Professor Pablo Gomez, in collaboration with Adriana Chira from Emory University, was awarded a highly competitive National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) collaborative grant for his project “Value, Self-Worth, and the Market in the Black …
2023
Thongchai Winichakul Awarded Fukuoka Prize
Professor Emeritus Thongchai Winichakul has been awarded the 2023 Fukuoka Grand Prize. The Fukuoka Prize was established in 1990 to honor the outstanding work of individuals, groups, and organizations in preserving and creating the unique …
Marla Ramirez Won the Oral History Association’s Article Award
Professor Marla Ramirez won the Oral History Association’s Article Award for her essay titled, “Gendered banishment: Rewriting Mexican repatriation through a transgenerational oral history methodology.” This award was created to recognize an article or essay …
Alum Tamara Feinstein Publishes New Book
Alum Tamara Feinstein (Ph.D., 2013) recently published a new book titled, The Fate of Peruvian Democracy: Political Violence, Human Rights, and the Legal Left. Description: Tamara Feinstein investigates the bloody Shining Path conflict’s effect on …
Ashley Brown Interviewed on the Bloomberg Businessweek Podcast
Professor Ashley Brown was recently interviewed on the Bloomberg Businessweek Podcast to discuss her book Serving Herself: The Life and Times of Althea Gibson. During her segment, Brown discusses what first inspired her to dive …
Alumnus Thomas McStay Adams Publishes New Book
Alumnus Thomas McStay Adams (Ph.D. 1972) published his two-volume work Europe’s Welfare Traditions Since 1500: Reform Without End in February of this year. Description: Tracing the interwoven traditions of modern welfare states in Europe over …
Alum Sinae Hyun Publishes New Book
Former Ph.D. student Sinae Hyun recently published a new book titled Indigenizing the Cold War: The Border Patrol Police and Nation-Building in Thailand (University of Hawaii Press, 2023). Description The Border Patrol Police (BPP) of …
Alumnus Daniel G. Hummel Publishes New Book
Former Ph.D. student Daniel G. Hummel recently published a new book titled The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism: How the Evangelical Battle over the End Times Shaped a Nation (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2023). …
History Majors Awarded Departmental Distinction
Congratulations to 18 graduates of Spring 2023 that have been awarded Departmental Distinction in the History Major! Departmental Distinction recognizes outstanding academic achievement in the History major, and is an option for students who are …
Kate Jarvis (Ph.D., 2014) Publishes New Book
Kate Jarvis (Ph.D. 2014) published a new book titled Politics in the Markets: Work, gender, and citizenship in revolutionary France at the University Press of Rennes. From the editor: This book mobilizes politics, economics and …