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MaryKate Smolenski and Marina Wells to Present at the Americanist Forum
AMNESP PhD student MaryKate Smolenski and candidate Marina Wells will be presenting at the Americanist Forum. The Forum will be held via… More
Christine Hult-Lewis Assumes Position of Curator of Pictorial Collections at The Bancroft Library, UC Berkeley
AMNESP alum Christine Hult-Lewis (PhD ’11) has officially assumed the position of Curator of Pictorial Collections at The Bancroft Library at UC… More
Alyssa Kreikemeier Accepts Faculty Appointment at the University of Idaho
Recent AMNESP graduate Alyssa Kreikemeier (PhD ’23) has accepted a faculty appointment at the University of Idaho. Kreikemeier will join the History… More
Marina Wells to Present at 2024 Deerfield/Wellesley Symposium
AMNESP PhD Candidate Marina Wells will be presenting “‘He was a female’: Scrimshaw Pirates and Non-Binary Viewing,” on the 18th & 19th… More
Takeo Rivera’s Book Wins Honorable Mention at 2024 Association of Asian American Studies Book Awards
Professor Takeo Rivera‘s book Model Minority Masochism: Performing the Cultural Politics of Asian American Masculinity (Oxford University Press, 2022) won Honorable Mention… More
Anne Boyd Accepted and to Attend Heidelberg Center for American Studies Spring Academy
AMNESP PhD candidate Anne Boyd has been accepted into and will be attending the Heidelberg Center for American Studies Spring Academy in Heidelberg,… More
Anne Boyd and Makenzie Coker to Present at Popular Culture Association Annual Conference
AMNESP PhD candidates Anne Boyd and Makenzie Coker will both be presenting at the Popular Culture Association's annual conference this year, March… More
AMNESP Director Joseph Rezek Awarded NEH Fellowship Grant
The grant will be used to complete his book The Racialization of Print (for Omohundro Institute of Early American History & Culture and… More
Perri Meldon to Present Research at Massachusetts Historical Society
Perri Meldon will present her research on the Great Dismal Swamp as part of Massachusetts Historical Society's Environmental History Seminar series. More
Anne Boyd Awarded a 2024 Arizona Historical Society Research Fellowship
AMNESP PhD Candidate Anne Boyd has been awarded a 2024 Arizona Historical Society Research Fellowship! This is a short-term research fellowship to visiting… More