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Pablo Piccato Award
Pablo Piccato’s A History of Infamy: Crime, Truth and Justice in Mexico received the María Elena Martínez Prize in Mexican History for “the book or article judged to be the most significant work on the history of Mexico published during the previous year.” The prize is given by The Conference on Latin American History.
The book also received an honorable mention for the Marysa Navarro Best Book Prize from the New England Council of Latin American Studies.
Stephen Wertheim in New York Review of Books
Stephen Wertheim wrote “Return of the Neocons” for The New York Review of Books.
Chamberlin in The Nation
Paul Chamberlin’s book The Cold War’s Killing Fields was reviewed in The Nation.
Ngai in NYT
Mae Ngai was quoted in The New York Times: “Is Denaturalization the Next Front in the Trump Administration’s War on Immigration?”
Tooze in Axios
Short excerpts from Adam Tooze’s book Crashed were published in Axios: “How the financial crisis eroded public trust.”
Gluck on Meiji at 150
Carol Gluck was interviewed on episode 81 of the University of British Columbia’s Meiji at 150 Podcast.
Rosner on PBS
David Rosner discussed the lead epidemic in Flint on PBS’s “The Open Mind.”
Basualdo in NYT
Victoria Basualdo, PhD 2010, served as an expert witness in a case against Ford Motors. She was quoted in The New York Times about the case: “Argentina Convicts Ex-Ford Executives for Abuses During Dictatorship.”
Rosner on Columbia News
David Rosner’s ToxicDocs project was featured on Columbia News: “ToxicDocs Levels the Playing Field for Efforts to Prevent Toxic Exposures.”
Tooze in NY Times
Adam Tooze wrote for The New York Times: “How Does the E.U. Think This Is Going to End?”