Edward Alpers recently discussed his book The Indian Ocean in World History on the New Books Network. You can read about his book and listen to the podcast here: https://newbooksnetwork.com/edward-alpers-the-indian-ocean-in-world-history-oxford-up-2014/.
Scot Brown just released an original song and music video. You can read about the reggae-inspired “Last Man [Remix]” in the following article: https://eurweb.com/2020/07/17/prominent-music-historian-dr-scot-brown-releases-sultry-summer-single-celebrating-black-women/
Professor Brenda Stevenson will participate in the National Humanities Center Virtual Book Club Series: Race and Injustice. This week join Center Trustee Jane Newman and award-winning historian Brenda E. Stevenson to […]
Congratulations to Yatta Kiazolu, who was awarded a President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Department of Ethnic Studies, University of California, San Diego. Her research focuses on class, citizenship, and Black women’s global […]
Rob Sierakowski’s book Sandinistas, which was born as a UCLA Latin American history dissertation, won a book prize. You can read more about the book and its award here: https://www.forewordreviews.com/awards/books/sandinistas/.
Katherine Marino contributed a section “1911 and 1991: The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire and the Hamlet fire” in Time Magazine’s article entitled “21 Lessons From America’s Worst Moments.” You can read the […]
Erica Neighbors won the Carey McWilliams and Mary Ritter Beard awards for her senior thesis “Ambassadors of Beauty: Beauty Contests, Regional Identity, and Inter-American Diplomacy in the 1930s.” Her advisor […]
PhD Candidate Fredrick Walter Lorenz received a UCHRI Graduate Student Dissertation Support Grant to support his dissertation, “An Empire of Frontiers: Between Migrant and State in the Late Ottoman Empire, […]
Madina Thiam, 5th year PhD candidate in the Africa field, has received the Penny Canner Dissertation Research Fellowship from the UCLA Center for the Study of Women. The Penny Kanner Research Fellowship funds […]
This week Professor Brenda Stevenson explained the history and celebration of Juneteenth on four platforms, including the Los Angeles Times on June 19, 2020:InstragramVimeoFacebookThe Los Angeles TimesProfessor Stevenson also gave […]
