Julie Powell Awarded Presidential Fellowship
Congratulations to Julie Powell who has won a Presidential Fellowship.
News
Prof. Jeffries Holds Field School at Montpelier and Charlottesville
"Defining the Color Line: Race, Democracy & the Enslaved Community" was the theme of Prof. Hasan Kwame Jeffries' recent field school at James Madison's home, Montpelier, and Charlottesville, Virginia.
New Book by History Alum Victoria Clement
Victoria Clement's new book, Learning to Become Turkmen: Literacy, Language, and Power, 1914-2014, was published in May, 2018 by the University of Pittsburgh Press.
Dan Rivers Interviewed About Indigenous Peoples' Day
(From the College of Arts & Sciences web site:)
Kip Curtis Finalist for Alliance for the American Dream
Congratulations to Professor Kip Curtis! He is a finalist for the Alliance for the American Dream initiative and just received $50k to support the development of his idea into a $15 million project.
Ashley Bowerman Named New Graduate Studies Coordinator
Congratulations to Ashley Bowerman who begins a new role in the History Department as Graduate Studies Coordinator.
Sam White Awarded Bainton Prize
Congratulations to Professor Sam White whose book, A Cold Welcome: The Little Ice Age and Europe’s Encounter with North America, has won the Sixteenth Century Society’s 2017