March 9, 2021

QuickFIRE Conference hosted by our UK Partner Group FIRE-UK

Our British Partner Group, the Forum for Independent Research Endeavours (FIRE-UK) is hosting a QuickFIRE conference on Wed 24 March, during which three FIRE-UK members will be presenting their recent research and work-in-progress on zoom.
All three presentations feature aspects of...

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March 8, 2021

Discount available on Jeffrey B. Perry's 2-volume biography of Hubert Harrison

NCIS member Jeffrey B. Perry's two-volume biography of Hubert Harrison is now available from Columbia University Press, with a 20% discount available if you use code “CUP20”. Below is the Table of Contents for each volume. Please share this information with others and please see...

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March 8, 2021

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS

FULL MEMBERS
Marco Abarca (PUERTO RICO) was born in Costa Rica and lives in Puerto Rico. He has over 30 years of experience working with NGOs, governments, private business and academic institutions in areas of human rights, rights-based approaches to development. He holds...

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March 2, 2021

NCIS Research Grant awarded to Sheilamae Reyes Ablay

Congratulations to Sheilamae Reyes Ablay, who has been awarded an NCIS Research Grant (<$600) in the Spring cycle of the NCIS Grant Awards, for her proposal entitled “Marriage Migration and Motherhood: Filipina vloggers in new destination countries”. We look forward to hearing a report on her...

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February 9, 2021

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS

We are pleased to welcome three full and three associate members this month; spanning four continents, they hail from the USA, Switzerland, Taiwan and Egypt.
FULL MEMBERS
Dr Evan Dutmer (USA) is Instructor in Latin, Ancient Mediterranean Cultures,...

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February 1, 2021

PRF invites NCIS members to online "Work-in-Progress" session

Dear NCIS colleagues,
The Princeton Research Forum will be hosting an online "Work-in-Progress" session led by one of our members, Ashwini Mokashi, on Sunday, February 28, at 3 p.m.  We would be pleased if other independent scholars could join us.  (It is good to think that thanks to...

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December 21, 2020

Welcome to ten new members

This month we extend a warm NCIS welcome to ten new members to NCIS: seven full members and three associate members. They hail from the USA, England, Scotland and Finland.
FULL MEMBERS
Dr Janis C. Bell (USA) gained her PhD from Brown University (1983...

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December 1, 2020

SPECIAL GRANTS AWARDED TO SIX MEMBERS

NCIS Grant Awards Chair Dr Joan Cunningham reports that six NCIS members have been awarded a Special Research Support Grant (SRSG) of up to $150 in the second SRSG cycle of 2020. These small grants were offered to help  offset research-related expenses and, exceptionally, were also open to...

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November 30, 2020

WELCOME TO OUR FIVE NEWEST MEMBERS

We are pleased to welcome four new Full Members and one new Associate Member this month, unusually all hailing from the USA. Welcome one and all!
FULL MEMBERS
Dr Douglas A. Dixon (USA) earned his PhD at the University of Georgia.  A native of...

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November 14, 2020

Jeffrey B. Perry publishes Vol.2 of Hubert Harrison biography

The forthcoming (November 2020) Columbia University Press publication of “Hubert Harrison: The Struggle for Equality, 1918-1927” (https://cup.columbia.edu/book/hubert-harrison/9780231182638 ) follows “Hubert Harrison: The...

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