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New Digitial Instructor Position
Applications are solicited for the newly authorized search for a Digital Instructor position in the Department of History. Click for further information, and details.
Dr. Ardalan publishes new book
Congratulations to Dr. Christine Ardalan on the publication of her new book "The Public Health Nurses of Jim Crow Florida" through The University of Florida Press. Click for more information.
Open Call for Voegtle Fellowship
The Department of History is pleased to announce the 2019-2020 competition for the Henry J. Voegtle Fellowship on the History of Florida or Southern U.S. B.A. history majors or minors, MA or PhD students in history, are invited to apply. The DEADLINE for submissions is Monday Oct. 7th. Click for further information.
Faculty-curated Exhibition Wins Award
The Florida Association of Museums has awarded the exhibition "Queer Miami: A History of LGBTQ Communities" curated by Dr. Julio Capo Jr. at History Miami Museum its 2019 Museum Excellence Award. Congratulations to Dr. Capo Jr.!
Dr. Mas receives highest accolade from Yale
Dr. Catherine Mas' dissertation “The Culture Brokers: Medicine and Anthropology in Global Miami, 1960- 1995,” was not only approved unanimously with distinction during spring 2019, but also received three separate awards from Yale University. Click for more information.
FIU Team win Poster Award
Congratulations to Dr. Kenneth Lipartito and his team made up of undergraduate students Christopher Jorge and Mun Bong Choi (Florida International University) and FIU Doctoral Student/MDC Instructor Jairo Ledesma, and students Luis Coello and Jose Duque, Jr. (Miami Dade College) for winning the Douglas Astolfi Award from the Florida Conference of Historians for the best poster presentation on their Key West project concerning free black residents in the 19th century.
Two recent Ph.D. Graduates Secure Positions
Congratulations to both Dr. Adrian Alzate and Dr. Ricardo Pelegrin on their recent appointments. Dr. Alzate will be tenure track assistant professor at Universidad Autonoma de Occidente, a prestigious private college in the city of Cali, Colombia; Dr. Pelegrin starts as a Visiting Assistant Professor of History at Western Oregon University, a major public school.
Dr. Amy Marshall publishes book
Congratulations to Dr. Marshall for the publication of her book "Magazines and the Making of Mass Culture in Japan" in the University of Toronto Press series 'Studies in Book and Print Culture'.
Dr. Jones secures Fulbright Fellowship
Congratulations to Department of History-AADS Associate Professor Hilary Jones on receiving a U.S. Scholar Fulbright Award for the Africa Regional Research Program in Senegal. The award will allow her to conduct fieldwork in Senegal for her book manuscript, “From Senegal to the French Antilles: West Africa and the Making of the French Atlantic World.”
Two recent Ph.D. Graduates Secure Positions
Congratulations to both Dr. Grace Solis and Dr. Chris Davis on their recent appointments. Dr. Solis has been made a QA Content Manager for Learning Tribes while Dr. Davis starts as a Visiting Instructor of History at Florida Atlantic University.
