Curriculum Vitae for
Academic
degrees
Ph.
D. in history, The University of
California at Berkeley (1970)
M.
A. in history, The University of California at
B.
S. cum laude in geology, The University
of Texas at
Academic
employment
1970
to present ‑ Professor of history at The University of Texas at
Brownsville (starting as an Associate Professor at the Edinburg campus of
Pan American University and then continuing at the Brownsville campus of Pan
American University until it became The University of Texas at Brownsville, but
all counting as an ongoing tenured assignment).
1992‑1993
‑ visiting Fulbright Professor of history at the Instituto Tecnolgico of
1969
‑ Associate Professor (wissenschaftlicher Assistent) in history at the Goethe
Universitt in
Frankfurt/Main,
1968
‑ Discussion section leader and reader in history at the
1963
‑ English teacher at the American Institute in Barcelona, Spain
Other
employment
Geological
surveyor and supervisor of the Arabic-speaking crew on a United Nations
archeological expedition in
Geological
surveyor on an archeological dig with a
Field
Assistant on a National Science Foundation Grant for a
Lab
Assistant at The
Sketch
artist and crew member for the Smithsonian Institute's Missouri River
Archeological expedition, on the Crow Creek Sioux Reservation in
Assistant
geological surveyor on a seismograph crew for the Taylor Exploration Company
of
Staff
member at The Evergreen Episcopal Conference Rocky Mountain Camp in Evergreen,
Barbering
during the 1950s (graduate of the
Honors
and awards
Fulbright
Scholarship for lecturing and
research in history at the Instituto Tecnolgico in
Woodrow
Wilson Fellowship to The
Minnie
Stevens Piper Award for outstanding
college teaching (1982)
UT
Chancellor's Outstanding Teacher Award (Spring
1992)
C.A.S.E.
Teaching Award nomination for the
Listed
in Who's Who in the South and
Southwest (Marquis) from 1990 on; in
the Dictionary of International Biography of the International
Biographical Centre in Cambridge, England, from the 23rd edition (1993 on); in Men
of Achievement from its sixteenth edition (1993 on); in Who=s Who Among America=s Teachers (1997,
2005); in Directory of American Scholars (2000 on); and in Contemporary
Authors (2000).
Member
of the Phi Alpha Theta history honor society, the Phi Theta Kappa honor
society, and the Sigma Gamma Epsilon national geology honor fraternity.
Prize
for the best paper read at the American Studies Association of Texas Conference
in
Two
Honor
graduate at the top of the class at Fort Meade U.S. Army Intelligence School
(1964).
B.S.
cum laude at the
Two
Panel
member of a Quiz Kid TV show on KUHT TV in
Favorable
reviews of my books:
1. Of my article AThe
Flaw in Troilus,@ which was published in The Chaucer Review, in Guide
to Periodical Literature (1992).
2. Of my Still More Studies in
3.
Of my Boom and Bust: The Historical Cycles of
4,
No. 2 (Spring 1992); in Books of the
Southwest, No. 401 (April 1992); in Southwestern Historical Quarterly,
Vol. 97, No. 1 (July 1993); in the Journal of the American Studies
Association of
4.
Of my Studies in Brownsville and Matamoros History in Colonial Latin
American Historical Review (Fall 1995); in Books of the Southwest,
Vol. 39, No. 9 (September 1995); and in the Southwestern Mission Research
Center Newsletter, Vol. 30, No. 108 (Sep 1996) of the Arizona State Museum
of the University of Arizona in Tucson.
5.
Of my Border Cuates: A History of the U.S.-Mexican Twin Cities in Books
of the Southwest, Vol. 39, No. 10 (October 1995); in the Southwestern
Historical Quarterly, Vol. 99, No. 4 (April 1996); in Southwestern
Mission Research Center Newsletter, Vol. 30, No. 108 (Sep 1996); in the Journal
of the American Studies Association of Texas, Vol. 27 (October 1996); in The American Eagle (Winter 1996);
in Hispanic American Historical Review, Vol. 77, No. 1 (Feb 1997); and
in The Journal of South Texas, Vol. 11, No. 1 (1998).
6.
Of my Medieval Culture and the Mexican American Borderlands, in The
Chronicle of Higher Education (15 February 2002), p. A26; in the Southwestern
Mission Research Center Newsletter of the Arizona State Museum (Spring
2002); in the Southwestern Historical Quarterly (July 2002); in Choice:
Current Reviews for Academic Libraries (July-August 2002), vol. 39; i11-12,
p. 2026; and in The Journal of Arizona History (Autumn 2003), pp.
311-312.
Papers
read about my books:
1.
About my book Border
Cuates: A History of the U.S.-Mexican Twin Cities was read by Trinity
University Professor Dr. Alida Metcalf at a SCOLAS Conference held at the
University of Texas at Austin (21 February 1998).
2.
About my book Swine
Symbolism in Medieval Culture: Blanc Sanglier was read by Celka Mewhart at
Symposium 2003 held at the
6.
Publications
Books:
1.
Milo Kearney and Anthony Knopp, Boom and Bust: The Historical Cycles of
Matamoros and Brownsville (Austin: Eakin Press, 1991), hardback (now out)
and paperback, 326 pages, $15.95.
2.
Milo Kearney and Anthony Knopp, Border Cuates: A History of the U.S.‑Mexican
Twin Cities (Austin: Eakin Press, 1995), paperback, 272 pages, $19.95.
3.
Milo Kearney, Stories
4.
Milo Kearney, The Role of Swine Symbolism in Medieval Culture: Blanc Sanglier
(Lewiston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1991), hardback, 385 pages,
$109.95.
5.
Milo Kearney and Ken Hogan, The Historical Roots of Medieval Literature:
Battle and Ballad (Lewiston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 1992),
hardback, 573 pages, $119.95.
6.
Milo Kearney and Manuel Medrano, Medieval Culture and the Mexican American
Borderlands (
7.
Milo Kearney, The Indian Ocean in World History (
8.
Louise A. Mayo, Doug Cantrell, Barbara D. Ripel,
9.
Milo Kearney, Alfonso Gómez Arguelles, and Yolanda Z. Gonzalez, A Brief
History of Education in Brownsville and Matamoros (Brownsville: The
University of Texas‑Pan American‑Brownsville, 1989), paperback, 69
pages, $7.50.
10.
Milo Kearney (editor), Studies in Brownsville History (Brownsville: Pan
American University, 1986), hardback, 274 pages, out of print.
11.
Milo Kearney (editor), More Studies in Brownsville History (Brownsville:
Pan American University, 1989), hardback, 443 pages, out of print.
12.
Milo Kearney (editor), Still More Studies in Brownsville History (Brownsville:
The University of Texas at Brownsville, 1991), hardback, 325 pages, out of
print.
13.
Milo Kearney, Anthony Knopp, and Antonio Zavaleta (editors), Studies in
Brownsville and Matamoros History (Brownsville: The University of Texas at
Brownsville, 1995), paperback, 331 pages, $10.
14.
Milo Kearney, Anthony Knopp, and Antonio Zavaleta (editors), Studies in
Matamoros and Cameron County History (Brownsville: The University of Texas
at Brownsville, 1997), paperback, 379 pages, $10.
15.
Milo Kearney, Anthony Knopp, and Antonio Zavaleta (editors), Studies in Rio
Grande Valley History (
16.
Milo Kearney, Anthony Knopp, and Antonio Zavaleta (editors), More Studies in
Rio Grande Valley History (Brownsville: The University of Texas at
Brownsville, scheduled for 2006).
17.
Articles:
1.
"
2.
"The Role of the Literal Fall in the Culture of the Holy Roman Empire as
Exemplified in the 1618 Defenestration of Prague," in Karl Borchardt und
Enno Bünz (ed.), Forschungen zur Reichs-,Papst- und Landesgeschichte (Stuttgart:
Anton Hiersemann, 1998).
3.
"The Flaw in Troilus", The Chaucer Review: A Journal of Medieval
Studies and Literary Criticism, Vol. 22, No. 3 (1988), pp. 185‑191.
4.
"A Better Interpretation of Dante's
Cinquecento Dieci e Cinque", Italica, Vol. 59, No. 1 (Spring
1982), pp. 32‑40.
5.
"Andersen versus Grimm: The Survival of a Pagan Cult Rivalry," Motif:
International Review of Research in Folklore and Literature, No. 11 (June
1990), pp. 3 and 9‑10.
6.
"Christopher Columbus and the Last Medieval Sea Voyages," Journal
of the American Studies Association of
7.
“Torquato Tasso’s Gerusalemme Liberata and the Tradition of Fallen
Angels in the Struggles for
8.
"A Broader Comparative Civilizations Approach to the Bible's Nativity
Story," Comparative Civilizations Review, No. 34 (Spring 1996), pp.
45‑62.
9.
"A Celtic Mystery: The Lost Name of the Horned God", Frontiers of
Science, Vol. III, No. 6 (January‑February 1982), pp. 28‑29.
10.
"The Son of Tanit among the Olmecs: Additional Evidence of a Possible
Phoenician Contact with the Olmecs", Kronos, Vol. IX, No. 2 (Winter
1984), pp. 29‑33.
11.
"The Medieval
12.
"Cardenal Mendoza como Enigma", The Medieval Roots of the Mexican
American Borderlands, special issue of The Borderlands Journal, Vol.
5, No. 2 (Spring 1982), pp. 243‑259.
13.
"Medieval Witchcraft Influences on the Fall Motif of Modern Writers",
Borders Review, Vol. 3, No. 1, (Spring 1995), pp. 12‑19.
14.
"Universal Patterns in the Megalithic Sites of Communion with the
Gods", The Borderlands Journal, Vol. 5, No. 1 (Fall 1981), pp. 1‑39.
15.
"The Prophecy in Paleontology," Catastrophism and Ancient History,
Vol. XIII, Part 2 (July 1991), pp. 93‑101.
16.
"Mark of the Beast", Kronos, Vol. XII, No. 2 (Spring 1987),
pp. 35‑38 and 72.
17.
"Hamlet as Queen Elizabeth",
18.
"
19.
"German Influences on the Development of Brownsville, Texas," Schatzkammer
der deutschen Sprache, Dichtung und Geschichte, Vol. XVIII, Number 1
(Spring 1992), pp. 31‑42.
20.
"The Formative Influences on
Harbenito in its Founding Decade," National Social Sciences
Perspectives Journal, Vol. 6, No. 3 (November 1994), pp. 120‑134.
21.
"How
22.
"The Impact of New Immigration Leaders on
23.
"
24.
"De la Garzas, Balls, and the Political History of the Region that would
later become
25.
"A Historical Sketch of
26.
"A Historical Sketch of
27.
"John Hunter: Local Patron of Learning," in
28.
"The Creation of The
29.
"A Historical Sketch of the
30.
AThe Shifting Relationship between
31.
“A History of the Muslim Community in the Rio Grande Valley,” in Milo Kearney,
Anthony Knopp, and Antonio Zavaleta (editors), Studies in Rio Grande Valley
History (Brownsville: The University of Texas at Brownsville, 2005), pp.
167-182.
32.
“Brownsville’s Casa Petrina” in Milo Kearney, Anthony Knopp, and Antonio
Zavaleta (editors), Studies in Rio Grande Valley History (Brownsville:
The University of Texas at Brownsville, 2005), pp. 231-234.
33.
“A History of Art in the Brownsville Area” in Milo Kearney, Anthony Knopp, and
Antonio Zavaleta (editors), More Studies in Rio Grande Valley History
(Brownsville: The University of Texas at Brownsville, scheduled for 2006).
34.
“The Legacy of the Texas Rangers on the Texas-Mexico Border in Light of the
Emergence of the Minutemen,” co-authored with Joe Chance, in Milo Kearney,
Anthony Knopp, and Antonio Zavaleta (editors), More Studies in Rio Grande
Valley History (Brownsville: The University of Texas at Brownsville,
scheduled for 2006).
35.
“A History of Brownsville’s Alliance FranHaise,”
in Milo Kearney, Anthony Knopp, and Antonio Zavaleta (editors), More Studies
in Rio Grande Valley History (Brownsville: The University of Texas at
Brownsville, scheduled for 2006),
36.
"The Coming of the Fulbright Scholarship Program to
37.
Contribution to "Vecindad e Imaginacin: La Frontera Comn Mexico‑Estados Unidos," in Al Sur
38.
Milo Kearney, A Statistical Analysis of the History Written in France in the
11th, 12th and 13th Centuries, a Pan American University at Brownsville
monograph (1982), 61 pages.
Poems:
1.
“Going to Bed,” poem, The Herald of
2.
"
3.
"Salome," poem, South and West, Vol. 6, no. 1 (Summer 1967),
p. 43.
4.
"The Inner the Quiet" and "Where a Pale Toga‑clad
Shadow," poems, Borders Review, Vol. 4 (Spring 1996), pp. 12 and
13.
5.
A reading of my poetry (along with that of my wife) at the Faculty Center of
the University of Texas at Austin on 16 November 1995, for an evening of verse
and short stories hosted by the American Studies Association of Texas.
Performances
of my Plays:
1.
“Redbeard of the Rio Grande,” a two-act musical play about Brownsville’s and
Matamoros’ bandit hero Juan Cortina, for which I wrote the script, the lyrics,
and the music; performed: (1) at the UT-B campus music auditorium by the Bravo
Opera Company of the music department of the University of Texas at Brownsville
(17 and 18 April 2004); (2) at the Kenedy Ranch Museum in Sarita, Texas, on 7
May 2005; and (3) at the Guadalupe Cultural Arts Center in San Antonio, Texas,
on 25 June 2005.
2.
"We Who Are Abel," (sic.) a Christmas morality play, performed at St.
Michael's Episcopal Church in Houston, directed by Nina Vance of the Alley
Playhouse (20 December 1953) and at Lanier Junior High School in Houston (17
and 18 December 1955).
3.
"The Pilgrim's First Thanksgiving," a morality play, performed on
Radio WNLK in
4.
"We Children of Post‑war Belgium," a morality play, performed
on Radio WNLK in
5.
"The Good Samaritan," a morality play, performed by church youth at
the Marlborough Baptist Church in Kansas City, Missouri (Easter Sunday, 1949).
6.
"Cowboy Perils of the Wild West," performed by my cub scout troupe,
first at Marlborough Baptist Church and a month later at Center Elementary
School auditorium, both in Kansas City, Missouri (Fall, 1948)
Published
Historical Illustrations:
1.
Stories
2.
The cover illustration for George Green, El Lenguaje Poético de Rubén Darío
(Managua, Nicaragua: Universidad Americana, 1999).
3.
In Novosantanderino, Tomo 1, Nmero 1 (Verano de 1996), four illustrations.
4.
In News Strips: A Newsletter of the College of Liberal Arts, The
University of Texas at Brownsville, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Oct 1992), pp. 2 & 5;
Vol. 1, No. 2 (Dec 1992), pp. 1, 2, & 3; Vol. 2, No. 1 (Feb 1993), pp. 1,
2, & 3; Vol. 2, No. 2 (May 1993), pp. 1, 3, & 5; Vol. 2, No. 3 (January
1994), pp. 1, 2, & 3; Vol. 3, No. 1 (December 1994), pp. 1, 3, 5, & 6;
Vol. 3, No. 1 (December 1994), pp. 1, 3, 5, & 6; Vol. 3, No. 2 (May 1995),
pp. 1, 4, 6, 8, & 12; Vol. 4, No. 1 (November 1995), pp. 2, 3, & 5;
Vol. 4, No. 2 (May 1996), pp. 2, 3, 5, & 6; and Vol. 5, No. 1 (December
1996), pp. 2 & 3.
5.
In The Role of Swine Symbolism in Medieval Literature: Blanc Sanglier (Lewiston,
New York: Edwin Mellen Press, 1991), twenty-eight illustrations.
6.
In Still More Studies in Brownsville History (Brownsville: The
University of Texas at Brownsville, 1991), seven illustrations.
7.
In More Studies in Brownsville History (Brownsville: Pan American
University, 1986), seven illustrations.
8.
In The Medieval Roots Of The Mexican American Borderlands, special issue
of The Borderlands Journal, Vol. 5, No. 2, Spring 1982, one
illustration.
9.
In The
10.
In The Bargain Book of Brownsville, South Edition, Vol. 27, No. 1, p.
S-31, 31 March 2004, illustration of “Red Beard of the Rio Grande.”
Journals
edited:
1.
Revista Literaria PAUB Literary Review (Associate Editor), (Brownsville:
Pan American University, 1983), 49 pages.
2.
Editing contribution to the World/National Events column of the history
timeline for the Texas Almanac of The Encyclopedia of Texas, 1996‑1997
edition.
Papers
read at historical conferences:
1.
AImpact of the
2.
AThe Medieval Origins of Anglo-Hispanic Hostility,@ at the National Science Association Conference in
3.
AModern European Civilizational Influences on the
Interpretation of Jesus and his Teachings,@ at
the International Society for the Comparative Study of Civilizations Conference
held at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah (8 May 1997).
4.
"El Papel de la Cada Literal en la Cultura de Europa Central en la Edad
Media" at the Congreso de Historiadores Regionales de Tamaulipas y Texas,
at the Universidad de Tamaulipas at Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico (5
December 1996).
5.
"Torquato Tasso's Gerusalemme Liberata and the Tradition of
Fallen Angels in the Struggles for
6.
"Harbenito's Growing Pains in the 1910s," for the Conference on South
Texas Studies held in Victoria Texas (
7.
"The Impact of `New Immigration' Leaders on
8.
"La Contribucin de la Frontera Mexicana‑Americana a la Cultura
Mexicana," for the Foro de Analasis de Cronistas e Historiadores of the
Festival Internacional de la Raza, at the Museo Casa Mata, Matamoros (6 May
1994).
9.
"The Nonpolitical Formative Influences in the Founding of the Greater
10.
"Linguistic Diversity in
11.
"Christopher Columbus and the Last Medieval Sea Voyages," at
12.
"
13.
"
14.
A Reading from Stories Brownsville Told Its Children at the Conferencia
de Historiadores de Matamoros y Brownsville: Anécdotas, Leyendas, e Historia,
at the Teatro de la Reforma, Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico (21 February
2005).
15.
A
Radio
and TV Interviews:
1.
On the need for a new U.S. Constitution, with reporter Javier Draguftinovich
for Radio XEW, Matamoros, and for El Bravo, July 2000.
2.
On Texan and Tamaulipan Higher Educational Developments, with Claudia Edith
Martnez for the radio program "Entre Nosotros"
aired on Radio Tamaulipas and Radio Universidad, on
3.
On the Historicity of the Bible's Nativity Story, on XEEW‑FM,
4.
On Early
5.
On
6.
On the historicity of Katzanzakis' The Last Temptation of Christ, on
Austin TV, 1989.
7.
On the medieval origins of Halloween, with reporter Amy Sierra on KELT‑FM,
University
Service
The
founding and ongoing UT-B faculty sponsor of the Phi Alpha Theta national
history honor society, first at the
The
founding and ongoing faculty sponsor for the "De la Valle du Rio Grande" UT-B Chapter of the Alliance Franaise French community and student club, with monthly meetings and a
weekly Table Française for conversation in French over Saturday lunches
(late 1980s to present).
The
founding and ongoing faculty sponsor for the Edelweiss German Club, with an
occasional Stammtisch (1999-present).
A
co‑sponsor of the campus chapter of BSM (Baptist Student Ministries)
(1994-1996).
Assistant
Faculty Sponsor of Alpha Chi National Honor Society. (1996‑2000).
Member
and officer of many university committees through the years.
Host
of Phi Alpha Theta
Director
of the
Professional
development / continuing education
Courses
in Hebrew (beginners to intermediate levels) at the Baruch ha-Shem Messianic
Synagogue in
A
summer course in Greek at the
Participation
in the faculty program for improvement of faculty command of Spanish at our
university serving a bilingual culture (1996-1997).
Research
at the Bayerische Hauptstaatsarchiv in
A
semester of doctoral‑level history and Latin literature courses at the
Ludwig=Max Universitt (the
Three
months of history study in the Curso para Extranjeros of the Universidad
de Barcelona,
A
year of study at
A
summer geology field course offered by
Teaching
responsibilities and names of courses taught
The
A.
Undergraduate History ‑
1.
History 1301 ‑ The
2.
Historia 1301 - Historia de los Estados Unidos Antes de 1877 (Spanish version)
3.
History 1302 - The
4.
History 2311 - Western Civilization to 1600
5.
History 2312 - Western Civilization since 1600
6.
History 2321 - World History to 1600
7.
History 2322 - World History since 1600
8.
History 3321 ‑ History of the
9.
History 3333 ‑ Colonial
10.
History 3335 ‑ History of
11.
History 3341 ‑
12.
History 3342 ‑
13.
History 3373 ‑ Mexican‑American History
14.
History 3393 ‑ 20th Century
15.
History 4313 ‑ 20th Century United States
16.
History 4337 ‑ Intellectual History of the
17.
History 4345 ‑ History of
18.
History 4352 ‑ History of
19.
History 4354 ‑ History of Mexican Culture
20.
History 4355 ‑ Spanish
21.
History 4356 ‑ Prehispanic
22.
History 4357 -
23.
History 4365 - The Middle Ages
24.
History 4367 - Early Modern Europe (also taught as Hist 4375: Absolutism &
Enlightenment)
25.
History 4370 ‑ Renaissance and Reformation
26.
History 4371 ‑ History of
27.
History 4371 - History of the Islamic World
28.
History 4376 ‑ Revolutionary Europe (early 19th century)
29.
History 4377 ‑
30.
History 4378 ‑
31.
History 4383 ‑
32.
History 4392 - Senior Seminar in World History
33.
History 4393 ‑ 20th Century
34.
History 4395 ‑
35.
History 4396 ‑ Ancient History
36.
History 4397 ‑
37.
History 4398 ‑ History of
38.
History MB01 (Instituto Tecnolgico, with UT-B credit, too) ‑ Border Towns to 1821