Making History Public

Professor Zolov named a 2026 Guggenheim Fellow

Professor Eric Zolov was awarded a prestigious Guggenheim Fellowship to work on his new project "The Bossa Nova Moment: Harmonizing Pan-Americanism in the Era of the Cuba Revolution." He also recently received a Wayne Shirley Fellowship from the Society of American Music to research the personal papers of Brazilian-American jazz and bossa music artist, Laurindo Almeida, as part of the project.

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Christina Hurtado-Pierson named 2026 Emerging Scholar

PhD Candidate Christina Hurtado-Pierson was named a 2026 "Emerging Scholar" by the Victorian Society New York. She will present her paper "Pushing the Boundaries: Lillian Washburn’s Shifting Personas on the American Stage" at one of their annual sessions on April 28.

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Professor Chambers awarded a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Grant

Professor Mark Chambers along with Professor Chris Sellers and their research team were awarded a grant from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to complete their final National Science Foundation research outputs in investigating cumulative exposures in environmental justice research and environmental health science.

Professor Lipton elected to a Visiting Fellowship at Cambridge University

Professor Sara Lipton was elected to a Visiting Fellowship at King’s College, Cambridge, for the 2027 Lent and Easter Terms.

PhD Candidate Nathan Greenhaw awarded a 2026 Frederic C. Lane Dissertation Grant

The Medieval Academy of America granted Nathan Greenhaw the prestigious award to conduct archival research in Naples and Sicily.

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