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Foner in NYT
Eric Foner was quoted in The New York Times: “Justice Democrats Helped Make Ocasio-Cortez. They’re Already Eyeing Their Next Targets.”
Zelin BHC trustee
Madeleine Zelin was elected a trustee of the Business History Conference, “a scholarly organization devoted to encouraging all aspects of research, writing, and teaching about business history and about the environment in which businesses operate.” For more details, please visit the Weatherhead East Asian Institute webpage.
Kobrin talks
On February 26th, Rebecca Kobrin will deliver a lecture on “Anti-Semitism in America” at the Council on Foreign Relations.
On February 28th, she will also present at a screening and discussion of A Night at the Garden at the Museum of Jewish Heritage. The film screening and discussion are open to the general public; advance reservations are recommended.
Foner in NBC News
Eric Foner was quoted in an NBC News article about Presidents Day.
Wertheim in The Guardian
Stephen Wertheim and Trita Parsi wrote for The Guardian: “Democratic party elites silence Ilhan Omar at their peril.”
McCurry at UGA
Stephanie McCurry will deliver the Ferdinand Phinizy Lecture at the University of Georgia on Friday, February 22, 2019. For details, please click here.
Kideckel Bancroft Award
Michael “Mookie” Kideckel (PhD 2018) was awarded the Bancroft Dissertation Award for 2018 for his dissertation “Fresh from the factory: Breakfast cereal, natural food, and the marketing of reform, 1890-1920.”
Jackson in NYT
Kenneth Jackson wrote for The New York Times: “New York Needs Amazon.”
Mazurek Lenfest Award
Malgorzata Mazurek was awarded a fall 2018 Lenfest Junior Faculty Development Grant for her project “Structuring the World: the Science of Interconnectedness from Natural History to Social Statistics, 1780s – 1930s.”
Foner in The Washington Post
Eric Foner wrote for The Washington Post: “The court decision that ushered in decades of Jim Crow.”