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Professor Delia Fernández-Jones’s book, Making the MexiRican City: Migration, Placemaking, and Activism in Grand Rapids, Michigan, has just been published by the University of Illinois Press. The book traces the process of community formation and placemaking in Grand Rapids by migrants from Texas, Mexico, and Puerto Rico, and… Continue Reading Delia Fernández-Jones published new book

Professors Edward Murphy and David Wheat have each received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities to support their ongoing research in Latin American history. Professor Murphy will use his fellowship to complete a book analyzing the ways in which squatters and former squatters,… Continue Reading Two History faculty members receive major fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities

The University of New Mexico Press has recently published in paperback Professor Javier Pescador’s book, Crossing Borders with the Santo Niño de Atocha.  The book “journeys through the genesis, development, and various metamorphoses in the veneration of the Holy Child of Atocha, from its origins… Continue Reading Professor Javier Pescador’s book released in paperback edition

Dr. Segal, currently conducting new research in Japan, shared some of his findings in a talk titled “An Archaeology of Wealth and Poverty: Unexpected Sources of Medieval Japanese Economic Thought” on October 19, 2022. The talk was held in person and online as part of… Continue Reading Prof. Ethan Segal shares research on medieval economic thought

Graduate student Eric Kesse is a recipient of this year’s Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowship, which promotes research into religious and ethical values and “in some way attends to those commitments and ideals and seeks to understand the communities, social practices, and political arrangements that embody… Continue Reading Doctoral student Eric Kesse receives Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellowship