Congratulations to PhD student Emma Meyer who has been awarded the 2014-15 Fulbright-Nehru Award to India from the United States-India Educational Foundation to support her research.
Andrade, Cooper, and Kang Publish Co-Written Article
Tonio Andrade, Kirsten Cooper (C12), Hyeok Hweon Kang (C13) recently published their co-written article in the Journal of World History (Vol. 25, no. 1, March 2014) titled “A Korean Military Revolution?: Parallel Military Innovations in East Asia and Europe.”
History Majors Christopher Linnan (Indonesia), Mia Schatz (France), and Benjamin Sollenberger (Turkey) Receive Fulbright Grants
Three of the eight 2014-15 Fulbright grants awarded to Emory students went to history majors. Congratulations to Christopher Linnan (Indonesia), Mia Schatz (France), and Benjamin Sollenberger (Turkey).
Graduate Student Christopher Brown Receives João Havelange Research Scholarship
Christopher Brown (PhD student) has been awarded the 2014 Fédération Internationale de Football Association João Havelange Research Scholarship from the Centre International D’etude du Sport to support his research.
Patrick N. Allitt on NPR Show ‘Think’
Patrick N. Allitt spoke about the history of discourse on global warming for Think’s edition, “Earth’s Climate Problems.” Audio for the show can be accessed directly here.
Debjani Bhattacharyya (PhD student) Receives The History Project Research Grant
Debjani Bhattacharyya (PhD student) has been awarded The History Project Research Grant given by the History Project and the Joint Centre for History and Economics and the Institute of New Economic Thinking from Harvard-Camrbidge’s Centre for History and Economics. Her research project is titled, “Risky Credit: The Commercial World of the Bay of Bengal from 1800 to 1940.”
Crais Publishes New Work, ‘History Lessons’
Clifton Crais has just published a new book, History Lessons: A Memoir of Madness, Memory, and the Brain (Overlook, 2014; distributed by Penguin).
Astrid M. Eckert on ‘The Monuments Men – Culture as Collateral’
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In the new episode of “Emory Looks at Hollywood,” Astrid M. Eckert, Associate Professor of History, talks about the fate of art and culture during wartime – past and present. Eckert’s book The Struggle for the Files (2012) covered the work of the military unit Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA) in the field of archival protection.
Lesser Talks Identity in Brazil for “Life of the Mind” Series
Jeff Lesser is presenting a talk titled “Identities and Their Flexibilities: Brazil in the Americas” as part of the 2014 Life of the Mind series.
Conis’ “Vaccines and Society” Named “Spring 2014 Cool Course”
Professor Elena Conis has designed a freshman seminar titled “Vaccines and Society.” The seminar was profiled as one of Emory’s “cool courses” for spring 2014.