Professor Justene Hill Edwards featured in The Washington Post

In a new Washington Post "Made By History" article, Professor Justene Hill Edwards discusses the 7th annual Freedman's Bank Forum, how the forum has obscured the bank's history, and how the history of the Freedman's Bank "highlights flaws in using public-private partnerships to address racial inequality."

Read the article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2022/10/27/freedmans-bank...

Professor John Edwin Mason's curated exhibition, "Visions of Progress: Portraits of Dignity, Style, and Racial Uplift" featured in UVAToday

Professor John Edwin Mason has directed the Holsinger Studio Portrait Project since 2015, and says the project aims to transform the way people see Black history. The research done on these portraits has helped tell a more complete story of African American history in Charlottesville, and it has helped descendants in the Charlottesville and UVA community better understand their personal history.

Professor John Edwin Mason featured in The Washington Post

Professor John Edwin Mason was featured in The Washington Post for his work as the director of the Holsinger Portrait Project and new exhibit, "Visions of Progress: Portraits of Dignity, Style and Racial Uplift" which features portrait photographs of Black Virginians in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The exhibit is on display now at the University of Virginia Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library through September 2023. 

Doctoral Candidates Justin Winokur and Matt Frakes named 2022-2023 National Security Policy Center Fellows

Congratulations to Doctoral Candidates Justin Winokur and Matt Frakes for being named 2022-2023 National Security Policy Center Fellows. This fellowship is a part of the National Security Policy Center at the UVA Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy. 

View fellows page here: https://www.nspcbatten.org/people/fellows/

Professor Corinne T. Field new co-edited volume, The Global History of Black Girlhood

Congratulations to Professor Corinne T. Field on the publication of her co-edited volume with Univ. of Michigan Prof LaKisha Michelle Simmons. The Global History of Black Girlhood “explores the many ways scholars, artists, and activists think and write about Black girls' pasts.”

https://www.press.uillinois.edu/books/?id=p086694

Professor Neeti Nair guest edited a special issue of Asian Affairs on “Citizenship, Belonging, and the Partition of India.”

Congratulations to Professor Neeti Nair on editing a special issue of Asian Affairs. The papers in the special issue were first presented at a conference cohosted by UVAs Institute of the Humanities and Global Cultures and the Royal Society for Asian Affairs.
 

The issue is available online here: https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/raaf20/53/2?nav=tocList

 

 

Stefan Lund (UVA PhD 2022) discusses the history of mob violence in the United States in new "Made By History" article.

In his new "Made By History" article, Stefan Lund (UVA PhD 2022) discusses the history of mob violence in the United States and how "mob violence undermines the core principles of American government." Stefan Lund is currently a postdoctoral fellow at UVA's Nau Center for Civil War History.

Read article here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/made-by-history/2022/07/21/what-perpetrat...

Professor Cynthia Nicoletti wins THE JOURNAL OF THE CIVIL WAR ERA’S GEORGE AND ANN RICHARDS PRIZE

Professor Cynthia Nicoletti has won the George and Ann Richards Prize for the best article published in The Journal of the Civil War Era in 2021. Her article, "William Henry Trescott: Pardon Broker,” appeared in the December 2021 issue. Professor Nicoletti is a legal historian and professor of law at the University of Virginia’s School of Law and an affiliated faculty in the Corcoran Department of History. 

Professor Sarah Milov's recent New York Times opinion piece, "The End of the Illusion That Smoking is a Choice"

In her recent New York Times opinion piece, Professor Sarah Milov discusses the tobacco industry's history of promoting the illusion that smoking is a choice in light of the FDA's recent proposal to lower the nicotine content in cigarettes.

"The F.D.A.’s nicotine proposal is, at long last, an opportunity to test one of the industry’s core propositions. Only then will we truly see if smoking is a free adult choice rather than the consequence of addiction and skillful product design."

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