Daanish Faruqi's new anthology EGYPT AND THE CONTRADICTIONS OF LIBERALISM featured in the New York Review of Books read more about Daanish Faruqi's new anthology EGYPT AND THE CONTRADICTIONS OF LIBERALISM »
Brad Harris, a Duke alumni awarded High Honors for his senior History thesis under Professor Emeriti Sy Mauskopf and Alex Roland has launched a new history podcast called How It Began: A History of the Modern World. read more about Duke Alum, Brad Harris Launches History Podcast »
Duke Libraries created a video profile about Ashley Young's dissertation research and her internship at the Rubenstein Library. You can view the video here. read more about Duke Forward Spotlight: Ashley Rose Young G'17 »
Prof. Lentz-Smith was interviewed at the Organization of American Historians' annual meeting. View her discussion about African American involvement in World War I https://www.c-span.org/video/?425541-5/african-american-soldiers-world-war read more about Prof. Adriane Lentz-Smith Featured on C-SPAN3 »
Graduate student, Ashton Merck writes blog post, "When to Do Collaborative Research? Early—and Often". You can read the post here. read more about Ashton Merck's Blog Post "When to Do Collaborative Research? Early—and Often" »
Huston writes, "It's no accident President Trump keeps invoking our nation's 7th president," published May 5, 2017. You may read the article here. read more about Reeve Huston Writes Op-Ed in The Hill »
A memorial service was held for Professor Emeritus Ronald Witt on Friday, April 28, 2017. Read more here https://today.duke.edu/2017/05/remembering-ronald-witt-scholar-larger-life Photo: Mary Ann Witt reflects on her husband Ronald during a memorial service Friday. Photo by Megan Mendenhall/Duke Photography read more about Remembering Ronald Witt »
North Carolina Supreme Court Judge Mike Morgan — the first African American elected to the State Supreme Court without first being appointed by the governor — discussed in a Duke Chronicle article how Duke University impacted his career. Morgan is a 1976 Duke history and sociology major. Read article here http://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2017/04/from-duke-to-the-state-supreme-court-justice-mike-morgan-details-impact-of-the-university-on-his-career read more about Duke History Major, Mike Morgan, Trinity '76, featured in Duke Chronicle »
On Monday, April 10, 2017, colleagues gathered to celebrate Prof. William Reddy's upcoming retirement after 40 years of service at Duke. read more about Prof. William Reddy's Retirement Reception »
During its annual meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, the Organization of American Historians (OAH) announced that Margaret Humphreys, Duke University, has been selected to receive the 2017 residency at Shanghai University on American Social History of Medicine. The residency was announced on April 8 by OAH’s 2017–18 President Edward L. Ayers. read more about Margaret Humphreys receives residency at Shanghai University »
Former graduate student, Max Krochmal, now a faculty member at Texas Christian University, was awarded the Frederick Jackson Turner award for the best first book by an American historian at the OAH meeting in New Orleans last week-end. Max's book, Blue Texas:The Making of a Multiracial Democratic Coalition in the Civil Rights Era (UNC press), was his dissertation at Duke. The publisher's website https://www.uncpress.org/book/9781469626758/blue-texas/. read more about Max Krochmal Wins Award »
Professor Emeritus Joseph Shatzmiller's 2013 book, "Cultural Exchange: Jews, Christians, and Art in the Medieval Marketplace" is out in paperback edition. The publisher's website http://press.princeton.edu/titles/10006.html read more about Cultural Exchange: Jews, Christians, and Art in the Medieval Marketplace »
Prof. Lentz-Smith has been interviewed on several occasions in relation to the anniversary of the war and her own research. Read more here http://www.indyweek.com/indyweek/in-new-pbs-doc-the-great-war-a-local-historian-unearths-the-valor-and-betrayal-of-african-americans-in-world-war-i/Content?oid=5798332 Image credit: photo courtesy of the national archives read more about Prof. Adriane Lentz-Smith Interviewed by Indy Week »
You can read the article on Ron Witt's life here https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/books/ronald-g-witt-who-gave-the-renaissance-a-new-birthdate-dies-at-84.html?_r=0 read more about New York Times Article "Ronald G. Witt, Who Gave the Renaissance a New Birthday, Dies at 84" »
Professor Mestyan's new book, "Arab Patriotism: The Ideology and Culture of Power in Late Ottoman Egypt," has been published by Princeton University Press. The publisher’s website: http://press.princeton.edu/titles/11033.html read more about Arab Patriotism: The Ideology and Culture of Power in Late Ottoman Egypt »
Listen to Prof. Ed Balleisen discuss his new book, "FRAUD: AN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM BARNUM TO MADOFF " A discussion on WUNC’s State of Things: http://wunc.org/post/fraud-evolution-american-capitalism#stream/0 A “Ways and Means” podcast -- http://www.waysandmeansshow.org/episodes/2017/3/23/flimflams-scams-and-ripoffs Prof. Balleisen recently gave a book talk at the National History Center in Washington, D.C. You can watch the talk here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOKek3ezrH0 read more about Podcasts of Prof. Ed Balleisen talking about book, FRAUD: AN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM BARNUM TO MADOFF »
Graduate student, Tricia Ross, has article "History and the Age of Alternative Fact" published on Thrive Global. You can read the article here https://journal.thriveglobal.com/history-and-the-age-of-alternative-fact-6c66059aba84 read more about Tricia Ross Publishes Article, "History and the Age of Alternative Fact" »
Fahad Bishara's (2012) first book, "A Sea of Debt: Law and Economic Life in the Indian Ocean, 1850-1940" has been published by Cambridge University Press. Bishara is currently an Assistant Professor of History at the University of Virginia. read more about Fahad Bishara publishes A Sea of Debt: Law and Economic Life in the Indian Ocean, 1850-1940 »
Professor Adriane Lentz-Smith's recent article, "The World's Experience", can be found here https://medium.com/americanexperiencepbs/the-worlds-experience-62b9ec7c9ddb#.46iw4nfbd read more about Adriane Lentz-Smith Publishes Article in American Experience »
Prof. Nancy MacLean will deliver the keynote address at the Conference on Second-Wave Feminism in the US on Friday, March 31, 2017. For more information, please visit http://sharingourstories2017.org/ read more about Prof. Nancy MacLean - Conference on Second-Wave Feminism in the US »
Gray F. Kidd, co-instructor of a Bass Connections Education and Human Development research team, is working with the Global Brazil community to bring 17 Brazilian students, faculty, and staff to Durham for a weeklong collaboration from March 21-27, 2017. 17 collaborators from the Multidisciplinary Institute of the Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro (IM/UFRRJ) will join their Duke counterparts to examine the impact of increased access to higher education in the Baixada Fluminense, an economically and… read more about Gray F. Kidd Co-Organizes Ambitious Weeklong Exchange between Bass Connections Team and 17 Brazilian Collaborators »
Farren Yero was awarded the Marie L. and William R. Hartland Fellowship at the John Carter Brown Library to continue research on her dissertation, "Brazo-a-Brazo: Humanitarian Medicine and the Preservation of Empire, 1767-1841." At the JCB, she will build on her research from Mexico City, London, and Seville to examine the scientific periodicals, medical treatises, and religious tracts produced by Mexico City’s eighteenth-century intellectual class. By analyzing how these authors and intended audiences… read more about Farren Yero was awarded the Marie L. and William R. Hartland Fellowship »
This week’s episode of the Ralph Nader Radio Hour includes a thirty-minute discussion of Prof. Ed Balleisen's book, FRAUD: AN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM BARNUM TO MADOFF. If you’d like to listen to the conversation, the podcast version is available at: https://ralphnaderradiohour.com/history-of-fraudtrump-promises/ read more about Prof. Ed Balleisen's book, FRAUD: AN AMERICAN HISTORY FROM BARNUM TO MADOFF »
Prof. Claudia was recently interviewed for an article in thestar.com. You can read the article here https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2017/03/01/in-singling-out-crimes-by-illegal-immigrants-donald-trump-evokes-troubling-precedents.html read more about Prof. Claudia Koonz Interviewed in The Star »
Wednesday evening marked the first meeting of the newly-formed Urban History and Theory Reading Group. Thirteen graduate students and faculty from the History Department met over wine and snacks to talk about the influence of urban theory on their research and the field of history more broadly. The conversation was structured around a sci-fi mystery novel by China Miéville, The City and the City, which the History Department had supplied to those who attended. The lively, free-flowing conversation spilled late into the… read more about Urban History and Theory Reading Group »
Travis Knoll's, History PhD student, recent publication, "Voting Yes In Duke University’s Union Struggle, a Microcosm of our Political Age", can be found here http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/voting-yes-in-duke-universitys-union-struggle-a-microcosm_us_583fa1ffe4b0b93e10f8df45 read more about Travis Knoll Publishes Op-Ed »
A Talk by Peter H. Wood Emeritus Professor of History, Duke University Tuesday, 2/21: Hayti Community Center DURHAM at 7 PM Wednesday, 2/22: Shaw Auditorium at Fayettevelle State Univ. FAYETTEVILLE at 2 PM Thursday, 2/23: Pfeiffer Chapel, Bennett College … read more about The Harper’s Ferry Five: Tracing the Roots of John Brown’s Actual Plan for 1859, and the Southern Black Freedom Fighters who Joined Him »
Professor Emeritus Syd Nathans will be discussing his new book on Feb. 21 at 4 p.m. in the Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room in Rubenstein Library. Read more here. read more about Book Talk: Sydney Nathans, Author of "A Mind to Stay: White Plantation, Black Homeland" (2017) »
Ashley Rose Young curated To Market, to Market! Urban Street Food Culture Around the Globe, a photography exhibit that explores street foods, food markets, and the people who provision urban communities across the globe with fresh and prepared foods. Young captured these images (24 in total) while conducting archival research and fieldwork for her dissertation on Atlantic World food cultures. The exhibit seeks to capture food vendors' entrepreneurial spirit and efforts to advance their local businesses in an… read more about Ashley Rose Young Curates Photography Exhibit on Street Food Culture »
Ashley Rose Young co-authored an essay with Jennifer Jacqueline Stratton entitled, "Terroir Tapestries: An Interactive Consumption Project." Young and Stratton were co-directors of the Subnature and Culinary Culture Project at Duke University. The Subnature Project examined marginalized and “bizarre” foods through undergraduate curriculum and public history events such as community meals, foraging walks, collaborative art projects, and a speaker series in the fall of 2014. The essay they contributed to Food and… read more about Ashley Rose Young Co-authors Essay in Food and Museums »
