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The NCIS Guide for Independent Scholars is here!

It's been two years in the making, but the NCIS Guide for Independent Scholars is finally here!
Edited by Amanda Haste & Linda Baines, and with contributions from authors in the USA, Great Britain, France and Australia, this 180-page volume was inspired by...

NCIS WELCOMES FIVE NEW MEMBERS

A big NCIS welcome to our newest members! Read about them and their fascinating research endeavors here...
Yuma Araki (JAPAN) is a Ph.D. candidate in American Studies at Osaka University, with research intersecting language, culture, and the nuances of...

Institute for Historical Study hybrid event - 18 February

The Institute for Historical Study, our affiliated Partner Group in San Francisco, warmly invites you to join their hybrid event on Sunday, February 18, 2024,
2pm PT/5pm ET/10pm GMT/11pm CET

In person at the San Francisco Public Library, or via Zoom:
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ANNOUNCING THE NCIS EVENTS PROGRAM FOR 2024!

Our program committee has been very busy and has organised a great selection of free webinars for you. Register on our Eventbrite page, and do follow us on Eventbrite for updates on future NCIS events.

Thurs 8 February Our British Partner...

NCIS welcomes 8 new members

NCIS is delighted to have welcomed eight new members from the USA, Great Britain, Italy, Hungary and the Philippines. Read about them and their research here.
Dr. Rose Turner (UK) holds a PhD in Psychology from Kingston University and an MA in Performance Practice as...

The Independent Scholar Vol. 10 (Special Issue) is now live!

We are proud to announce that Volume 10 of our open access, peer-reviewed journal The Independent Scholar (TIS) is now online! What's more, this is a special issue, "Ancient Texts, Modern Perspectives" in which the four critical essays apply new perspectives, methodologies and...

Valerie Abrahamsen looks at Titus and other missionaries on Crete in TIS#10

Valerie Abrahamsen's paper on "Titus and other missionaries on Crete: Encountering the Legacy of the Goddess" has been accepted for publication in The Independent Scholar Vol. 10. This special issue focuses on scholarly exploration of biblical and ancient texts and will appear in...

"Designed to Impress" co-authored by NCIS member Janis Bell

We were delighted to learn of Janis Bell's co-authored book Designed to Impress: Guido Mazenta’s Plans for the Entry of Gregoria Maximiliana of Austria into Milan (1597). This volume, by Janis Bell, Elisa Ruiz Garcia (University of Madrid, Spain), Silvio Leydi and Stefano Bruzzese, is "...

Review of Reid's "A Boston Schooner in the Royal Navy" now online

Maritime historian and NCIS member Phillip Reid's latest book is "A Boston Schooner in the British Navy, 168-17722: Commerce and Conflict in Maritime British America." You can read Sidney Carpenter's review of this "highly recommended" book as a preprint...

NCIS cited in Journal of Scientometric Research

Many thanks to Dr. Jean-Olivier Gransard-Desmond, icono-archeologist at ArkéoTopia and associated researcher at the CNRS (Centre nationale de la recherche scientifique) in France for bringing to our attention a paper entitled "Independent Researchers: A Bibliometric Analysis." The paper cites...

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