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American historian
John Dizikes
(November 8, 1932 ? December 26, 2018) was Professor of American Studies at the
University of California, Santa Cruz
. He served as
Cowell College
provost
and was a recipient of the UCSC Alumni Association's Distinguished Teaching Award.
[1]
Dizikes was a founding faculty member at UCSC, which he joined in 1965, just before the university opened to students, and taught for 35 years until his retirement in 2000.
[2]
Dizikes was the author of five books and numerous articles. His 1993 book
Opera in America: A Cultural History
[3]
won the 1993
National Book Critics Circle Award
for Criticism. The book also won the 1993 Commonwealth Club of California's Gold Medal for Non-Fiction.
[4]
The Washington Post
called it "the first book of its kind" and "a tour de force" of history.
[5]
Dizikes also wrote extensively about sports in American culture, had an interest in
thoroughbred horse racing
, and in 2000 published a biography of
Hall of Fame
jockey
Tod Sloan
.
[6]
His most recent book,
Love Songs: The Lives, Loves, and Poetry of Nine American Women
, was published in early 2018.
[7]
An award bearing his name, the John Dizikes Teaching Award in Humanities, is presented each year to an instructor at UCSC, and includes an additional scholarship grant for undergraduate students who have studied with award recipients.
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Books
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References
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"John Dizikes to give Emeriti Faculty Lecture"
,
Currents
, vol. 10, no. 16, UC Santa Cruz, 2005-12-05
, retrieved
2010-11-10
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a
b
"UC Santa Cruz historian and founding faculty member John Dizikes dies at 86"
. Retrieved
January 8,
2019
.
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"Book Award Winners Focus On Black Life and the Blues"
.
The News York Times
. 1994-02-14
. Retrieved
2010-11-10
.
"Opera in America: A Cultural History" (Yale University Press), by John Dizikes, was awarded the [National Book Critics Circle] criticism prize.
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"Past Winners - Commonwealth Club"
.
www.commonwealthclub.org
. Retrieved
January 28,
2019
.
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"INFORMED OPINIONS: EXPERTS CHOOSE THEIR FAVORITE BOOKS"
.
The Washington Post
. Washington, D.C. 1994-12-04.
ISSN
0190-8286
.
OCLC
1330888409
.
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Yardley, Jonathan (2000-12-07).
"Small in the Saddle"
.
The Washington Post
. p. C.02
. Retrieved
2010-11-10
.
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McNulty, Jennifer.
"UC Santa Cruz historian and founding faculty member John Dizikes dies at 86"
.
UC Santa Cruz News
. Retrieved
January 28,
2019
.
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