Michael Oberg has been a member of the Geneseo faculty since 1998.
Professor Oberg's research interests are in Native American studies. Read his blog, Native America: A History.
Curriculum Vitae
Education
Ph.D., Syracuse University
Publications
Peacemakers: The Iroquois, the United States, and the Treaty of Canandaigua, 1794 (Oxford, 2015)
Professional Indian: The American Odyssey of Eleazer Williams(Penn, 2015)
Native America: A History (Wiley-Blackwell, 2010)
The Head in Edward Nugent's Hand: Roanoke's Forgotten Indians(Pennsylvania, 2008)
Samuel Wiseman's Book of Record: The Official Account of Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia, 1676-1677(Lexington, 2005)
Uncas: First of the Mohegans(Cornell, 2003)
Dominion and Civility: English Imperialism and Native America, 1585-1685(Cornell, 1999)
More About Me
Research Interests
Colonial U.S.
Native American
Awards and Honors
SUNY Distinguished Professor, 2015
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Scholarship and Creative Activities, 2013
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2003
Websites
The Sullivan Campaign
The Jesuit Relations and Allied Documents
English Handwriting Lessons, 1500-1700
Announcements
Book: Peacemakers: The Iroquois, the United States, and the Treaty of Canandaigua, 1794
Classes
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AMCS 102: American Cornerstones II
The second course in the three-course sequence that leads to the American Cornerstones Project Microcredential, which will provide first-year and transfer students with a high-impact, shared learning experience focused on a common set of readings directed toward an exploration of American Civic Values. The three-course sequence, open to all interested students, is intended to produce committed and informed students, engaged and ready to help close the alarmingly wide gap between the nation's democratic ideals and the sometimes-disturbing current practice of its democracy. Students will continue their readings in transformational texts that explore America's civic values, exploring critically and confronting additional themes and important questions at the heart of American democracy. Students will also begin to learn how to conduct community research.
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HIST 406: Age of the American Revolution
This course explores the structures of American society in the second half of the eighteenth century, British colonial policies and American opposition to those policies, the growth of revolutionary movements, and the cultural, political, military, and ideological contexts of the period. The course will also examine the impact of the war on African Americans, Native Americans, women, and ordinary citizens. Students will engage with the social consequences of the Revolution, post-war economics, post-war politics, post-war society, and the arguments for and against the establishment of a strong central government culminating in the Philadelphia Convention and the ratification of the Constitution of 1787. Prerequisite: HIST 302 (HIST 301 also recommended).