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RECENT FACULTY AWARDS
Andrew Delbanco will be presenting three lectures on the theme “What Do Our Colleges and Universities Owe to Black Americans? at the 5th Annual Malcolm Lester Phi Beta Kappa Lectures on Liberal Arts and Public Life at Mercer University from March 24th to 25th.
Andrew Delbanco will be presenting three lectures on the theme “What Do Our Colleges and Universities Owe to Black Americans?” at the 5th Annual Malcolm Lester Phi Beta Kappa Lectures on Liberal Arts and Public Life at Mercer University from March 24th to 25th.
Elizabeth Blackmar’s work was referenced in “13 Free Black Communities In and Around New York City” on Untapped New York.
Elizabeth Blackmar‘s work was referenced in “13 Free Black Communities In and Around New York City” on Untapped New York.
Mark Lilla was on the Uncertain Things Podcast discussing the “danger of over-politicizing personal interactions and the importance of self-knowledge.”
Mark Lilla was on the Uncertain Things Podcast discussing the “danger of over-politicizing personal interactions and the importance of self-knowledge.”
Mae Ngai was one of the 140+ artists and scholars who has called for New York City to reverse their decision to relocate the Roosevelt Statue, formerly located at the American Museum of Natural History, to North Dakota. Mae Ngai will also be teaching “American History: Immigration and Life” as part of Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Inaugural Teacher Symposium at Gettysburg College in Summer 2022.
Mae Ngai was one of the 140+ artists and scholars who has called for New York City to reverse their decision to relocate the Roosevelt Statue, formerly located at the American Museum of Natural History, to North Dakota. Ngai will also be teaching “American History: Immigration and Life” as part of Gilder Lehrman Institute’s Inaugural Teacher Symposium at Gettysburg College in Summer 2022.
Mark Mazower will be the final speaker at the Greek Community of Melbourne’s Greek Centre Seminar Series
Mark Mazower will be the final speaker at the Greek Community of Melbourne’s Greek Centre Seminar Series.
Ph.D. student Yasemin Akçagüner wrote about the Tire Necip Paşa Library in İzmir/Turkey.
Ph.D. student Yasemin Akçagüner wrote about the Tire Necip Paşa Library in İzmir/Turkey.
Adam Tooze published a book review titled “How Much Power Does the Federal Reserve Have?” for The New York Times.
Adam Tooze published a book review titled “How Much Power Does the Federal Reserve Have?” for The New York Times.
Paul Kreitman writes on border measures, international student entry rules, and international cooperation
Paul Kreitman wrote his perspective on border measures, international student entry rules, and international cooperation for Asahi Shimbun Digital.
According to Columbia University history professor Eric Foner, the Reconstruction era began more than a year before the end of the Civil War, when Abraham Lincoln, the country’s first Republican president, “announced a plan to establish governments in the South loyal to the Union.” These governments backed legislation guaranteeing Black Americans’ rights and were vehemently opposed by the counter-revolutionary “Redemption” movement that swept the South.
Eric Foner is quoted in CNN Politics‘ “America has a long history of resisting multiracial democracy.”
In the newest issue of WMQ, Natasha Lightfoot explores unlikely ways that mid-nineteenth-century enslaved people in the Caribbean learned that their bondage was unlawful through Eliza Moore’s efforts to self-emancipate.
In the newest issue of William & Mary Quarterly, Natasha Lightfoot explores unlikely ways that mid-nineteenth-century enslaved people in the Caribbean learned that their bondage was unlawful through Eliza Moore’s efforts to self-emancipate: “’So Far to Leeward’: Eliza Moore’s Fugitive Cosmopolitan Routes to Freedom in the Nineteenth-Century Caribbean.
