In The Spotlight
Andrés Acosta de la Cruz (PhD candidate in Latin American/US history) was accepted into the prestigious Dominican Studies Institute's summer research internship at City College in New York. He will use the opportunity to continue his research on Puerto Rican-Dominican relations.
Congratulations to PhD students Donal Thomas, recipient of the Graduate School's prestigious Alumni Association's Dean's Choice Award for Leadership, and Huzaifa Dokaji, who has been awarded the Edward Guiliano Global Fellowship in support of his thesis, "The Making of a Muslim Minority: Dissent, Gender, and Transnationalism in Nigeria's Emerging Shi'a Community, 1979–2015." The fellowship will support three weeks of archival research at the Melville J. Herskovits Library of African Studies at Northwestern University.
News and Announcements
The Stony Brook University History Graduate Student Association is excited to invite you to the 8th Annual History Graduate Student Conference on March 6 at Humanities Institute, classroom 1008. This year’s theme, Revolution: Imagined Futures, Remembered Pasts, explores the intricate connections between diverse revolutionary projects, intellectual traditions, and rebellious movements. View the full schedule here.
In The Media
Jacques Coste-Cacho (PhD candidate, Latin American history) recently published an article in The Americas Quarterly on President Claudia Sheinbaum's anti-cartel strategies in Mexico.
Associate Professor Robert Chase was featured in an interview and Q & A on "The Past and Present of Prison Labor" in Bolts Magazine, a magazine dedicated to "the nuts and bolts of power and political change, from the ground up."
