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Historias 48 – Orlando Perez on elections in Panama
Dr. Orlando Perez of Millersville University joined Steven to discuss the results and consequences of Sunday’s legislative and presidential elections in Panama.
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Historias 46 – Alison Bruey. 2019 Thomas Book Award winner
Dr. Alison Bruey, an associate professor in the Department of History at the University of North Florida, joined Steven to discuss her book Bread, Justice, and Liberty: Grassroots Activism and Human Rights in Pinochet’s Chile, published by the University of Wisconsin Press in 2018, which won the 2019 Alfred B. Read more
Awards
Deadline extended for Moseley and Brown competitions
SECOLAS has extended the deadline until April 30 for students who presented at the Oaxaca meeting. The top three submissions selected by the committee will receive the Richmond Brown Student Travel Grant for the 2020 meeting in Austin, Texas. The top paper from this three will receive the Edward Moseley Read more
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Historias 45 – Lily Balloffet. 2019 Sturgis Leavitt winner.
Dr. Lily Balloffet joined Steven to discuss her article entitled “Argentine and Egyptian History Entangled: From Perón to Nasser,” which won the 2019 Sturgis Leavitt Award for Best Article from SECOLAS.
Member news
Member Michael Alarid’s article is published
Congratulations to member Michael Alarid of UNLV on the publication of his article “Beyond Banditry: The Significance of Everyday Larceny in New Mexican Social History, 1837–1865” in the Western Historical Quarterly.
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Steven Hyland has won the 2019 RMCLAS Article Award
Steven Hyland has won the 2019 RMCLAS Article Award from our friends at the Rocky Mountain Council of Latin American Studies for his article entitled “The Syrian Ottoman Home Front in Buenos Aires and Rosario during the First World War,” published in the Journal of Migration History. The RMCLAS Article Read more
Awards
Jian Gao has won the Moseley Award
Jian Gao of the University of Alabama has won the Edward H. Moseley Student Paper Award for his paper entitled “Restoring the Chinese Voice during Mexican Sinophobia, 1899-1934.” The Moseley Award is presented annually to the graduate student and SECOLAS member who has presented the best graduate student paper at Read more
Annual Meeting
URGENT – General Business Meeting postponed to 5:45pm
The General Business Meeting will start today at 5:45pm to allow all present members of the Executive Committee to attend from the start.
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Historias 43 – Reginald Bess, SECOLAS’ incoming president
Dr. Reginald Bess, the incoming President of SECOLAS, spoke with Steven about his lifelong love for languages and the humanities and his dedication to teaching at HBCUs. They also discuss the enduring importance of language study for young Americans and what universities can do to innovate language programs.