Dr. Shao’s book Shanghai Gone has received the Academic Excellence Award of the Chinese Historians in the United States! In addition to this great news, the first review of the book has appeared, by Fulong Wu at University of College London in China Quarterly, one of the most important journals on contemporary China. This award… Continue Reading
Dr. Chazelle was featured on the front page of the Trenton Times on Monday December 16, 2013 engaging with her students in the Prison Education Program. NJ-STEP and Center for Prison Outreach and Education are programs that promote the education of youth in correctional facilities. To see the Trenton Times Front Page please, [bright-blue-button link=”http://www.nj.com/times/pdf/monday.pdf”]… Continue Reading
Congratulations Jo-Ann Gross for been invited to serve as a member of the Advisory Board of America’s Unofficial Ambassadors (AUA). AUA is a non-profit organization devoted to building mutual understanding between Americans and the Muslim World through the creation of new opportunities in education, community development, and the engagement of women and youth. To read her… Continue Reading
Congratulations Dr. Bender for being published in the highly prestigious Journal of African History! The title is, “Being ‘Chagga’: Natural Resources, Political Activism, and Identity on Kilimanjaro,” Journal of African History 54, 2 (July 2013), 199-220. It’s available online: Being Chagga: Natural Resources, Political Activism and Identity on Kilimanjaro Continue Reading
The University of Washington Press has just published Jodi L. Weinstein’s book, Empire and Identity in Guizhou: Local Resistance to Qing Expansion. The first copy arrived in the department just today. It is part of the series, “Studies on Ethnic Groups in China,” edited by Steven Harrell. Continue Reading
Please read “Holding the Line in Maryland” a blog from Professor Daniel Crofts for the NY Times. The blog credits Julie Sears Senior Thesis “Birney’s Crusade: The Struggle for Emancipation Through Enlistment in Maryland“. Continue Reading