Month: January 2017

  Dr. Liam Brockey served as a historical consultant for the upcoming film Silence, directed by Martin Scorsese. Please find publicity below: http://statenews.com/article/2017/01/liam-brockey-consults-on-martin-scorsese-film https://www.publico.pt/2017/01/20/culturaipsilon/noticia/ao-ritmo-da-duvida-como-nas-mares-1758577 http://www.dn.pt/artes/interior/o-catolicismo-foi-crucial-para-manter-uma-presenca-portuguesa-na-asia-5565921.html http://www.tsf.pt/cultura/interior/o-historiador-que-ajudou-scorsese-a-perceber-a-historia-dos-jesuitas-portugueses-5613412.html

The BBC World Service’s documentary “Beyond the Pitch” recently featured department alumnus Dr. Hikabwa Chipande (PhD, 2015). BBC sport journalist Farayi Mungazi interviewed Dr. Chipande at the Zambian archives in Lusaka, where they spoke about the relationship between soccer and politics during Kenneth Kaunda’s presidency… Continue Reading Dr. Chipande (PhD, ’15) interviewed by BBC

Lewis Siegelbaum has published “The ‘Flood’ of 1945: Regimes and Repertoires of Migration in the Soviet Union at War’s End,” in Social History, no. 1 (2017): 52-72  (http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/rshi20/42/1) . The article builds on the metaphor of the “flood” employed by the pioneering demographer Eugene Kulischer to… Continue Reading Siegelbaum Publishes Article

Javier Pescador’s documentary “Determined 2 Make It” on the oral histories of juveniles in Michigan detention facilities was featured on National Public Radio in the Stateside show conduced by Cinthia Canty. Professor Pescador’s interview aired on Jan.4 at 3 PM and 10 PM.