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RECENT FACULTY AWARDS
The RSA’s Digital Innovation Award recognizes excellence in digital projects that support the study of the Renaissance. This year two prizes have been awarded, to Early Modern Women and the Poetry of Complaint, 1540-1660, a project directed by Rosalind L. Smith (Department of English, The Australian National University), and to Secrets of Craft and Nature in Renaissance France, a project directed by Pamela H. Smith (Department of History, Columbia University).
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, CUIMC’s Jewish Cultural Employee Resource Group hosted A Conversation with Guy Stern, PhD. Dr. Stern is one of the last surviving members of The Ritchie Boys, a highly decorated World War II special military intelligence unit comprised of primarily Jewish, German, Austrian, and Czech refugees and immigrants to the United States who helped provide a significant amount of key intelligence to the Allied Forces. Dr. Stern shared the story of his remarkable life, as captured in his memoir, “Invisible Ink.”
In honor of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, CUIMC’s Jewish Cultural Employee Resource Group hosted A Conversation with Dr. Guy Stern, moderated by PhD history alum David Frey.
Yasemin Akçagüner, Ph.D. student, has been named an Andreas Tietze Memorial Fellow in Turkish Studies.
Barbara Fields and Karen Fields’ book, Racecraft, was mentioned in The CT Mirror in an article titled “Maus, Whoopi Goldberg, and Our Confusion About Race”
Barbara Fields and Karen Fields’ book, Racecraft, was mentioned in The CT Mirror in an article titled “Maus, Whoopi Goldberg, and Our Confusion About Race”
PhD student Amanda Martin-Hardin has been named a Mellon Summer Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks, where she will be thinking through “Landscapes of Civil and Human Rights” (the fellowship theme) with other scholars.
PhD student Amanda Martin-Hardin has been named a Mellon Summer Fellow at Dumbarton Oaks, where she will be thinking through “Landscapes of Civil and Human Rights” (the fellowship theme) with other scholars.
Adam Tooze is quoted in “Where have all the US workers gone? Will they come back?”, AlJazeera.
Adam Tooze is quoted in “Where have all the US workers gone? Will they come back?”, Al Jazeera.
Simon Schama published a book review in The New York Times.
Simon Schama published a book review in The New York Times.
Frank Guridy wrote “A home Super Bowl is good for the Rams. But is SoFi Stadium good for Inglewood?” for The Washington Post.
Frank Guridy wrote “A home Super Bowl is good for the Rams. But is SoFi Stadium good for Inglewood?” for The Washington Post.
George Chauncey is quoted in Yahoo! Sports’ “LGBT+ history: the story of camp, from Little Richard to Lil Nas X” on February 7th.
George Chauncey is quoted in Yahoo! Sports’ “LGBT+ history: the story of camp, from Little Richard to Lil Nas X” on February 7th.
Anupama Rao is referenced in “‘Why Does India Fear a Caste Census?’: Answers From a Conference” published by The Wire.
Anupama Rao is referenced in “‘Why Does India Fear a Caste Census?’: Answers From a Conference” published by The Wire.
