workshop. Pecha-Kucha talk on the history and theoretical approaches of American Studies in the United States and Europe
British Association for American Studies
https://baas.ac.uk/community/teaching-as/
Presenter of a Pecha-Kucha talk on the history and theoretical approaches of American Studies in the United States and Europe. Co-facilitator, “Developing a Signature Pedagogy for American Studies in the UK” workshop. Teaching American Studies Network Event. Annual British Association for American Studies conference. April 11, 2021.

“Disseminating and Popularizing Your Research”, Writing Retreat of LCC International University, Lithuania
My expertise in public scholarship was externally recognized when I was invited to hold a workshop on “Disseminating and Popularizing Your Research” remotely at the Writing Retreat of LCC International University, Lithuania, on June 18, 2020.

“Teaching American Studies to International Students” workshop. Co-facilitator.
British Association for American Studies
https://baas.ac.uk/community/teaching-as/
Co-facilitator, “Teaching American Studies to International Students” workshop. Teaching American Studies Network Event. British Association for American Studies. January 17, 2022.

Professional Career

Associate Editor, Review of International American Studies

https://www.journals.us.edu.pl/…ut/editorialTeam

Member of the Executive Council, International American Studies Association

Secretary, Scottish Association for the Study of America

Being Secretary for the Scottish Association for the Study of America, I carried the full workload and discharged the duties of such a position: •Arrange dates, times and venues for committee meetings. •Draft meeting agendas and take minutes (including AGM). •Monitor the planning calendar to ensure key decisions are made in a timely fashion. •To facilitate the exchange of information among academics in Scotland, and between academics in Scotland, the United Kingdom, the United States, and the wider world. •Play a part in enhancing SASA membership. •Devote to the tasks of this position a minimum of 20 hours per year.

Vice-Chair, Scottish Association for the Study of America
Scottish Association for the Study of America
Being Vice-Chair of the Scottish Association for the Study of America, I carried the full workload and discharged the tasks of such a position: As Vice-Chair (2022-24): •Support the Chair and act as Chair pro tempore at committee meetings as required. •Aid annual conference organization. •Take on organizational responsibilities not specifically assigned to a specific committee member as required. My tenure as Chair will carry the following tasks: As Chair (2024-26): •Chair the meetings of the executive committee. •To liaise with the US Consulate in Edinburgh and the US Embassy in London . •Undertake activities that the committee deems important to benefit SASA, including fundraising. •Represent SASA in the broader academic community and act as a link with other organizations. •To facilitate the exchange of information between academics in Scotland, and between them and academics in the United Kingdom, the United States, and the wider world. •Play a part in enhancing SASA membership.

Professional membership

Membership in the American Historical Association

https://www.historians.org/

Membership in the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations

https://shafr.org/

Membership in Native American and Indigenous Studies Association
https://naisa.org/

Membership in the American Indian Workshop
https://www.american-indian-workshop.org/

Membership in the British Association for American Studies
British Association for American Studies
https://baas.ac.uk/

Membership in the European Association for American Studies
https://eaas.eu/

Membership in the Historians of the Twentieth Century Unites States
https://hotcus.org.uk/

Membership in the International American Studies Association
https://iasa-world.org/

Membership in the Scottish Association for the Study of America
Scottish Association for the Study of America
https://www.scotamstudies.org/

Membership in the Transatlantic Studies Association
https://www.transatlanticstudies.com/

Professional qualification

Fellowship in the Royal Historical Society
Royal Historical Society
https://royalhistsoc.org/

Fellowship with the Higher Education Academy
Higher Education Academy
https://www.advance-he.ac.uk/

Research programmes

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