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Siegelbaum to present paper in Moscow

Posted onMay 26, 2015May 26, 2015AuthorWalter Hawthorne

Lewis Siegelbaum will be presenting a paper at an international conference on Europe 1945: Liberation, Occupation, Retribution. The conference will be held June 2-4 at the National Research University’s Higher School of Economics in Moscow. It is sponsored by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, the German… Continue Reading Siegelbaum to present paper in Moscow

Grad students win Fulbrights

Posted onSeptember 19, 2014September 19, 2014AuthorWalter HawthorneLeave a comment

Two History doctoral students have been awarded the Fulbright-Hays DDRA: Helen Kaibara for 9 months in Japan (advisor Ethan Segal) and Adrienne Tyrey for 12 months research in Morocco and France (advisor Leslie Moch). Once again, MSU did very well in this competition with 4 awards for 6… Continue Reading Grad students win Fulbrights

Siegelbaum discusses Ukraine @ Wash U

Posted onSeptember 9, 2014September 9, 2014AuthorWalter HawthorneLeave a comment

http://ias.wustl.edu/events/810

Achebe receives NEH Africa grant

Posted onSeptember 5, 2014September 5, 2014AuthorWalter HawthorneLeave a comment

Nwando Achebe has received a $199,040 National Endowment for the Humanities Award to fund an “Africa in World History” Summer Institute for High School Teachers to be held at Michigan State University from July 12-August 7, 2015. The institute will bring together twenty-five high school… Continue Reading Achebe receives NEH Africa grant

Brockey publishes The Visitor with Harvard

Posted onAugust 26, 2014AuthorWalter Hawthorne

Professor Liam Brockey’s new book, The Visitor: André Palmeiro and the Jesuits in Asia has been released by Harvard University Press. From the press: In an age when few people ventured beyond their place of birth, André Palmeiro left Portugal on a journey to the far… Continue Reading Brockey publishes The Visitor with Harvard