Congratulations to Ph.D. student Morgan Gray for winning the James R. Scobie Award from the Conference on Latin American History which will enable her to carry out dissertation research in Peru over the upcoming summer.
Dr. Kenneth Lipatito secures International grant
Congratulations to Dr. Lipartito on his receipt of a grant from CIFAR, a Canadian NGO. This award is worth $22,000 per year for 5 years to each primary researcher and is intended to stimulate international and interdisciplinary research into socially equitable innovation.
Dr. Bianca Premo receives LASA Book Prize
Congratulations to Dr. Premo on the receipt of the 2019 Book Prize in Colonial Latin American Studies by the Latin American Studies Association’s section on colonial studies for her 2017 work “The Enlightenment on Trial”. Click to see the article
Ph.D. Candidate publishes opinion piece in The Washington Post
Candidate John Ermer has his opinion piece concerning the deterioration of US-Cuban political relations published in The Washington Post. Click to be taken to article.
Dr. Hilary Jones receives prestigious Fellowships
The Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Emancipation and Resistance at Yale University has awarded Dr. Jones a one-month residency for October 1-31, 2019 to assist her research into the illegal slave trade between Senegal and the Caribbean. Additionally, Dr. Jones has been chosen to receive the Council of American Overseas Research Center’s National Endowment for […]
Drs. Bianca Premo and Jessica Adler receive FIU awards
Congratulations to Drs. Premo and Adler for their receipt of FIU ‘top scholar’ awards. Dr. Premo’s award comes under the category of “Research and Creative Activities for Established Faculty with Significant Grants (Humanities)” while Dr. Adler’s recognizes her “Research and Creative Activities for Junior Faculty with Significant Grants (Humanities).”