Clifton Crais was appointed co-chair of the 2014 annual meeting of the African Studies Association (ASA). The theme for the 2014 conference is “Rethinking Violence, Reconstruction, and Reconsiliation.”
Conis’ “Opium to Obamacare” Course Receives Praise
Professor Elena Conis’ course “Opium to Obamacare” was cited in Emory Report as one of the “cool new courses” for the fall 2013 semester.
Crais and Scully Discuss Legacy of Nelson Mandela
Clifton Crais and Pamela Scully appeared in this wonderful clip on the legacy of Nelson Mandela on his 95th birthday.
LaChance Pens Letter to Editor in New York Times
Danny LaChance wrote this letter to the editor of the New York Times, published July 7, 2013.
Eckert Receives Waldo Gifford Leland Award
Astrid M. Eckert is the 2013 recipient of the Waldo Gifford Leland Award given by the Society of American Archivists (SAA) for her book, The Struggle for the Files: The Western Allies and the Return of German Archives after the Second World War, published by Cambridge University Press. The award will be presented at a ceremony during the Council of State Archivists and SAA Joint Annual Meeting in New Orleans, August 11-17, 2013.
Lesser Authors Opinion Piece in New York Times
Jeff Lesser, who is in São Paulo this summer, wrote this New York Times opinion piece about the unrest in Brazil
Update from Adam Rosenbaum
Hiking in glorious SW Colorado!
Adam Rosenbaum received his PhD from Emory in 2011. He studied modern German history and his dissertation “Timeless, Modern, and German? The Re-Mapping of Bavaria through the Marketing of Tourism, 1800-1939,” has won two major prizes: the Parker-Schmitt Dissertation Prize awarded by the European History Section of the Southern Historical Association, and the Fritz Stern Dissertation Prize awarded by the Friends of the German Historical Institute in Washington, DC. Adam is currently working at Colorado Mesa University as an assistant professor of modern European and Asian history, where he has taught a variety of classes over the course of the last two years, ranging from East Asia and the Modern World to Tourism and Identity in Modern Europe. He is in the process of revising his dissertation into a book manuscript, and has two forthcoming articles, one in the Spring 2013 issue of The Bulletin of the German Historical Institute and another in the March 2014 issue of Central European History.
Allitt Profiled in Emory Magazine
Patrick Allitt, Cahoon Family Professor of American History, was profiled in Emory Magazine, Spring 2013.
Crespino Named Fulbright Distinguished Chair in Germany and Receives URC Grant
Joe Crespino has been named Fulbright Distinguished Chair of American Studies, University of Tubingen, Germany, Spring 2014 and received a URC grant for fall 2013.
Goldstein Authors Award-Winning Essay on German Jews in Nineteenth-Century Baltimore
Eric Goldstein’s essay, “How German Were German Jews in America in the Nineteenth Century? A View from Baltimore,” received the 2012 Joseph L. Arnold prize for the best essay on Baltimore history.