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The Independent Scholar Vol. 9 is now live!

The Independent Scholar is the peer-reviewed open-access journal of NCIS, and you can now read, download, print Vol. 9 with critical essays, book reviews, the winning entries in the 2021 Eisenstein Essay Prize, and more! For details go to ...

NCIS grantee Phillip Reid reports on AHA conference

Maritime historian Phillip Reid was granted an NCIS Conference Support Grant in 2022 to enable him to attend the American Historical Association (AHA) conference in Philadelphia (7-8 January 2023). He reports that all went well, and that "we had a...

Name check for NCIS in archeology publication

We were very pleased to receive news of a name check for NCIS in an article asking "How do volunteer archaeologists use their talents in the service of science?"
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New members recently admitted to NCIS

In October/November we were pleased to admit three new Full members and one new Associate member, whose fields span history, religious studies, military history and anthropology.

Mark Danley holds a doctorate in history from Kansas State University as well as a masters...

New publication by philosopher James Magrini

Congratulations to NCIS member James Magrini who has just published a new philosophy book. Philosophical Sojourns in Aesthetics, Existence, and Education (Cambridge Scholars Publishers, 2023) is a collection of seven speculative and critical essays that initiates a...

NYU strikes tentative deal with adjunct professors on union contract

Many thanks to former NCIS president Janet Wasserman for sending us this news!

NYU strikes tentative deal with adjunct professors on union contract
by Michelle Bocanegra and Catalina Gonella, gothamist.com, Nov.2, 2022

Adjunct professors at NYU...

NCIS WELCOMES 9 NEW MEMBERS from the USA, UK and Germany

A warm NCIS welcome to 6 new Full members and 3 new Associate members admitted in July/August.

FULL MEMBERS

Dr. Marcia Uddoh, MD (candidate), PhD, MPH, MS, MSW (USA) is a medical researcher specializing in neurology. Dr. Uddoh...

Report from NCIS grantee Kevin Waitkuweit

We were delighted to receive the following report from Kevin Waitkuweit, who received a Conference Support Grant enabling him to attend this conference.

It is with great appreciation that I write to than you for granting me funding support to attend the American Sociological...

EISENSTEIN PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Elizabeth Eisenstein Essay Prize 2022

The submissions received spanned a number of Humanities discipline, and two in particular stood out to all committee members as very excellent papers. After careful consideration, the committee reached unanimous agreement as...

"Building your website, establishing your research identity" webinar now online

Hannah Pethen Barrett's excellent hands-on workshop on "Building your website, establishing your research identity" is now available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K3-IFH40zs on our NCIS YouTube channel. You will also need to...

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