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RECENT FACULTY AWARDS
Gluck May 2019 conferences
Carol Gluck gave a keynote address at the “Modern Japan in the Comparative Imagination” conference (held May 9-10 at Durham University). Later in May, she presented a paper at the “National Memory in the Time of Populism” conference at Washington University in St. Louis.
Tooze in The New Yorker
Adam Tooze was quoted in The New Yorker about the surge of European Green parties.
Kessler-Harris elected president of SHA
Alice Kessler-Harris was elected President of the Society of American Historians.
Jacoby lectures
Karl Jacoby was a featured speaker at two events in France: a conference at Columbia’s Reid Hall in Paris on May 21 followed by a dialogue with Pekka Hämäläinen in Bordeaux on May 22.
Schama in The Financial Times
Simon Schama’s article “Why not be Wordy?” was featured in The Financial Times.
Stires in Proceedings
Hunter Stires (CC ’19) was awarded 1st Prize in the U.S. Naval Institute’s 2018 General Prize Essay Contest. His winning entry is currently the lead feature article in Proceedings (USNI’s flagship magazine). An online companion piece also appears in Proceedings.
Guridy on The Dean’s Table
Frank Guridy was interviewed on Dean Fredrick Harris’ new podcast about his book Forging Diaspora: Afro-Cubans and African Americans in a World of Empire and Jim Crow.
Milanich in The Washington Post
Nara Milanich wrote an article in The Washington Post on the discriminatory implications of “Rapid DNA” testing for asylum seekers.
Schama on ABC
Simon Schama was interviewed on the Australian Broadcasting Company about the historical contexts of Brexit and the Trump administration.
Khalidi in Campus Watch
Rashid Khalidi was quoted in Campus Watch about U.S. Representative Rashida Tlaib’s recent comments on Palestine.