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Ph.D. student receives the Darden Pyron American Cultural History Fellowship
The 2018 Darden Pyron American Cultural History Fellowship, in the amount of $350.00, was awarded to Megan Scallan, in support of her project, "Beyond the Surface: Columbia, Material Culture, and the Consumption of Early American Nationalism, 1800-1875."
Former Undergraduate obtains Ph.D. from the University of St. Andrews
Congratulations to our former undergraduate Charles Jones (2010) who obtained his Ph.D. entitled Conversion and Transformation: Prince Albert’s Programme for a European Monarchical Order from the University of St. Andrews in June 2018
FIU History PhD student participation at Harvard symposium
Photograph of thee FIU History PhD students participants at the "New Voices in Cuban Studies" symposiums at Harvard. See news item (11/30/2018) for more details.
Dr. Premo receives book prize
Dr. Premo’s book Enlightenment on Trial (Oxford, 2017) has received the 2018 Southern Historical Association Murdo McLeod Prize for best book in the fields of Latin American, Caribbean, American Borderlands and Frontier or Atlantic World history.
Ph.D. candidate Ross Nedervelt wins prize
Many congratulations to PhD candidate Ross Nedervelt who won the Charlie Crouch Prize from the Consortium on the Revolutionary Era for his paper "Geopolitical Security, Spheres of Influence, and the Border-Sea in the American Revolution," presented at the Consortium's annual conference in Philadelphia last February.
Dr. Sven Kube Selected for AHA Luncheon Panel
The Business History Conference has invited Dr. Sven Kube, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of History, to participate in its Luncheon Panel at the American Historical Association’s Annual Meeting 2019 in Chicago, the theme for which is “Loyalty and Disloyalty.”
History Graduates benefit from new opportunity for Study Abroad in Cuba
The Department of History is offering an opportunity for graduate students to travel to Cuba over spring break 2019 as part of Sugar and Iron Curtains: Comparative Cultures of the Cold War (EUH 5905 / LAH 5905) . Students will visit key Havana sites, hear from local scholars of literature and the arts, and meet with a historian at the Bay of Pigs. Students will also explore the legacy of Soviet influence in Cuba, especially in architecture and popular culture. Click for more information.
Ph.D. Student Trevor Bryant wins inaugural Henry J. Voegtle Fellowship
Congratulations to Trevor Bryant for receiving Henry J. Voegtle award to pursue his doctoral research.
Dr. Jessica Adler featured in AHA's Perspectives Daily
Our colleague Professor Jessica Adler has been spotlighted in the September 25th issue of the American Historical Association's Newsletter, the Perspectives Daily. Click to be directed to the article.
Professor Otovo’s work featured in inaugural online review.
Professor Okezi Otovo's monograph "Progressive Mothers, Better Babies: Race, Public Health, and the State in Brazil, 1850-1945" has been featured as the inaugural monograph for the Featured Book section of the new Society for the new History of Children and Youth website. The feature contains a book review and an audio interview with Dr. Otovo.
