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The Graduate Institute, Geneva (Switzerland) has published From Communism to Anti-Communism: Photographs from the Boris Souvarine Collection at the Graduate Institute, Geneva,  a very handsome coffee table book containing four contributions by me. The electronic version of the book can be accessed at http://books.openedition.org/iheid/6440.

Lewis Siegelbaum is happy to announce the publication of The Oxford Handbook of Sports History  (OUP, 2017) in which he and his son Sasu (the sports expert in the family) have a contribution – “Class and Sport” (pp. 429-444). This appears in Part VII. Reconsidering Established Categories… Continue Reading Siegelbaum Contributes to Sports History Handbook

The Somers Award for Excellence in Teaching recognizes graduate teaching assistants who have demonstrated a commitment to excellence, innovation and creativity in undergraduate teaching. Nominees are recommended by faculty and students for their strong ability to promote meaningful student-teacher interaction, as well as in creating… Continue Reading Jacobson and Tyrey Win Teaching Award

LASHAWN D. HARRIS, MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, RECEIVES 2017 DARLENE CLARK HINE AWARD FROM THE ORGANIZATION OF AMERICAN HISTORIANS   BLOOMINGTON, IN—During its annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Organization of American Historians (OAH) announced that LaShawn D. Harris, Michigan State University, received their prestigious… Continue Reading Harris Wins Darlene Clark Hine Award

First year PhD student, Ramya Swayamprakash, has been awarded the ESPP Summer Research Fellowship for research for summer 2017. The award was Instituted this year, and only 10 recipients received the award. The fellowship enables recipients to undertake summer research, and Ramya will participate in… Continue Reading Swayamprakash Wins ESPP Fellowship