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.
Professor Elena Conis Publishes Op-Ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer
Elena Conis contributed an op-ed, “Blaming Moms for Vaccine Trends,” in The Philadelphia Inquirer.
Nathaniel Meyersohn, a Senior History Honors Student, Publishes Op-Ed in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Congratulations to Nathaniel Meyersohn, a senior history honors student, who contributed an op-ed about Charles L. Weltner and the New South in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Dr. Daniel LaChance Publishes Op-Ed in New York Times
Daniel LaChance published an op-ed in the New York Times. The piece was titled “What will Doom the Death Penalty: Capital Punishment, Another Failed Government Program?”
Graduate Student Scott Libson Receives Support for Research
PhD Student Scott Libson has received support for his dissertation, currently titled “The Christianization of Capital: The Business of Mission Movement Fundraising, 1865-1929.” Lisbon was awarded the 2014 Lynn E. May Study Grant by the Southern Baptist Historical Library and Archives; the 2014 Columbia University Libraries Research Award by Columbia University; the 2014 Research Fellowship by the Presbyterian Historical Society; the 2014 Newberry Library Short Term Fellowship for Individual Research by the Newberry Library; and the 2014 Hagley Exploratory Research Grant by the Hagley Museum and Library to support his research.