College of Social Science
Dr. Gordon Stewart recently published a chapter on Central Asian history in Reinterpreting Exploration The West in the World Oxford University Press). “This important book critically re-evaluates what Western exploration was and did–its intellectual contours and its enduring consequences–and wonderfully illuminates exploration’s multiple histories, diverse… Continue Reading Reinterpreting Exploration
Dr. Laura Fair was recently invited by an interdisciplinary group of faculty and graduate students at the University of Leiden, The Netherlands, to present a paper entitled, ‘Cinema, Cities and Audiences: a Social Cartography of Going to the Show in Tanzania.’
On November 14, the Football Scholars Forum convened in East Lansing and online to discuss “Soccer in the Middle East,” a special issue of Soccer and Society, edited by Alon Raab and Issam Khalidi. Topics covered included the sport as a source of unity and hope… Continue Reading Football in the Middle East — FSF November
Mitch Kachun, Professor of History at Western Michigan University, will discuss his work on Crispus Attuck’s place in American history and memory on Thursday, November 21. His talk will be in Room 255 from 3-5pm. I look forward to seeing you all.
Ashgate Publishing Ltd. has just released The Housing Question: Tensions, Continuities, and Contingencies in the Modern City, a volume edited by Dr. Edward Murphy and a colleague in the Department of Anthropology at MSU, Dr. Najib Hourani. In addition to his editing responsibilities, Dr. Murphy… Continue Reading Just Released: The Housing Question: Tensions, Continuities, and Contingencies in the Modern City, a volume edited by Dr. Edward Murphy