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Academics College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Humanities News Highlights University

‘Writing Beyond the Prison’ Amplifies Voice of the Incarcerated and Their Families

When shared with the wider world, writing moves beyond an act of individual consciousness and self-expression to become a communal exchange that creates knowledge, compassion, empathy, recognition of shared conditions...

December 5, 2022

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Academics College of Arts & Sciences Events On Campus University

SBU Panel Ponders the Future of Indigenous Studies

Stony Brook University recognized Native American Heritage Month and the rich contributions of Native and Indigenous peoples with a November 16 panel discussion, “The Future of Indigenous Studies Across the...

November 22, 2022

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Academics College of Arts & Sciences Community Faculty/Staff News Highlights University

How to Have Difficult Conversations at Election Time

College of Arts and Sciences Profs Share Their Expertise With the midterm elections upon us, several faculty members from Stony Brook University’s College of Arts and Sciences share their thoughts on how to best...

November 7, 2022

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Academics College of Arts & Sciences Humanities News Highlights University

Tomczak Proposal Awarded NEH Grant for ‘Dyckman Discussions’ Series

The project aims to create more unified communities as people see commonalities between themselves and their neighbors.

October 7, 2022

4 min read

Academics College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff University

Shankar’s Book a Finalist for International Studies Association Award

The book explores how Africans and Indians reconcile their often complicated relationships, focusing on the dynamic between them, as well as universal themes of race, religion and gender.

October 5, 2022

2 min read

Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff

Shobana Shankar Receives Fellowship at Wilson Center

Her focus on transregional connections and interdisciplinary methodologies places her at the leading edge of trends in historical scholarship.

July 21, 2022

3 min read

Events Faculty/Staff News Highlights

President McInnis’ History Lecture Airs on C-SPAN July 9

On April 28, Stony Brook University President Maurie McInnis filmed an episode of C-SPAN’s “Lectures in History” series, which focuses on American history being taught in college classrooms around the...

July 8, 2022

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Academics College of Arts & Sciences Diversity Faculty/Staff Global University

Shobana Shankar Explores the Complicated History of Africans and Indians

Her book focuses on the dynamic between Africans and Indians, but the themes she explores are universal ones.

April 6, 2022

4 min read

Nancy Tomes’ 2016 book, Remaking the American Patient, examines the complexities of healthcare.

Academics Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff News Highlights Stony Brook Matters University

Nancy Tomes Selected for National Humanities Center Fellowship

Tomes, a distinguished professor of history, joins the Center's intellectual community as she pursues work on her project, "A History of the Modern Infodemic."

April 1, 2022

3 min read

College of Arts & Sciences Research Student Spotlight

History Major Values Experience with Archival Research at SBU

Franklin Eck ‘22 — the URECA researcher of the month for April 2022 — is a history major with a passion for early American history. Working under the mentorship of Professor Paul Kelton, Gardiner Chair in American...

April 1, 2022

1 min read

Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff Stony Brook Matters

History Professor Eric Zolov Wins María Elena Martínez Prize for Recent Book

The award is bestowed annually for the most significant work on the history of Mexico in the previous year.

January 19, 2022

2 min read

Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff

Medieval Academy of America Elects Sara Lipton as Second Vice President

This honor means Professor Lipton will become the 100th president of the Medieval Academy in 2024, and will deliver the Presidential Address at the Academy’s Centennial Meeting.

January 11, 2022

2 min read

College of Arts & Sciences Research Student Spotlight

History PhD Student Selected for Cold War Archives Research Institute Fellowship

The fellowship will allow Erin Chávez to develop her promising research by exchanging ideas and collaborating with other scholars.

December 15, 2021

3 min read

College of Arts & Sciences Research Stony Brook Matters Student Spotlight

Undergrad Receives Funding to Support Research on Montauk Tribe

Grace Armann ‘23, researcher of the month for July, received URECA funding this summer to support her research on a local legal history of the indigenous Montauk tribe.

July 1, 2021

1 min read

COVID-19 Faculty/Staff Long Island Main University News Highlights Stony Brook Matters

SB Libraries to Document University’s Experience with COVID-19

The SBU community is invited to contribute to the new digital archive project that will preserve the history of the University during this unprecedented moment in history.

September 10, 2020

2 min read

Awards and Honors College of Arts & Sciences Faculty/Staff

Professor Joshua Teplitsky Receives 2019 Salo Baron Prize in Jewish Studies

He won this distinctive honor for his book, Prince of the Press: How One Collector Built History’s Most Enduring and Remarkable Jewish Library.

July 30, 2020

2 min read

Awards and Honors Humanities News Highlights Student Spotlight

History Doctoral Candidate Heading to France with Chateaubriand Fellowship

Spencer Austin is the second Seawolf to be honored with this fellowship since 2015, and he will spend the Spring ’21 semester studying in France.

July 2, 2020

4 min read

COVID-19 Faculty/Staff Featured Story Humanities Stony Brook Matters

Historian Paul Kelton Tells a Tale of Two Pandemics

Paul Kelton was working on a book about the cholera pandemic of the 1830s when coronavirus emerged. “It’s been a surreal experience writing about a pandemic while one is going on,” said Kelton, professor...

June 23, 2020

6 min read

Tag: History

‘Writing Beyond the Prison’ Amplifies Voice of the Incarcerated and Their Families

SBU Panel Ponders the Future of Indigenous Studies

How to Have Difficult Conversations at Election Time

Tomczak Proposal Awarded NEH Grant for ‘Dyckman Discussions’ Series

Shankar’s Book a Finalist for International Studies Association Award

Shobana Shankar Receives Fellowship at Wilson Center

President McInnis’ History Lecture Airs on C-SPAN July 9

Shobana Shankar Explores the Complicated History of Africans and Indians

Nancy Tomes Selected for National Humanities Center Fellowship

History Major Values Experience with Archival Research at SBU

History Professor Eric Zolov Wins María Elena Martínez Prize for Recent Book

Medieval Academy of America Elects Sara Lipton as Second Vice President

History PhD Student Selected for Cold War Archives Research Institute Fellowship

Undergrad Receives Funding to Support Research on Montauk Tribe

SB Libraries to Document University’s Experience with COVID-19

Professor Joshua Teplitsky Receives 2019 Salo Baron Prize in Jewish Studies

History Doctoral Candidate Heading to France with Chateaubriand Fellowship

Historian Paul Kelton Tells a Tale of Two Pandemics

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