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Ngai in The Daily Bruin
Mae Ngai delivered the Stanley Kwok Lau and Doris Wong Lau Distinguished Lecture at UCLA on May 15. The lecture, which was titled “Mother of Exiles: Refugees in American History and Myth,” was the subject of an article in Daily Bruin.
Ira Katznelson in The New Republic
A lecture given by Ira Katznelson was cited in an article about the rising appeal of socialism in The New Republic.
Jacoby in NYT
Karl Jacoby was quoted in The New York Times: “McCullough’s New Book on Pioneers’ History Draws Criticism.”
Lilla on Tel Aviv Review
Mark Lilla discussed his book The Once and Future Liberal: After Identity Politics on the Tel Aviv Review podcast.
McCurry at Book Culture
On May 13th, Stephanie McCurry will discuss her new book Women’s War at Book Culture on 112th. Please see this link for details.
Armstrong in XinhuaNet
Charles Armstrong was quoted in XinhuaNet: “Interview: Asia plays key role in promoting co-existence, development in the world, says U.S. expert.”
Stephanie McCurry HWPI grant
Stephanie McCurry was awarded a Humanities War and Peace Initiative Grant. The grant was sponsored by Columbia’s Humanities War and Peace Initiative (through the Division of Humanities in the Arts and Sciences).
Wertheim in The Economist
Stephen Wertheim was quoted in The Economist: “Foreign policy after Donald Trump.”
Foner at Boston University
Eric Foner delivered a lecture titled “The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Forged a Constitutional Revolution” at an event sponsored by the Boston University Alumni Association.
Colgrove on NPR.org
James Colgrove was quoted in an article on NPR.org about the recurrence of measles.