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Astrid Tvetenstrand Receives Social Art History Fellowship at Preservation Society of Newport County
Astrid Tvetenstrand (PhD Candidate) received the Social Art History Fellowship at the Preservation Society of Newport County. More
Fallon Murphy Accepted to American Literature Association’s Annual Conference
Fallon Murphy's paper, "Incarcerated People’s Utilization of Native Son in Court: Naturalism as a a Tool for Resistance, 1940-1945,” was accepted to… More
Fallon Murphy Receives Modern Language Association’s “Public Humanities Incubator 2022-2023”
Fallon Murphy was the recipient of the Modern Language Association's “Public Humanities Incubator 2022-2023” for the Public Humanities Project titled, “Rewriting Boston”.… More
Grace McGowan to Present at MIT Graduate Conference and American Literature Association Conference
Grace McGowan (PhD Candidate) will present, “African-American Women Writers and Classical Beauty Myths,” as part of the Liberating Spatiality and Temporality Aesthetics… More
Grace McGowan to Present at Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture
Grace McGowan, PhD Candidate, will virtually present, “‘Age of Phillis’: Revisiting Classical Transformations of Phillis Wheatley Peters in the 21st Century,” at… More
Perri Meldon Speaks about Disability History and the National Park Service on Podcast
Perri Meldon (PhD Candidate) spoke recently on the podcast "With Good Reason" about her work with the National Park Service to expand… More
Jesse Dritz Earns Coveted 2023 Director’s Scholarship from Rare Book School
Jesse Dritz (PhD Student) has been awarded the 2023 Director's Scholarship from the Rare Book School. Congrats, Jesse! More
Jesse Dritz to Give “Spotlight Talk” at the Boston Athenaeum
Jesse Dritz (PhD Student) will be giving a “spotlight talk” at the Boston Athenaeum for a program in collaboration with 10x10 Photobooks.… More
Alyssa Kreikemeier Publishes with Perspectives on History
Alyssa Kreikemeier published, "SONORAN SOUNDSCAPES: Military Airspace and Public Lands," with the Newsmagazine of the American Historical Assciation: Perspectives on History. Aly… More
Megan Hermida Lu Defends Dissertation
Congratulations to Dr. Megan Hermida Lu, PhD, on successfully defending her dissertation, “Amateur Travel Films of the American Pacific, 1923-1975," yesterday! We… More