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RECENT FACULTY AWARDS
Ngai at Princeton
Mae Ngai delivered the 2018 Lawrence Stone Lectures at Princeton University from October 15-17. The three lectures, “A Nation of Immigrants: A Short History of an Idea,” will be published by Princeton University Press.
Gluck at Jean Jaures University
Carol Gluck gave the keynote address at an international conference on Japan 1850-1880: The Transformation of a World, at Jean Jaures University, Toulouse, France. Her talk was entitled “The Danger of a Simple Story: The Meiji Restoration after 150 Years.” The conference program is attached here.
Nguyen at FAU
Lien-Hang T. Nguyen will deliver the 2018 John O’Sullivan Memorial Lecture at Florida Atlantic University on Wednesday, October 24th. For details, please click here.
Ngai in NYT
Mae Ngai was quoted in The New York Times: “Overlooked No More: Yamei Kin, the Chinese Doctor Who Introduced Tofu to the West.”
Lilla in Washington Post
Mark Lilla was quoted in The Washington Post: “Show me your identification.”
Tooze in Washington Post
Adam Tooze’s book Crashed was reviewed in The Washington Post: “How the 2008 financial crisis gave us Trump — and the prospect of a repeat meltdown.”
Jacoby CUHT App
Karl Jacoby and students Tommy Song, Donovan Simpson, and Xavier Dade launched the Columbia University History Tour Initiative, “a self-guided, interactive tour of of CU’s Morningside campus.” Eric Foner, Thai Jones, and Craig Wilder also contributed. Download the app here.
Khalidi on Democracy Now
Rashid Khalidi on Democracy Now: “From Iran to Palestine, Nikki Haley Put a Nice Face on Trump’s ‘Horrific’ U.S. Policies.”
McCurry in NYT
Stephanie McCurry was quoted in The New York Times: “Estranged in America: Both Sides Feel Lost and Left Out.”
Jones in the New Yorker
Thai Jones wrote for The New Yorker: “How Chicago’s Public Schools are Teaching the History of Police Torture.”