Dean Ulland

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‘It is my attempt to fit the lives of citizens here, into the context of The Great War as a world-historical event. I think it's important to remember that we all make history, and are all made by history.’
- Dean Ulland

"HISTORY IS WHO WE ARE AND WHY WE ARE THE WAY WE ARE."

- DAVID MCCULLOUGH

DEAN ULLAND - Author

Dean Ulland is a retired History/Political Science professor with undergraduate degrees in History and Political Science. He holds an MA in History from Minnesota State, and taught for 18 years at Riverland Community College. Along with his wife, Dean lives on a farm near Corning, MN. They have 3 children and 8 grandchildren.

Throughout Dean’s life, he has always had a passion for history and agriculture. His writing and research interests include local and Minnesota history, immigration history, World War I, and modern England. Dean’s hobby is collecting rare books, and he has a large collection of old books and other documents, including many from southern Minnesota.

EXPERIENCE

Although no longer teaching, Dean continues to present his research at history conferences, and history programs in Austin, Rochester, Owatonna, Blooming Prairie, and Albert Lea, MN.

Topics include:
Prohibition
Chautauqua in Southern Minnesota
The liquor trade in Blooming Prairie during World War I
The history of the Christmas holiday from ancient times until today
Mayor Hirsh of Austin during the  influenza epidemic of 1918
The Balfour Declaration
Norway during the World Wars
Freeborn County during World War I (coming in October in Albert Lea)
and many others

Dean’s MA thesis, The Reform of the House of Lords: The Parliament Act of 1911, was nominated for the Midwest Association of Graduate Schools Distinguished Thesis Award

Books

We Must All Be Ready To Sacrifice
The Great War and its Effects on the People of Freeborn, Mower, & Steele Counties in Minnesota (2021)
ISBN: 978-1-952567-12-4 (hardcover)
ISBN: 978-1-952567-13-1 (softcover)

Previous Engagements:

• Blue Earth, Freeborn, Mower, and Steele County Historical Societies. (MN)

• KSMQ (PBS affiliate) program, ‘Off 90’

• The Hormel Historic Home (MN)

• Sweet Reads Books (MN)

• Sons of Norway (Austin, MN)

• Onalaska Public Library (WI)

• Blooming Prairie Public Library (MN)

Note that Dean has also given at least 15 presentations throughout southern Minnesota on segments of the book, before it was published.

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