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Professor Charles Keith’s book, Catholic Vietnam: A Church from Empire to Nation, was recently published by University of California Press. Keith explores the complex position of the Catholic Church in modern Vietnamese history. By demonstrating how French colonial rule allowed for the transformation of Catholic… Continue Reading UC Press publishes Professor Keith’s book

Phi Alpha Theta Initiation Ceremony Initiation for the Alpha Phi Chapter was held on October 2, 2012 at 3:00pm. The new initiates were Karl R. Brink, Lucca Daniel Green, Morry Hutton, Rachel Manela, Cole Nedervelt, Jeffry Olenick, James Schwaderer, Nathan Story, and Christen Yoo. Those… Continue Reading News from Phi Alpha Theta

“Health, Wealth, and Knowledge in Buganda, East Africa” The keynote speaker for the 2012 Africanist Graduate Student Conference will be historian Neil Kodesh from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His book, Beyond the Royal Gaze: Clanship and Public Healing in Buganda, received the 2011 Melville Herskovits… Continue Reading 2012 Africanist Graduate Student Conference

MSU alum C. Joseph Genetin-Pilawa’s book, “The Crooked Path to Allotment”, has been published. http://uncpressblog.com/2012/10/02/interview-c-joseph-genetin-pilawa-on-crooked-paths-to-allotment/

Michigan State University Vietnam Group Archive, a Collaborative Project, Receives NEH Funding The Michigan State University Vietnam Group Archive, a new project by Michigan State University in collaboration with Texas Tech University, recently received $264,998 in funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)… Continue Reading Michigan State University Vietnam Group Archive, a Collaborative Project, Receives NEH Funding