Congratulations to Joseph Crespino, who has been named the inaugural Jimmy Carter Endowed Chair.
Excerpts from Dr. Elena Conis’ ‘Vaccine Nation’ Appear in ‘Salon’ and ‘The Atlantic’
Excerpts from Elena Conis‘ book, Vaccine Nation: America’s Changing Relationship with Immunization, were featured on Salon and in The Atlantic. Emory also featured Professor Conis in an interview about Vaccine Nation.
Dr. Clifton Crais’ ‘History Lessons’ Receives Praise
Clifton Crais‘ book History Lessons: A Memoir of Madness, Memory, and the Brain was voted one of 2014’s best books by Library Journal and a best memoir by Kirkus Reviews.
Professor Patrick Allitt on Georgia Public Broadcasting’s ‘On Second Thought’
Patrick Allitt was featured on GPB’s On Second Thought in a segment titled “Christmas Truce Brought Tranquility During Wartime.”
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PhD Student Steffi Krull Receives 2014-15 Francis S. Benjamin Prize and 2014 John L. Snell Memorial Prize
Congratulations to PhD student Steffi Krull on receiving the 2014-15 Francis S. Benjamin Prize for the best paper written in a graduate seminar course the previous year. Krull also won the Southern Historical Association European History Section’s 2014 John L. Snell Memorial Prize for graduate papers.
PhD Student Cassandra Casias Receives 2014-15 Ross H. and May B. McLean Prize
Congratulations to PhD student Cassandra Casias on receiving the 2014-15 Ross H. and May B. McLean Prize, which is awarded annually to the first-year student who achieved the most distinguished record for the previous year.
History Minor Aaron Karas Profiled for Stem Cell Donation
Aaron Karas, a history minor, hopes his stem cell gift will inspire others to join donor registry. Read the Emory News full article here.
Undergraduate Students Receive Awards for Essays
Congratulations to the 2013-2014 Clio Prize recipients: Mingshu Liu for the best paper written in a jr/sr colloquium and Samantha Carp for the best paper written in a freshman seminar.
PhD Student Michael Camp Publishes Article in ‘Journal of Policy History’
PhD student Michael Camp published the following article: “Carter’s Energy Insecurity: The Political Economy of Coal in the 1970s,” Journal of Policy History, volume 26, issue 04, pp. 459-478.
Harvard University Press Publishes Dr. Brian Vick’s New Work
Brian Vick’s book The Congress of Vienna: Power and Politics after Napoleon has been published by Harvard University Press.