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Kim Phillips-Fein published an article in The New York Review of Books on the recent encampments at CUNY in the context of the university’s extensive history of protests and civil disobedience.
Kim Phillips-Fein published an article in The New York Review of Books on the recent encampments at CUNY in the context of the university’s extensive history of protests and civil disobedience.
Mae Ngai’s new book, Corky Lee’s Asian America: Fifty Years of Photographic Justice (coedited with Chee Wang Ng), was reviewed in the New York Times, the New Yorker, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the PBS-News Hour. Ngai also discussed the book in several interviews and podcasts, including They Call Us Bruce.
Mae Ngai’s new book, Corky Lee’s Asian America: Fifty Years of Photographic Justice (coedited with Chee Wang Ng), was reviewed in the New York Times, the New Yorker, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the PBS-News Hour. Ngai also discussed the book in several interviews and podcasts, including They Call Us Bruce.
Rhiannon Stephens was named as a recipient of the 2024 Faculty Mentoring Award, which recognizes senior faculty who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to faculty mentoring through their work with tenure-track and mid-career faculty in developing their careers.
Rhiannon Stephens was named as a recipient of the 2024 Faculty Mentoring Award, which recognizes senior faculty who have demonstrated an exceptional commitment to faculty mentoring through their work with tenure-track and mid-career faculty in developing their careers. Read more here.
Jordan Villegas-Verrone, PhD Candidate, Columbia University, Receives 2024 Louis Pelzer Memorial Award from the Organization of American Historians
Jordan Villegas-Verrone, PhD Candidate, Columbia University, Receives 2024 Louis Pelzer Memorial Award from the Organization of American Historians. To see the full announcement please click this link here.
Rhiannon Stephens has been shortlisted for the African Studies Association UK (ASAUK) Best Book Prize 2024 for her book Poverty and Wealth in East Africa: A Conceptual History.
Rhiannon Stephens has been shortlisted for the African Studies Association UK (ASAUK) Best Book Prize 2024 for her book Poverty and Wealth in East Africa: A Conceptual History.
Mariam Jallow, a History major in the department, was interviewed in a Washington Post article on the protests occuring on college campuses across the country.
Mariam Jallow, a History major in the department, was interviewed in a Washington Post article on the protests occurring on college campuses across the country. Read more here (reading requires you to create a free account)
Thai Jones published a Q&A with Carolyn Eisenberg (PhD 1971), a winner of this year’s Bancroft Prizes in American History and Diplomacy, on the connections between activism, archival research, and the writing of American history.
Thai Jones published a Q&A with Carolyn Eisenberg (PhD 1971), a winner of this year’s Bancroft Prizes in American History and Diplomacy, on the connections between activism, archival research, and the writing of American history. Read it here.
Rashid Khalidi authored a long read for The Guardian on the conflict in the Middle East. Read it here.
Rashid Khalidi authored a long read for The Guardian on the conflict in the Middle East. Read it here.
Mae Ngai spoke at a symposium “Rethinking Immigration policy 100 years after the Johnson Reed Act” at the Center for Jewish History in NYC on April 7. She delivered lectures on the Chinese Question with CUAFA and CGC Beijing on April 8 and the inaugural Ocko Lecture in Legal History at North Carolina State Univ in Raleigh on April 9.
Mae Ngai spoke at a symposium “Rethinking Immigration policy 100 years after the Johnson Reed Act” at the Center for Jewish History in NYC on April 7. She delivered lectures on the Chinese Question with CUAFA and CGC Beijing on April 8 and the inaugural Ocko Lecture in Legal History at North Carolina State University in Raleigh on April 9.
Karl Jacoby was named as a recipient of the 2024 Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award. The annual awards, established by former University Trustee Gerry Lenfest, recognize faculty excellence across the Arts and Sciences.
Karl Jacoby was named as a recipient of the 2024 Lenfest Distinguished Faculty Award. The annual awards, established by former University Trustee Gerry Lenfest, recognize faculty excellence across the Arts and Sciences. Read more here.
