December 20, 2017

NCIS Grant Recipient Describes Project on Leader in Underground Railroad

NCIS member Maximilian Longely, recent recipient of the NCIS Research Grant, sends the following summary of Joseph Williams Thorne (1816-1897), the subject of the book he is researching.

"Joseph Williams Thorne was a radical Quaker whose career spanned the latter half of the nineteenth...

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December 20, 2017

Karp Award Funds Full-Color Botanical Book Plates

NCIS member Joan Morgan, recipient of the NCIS-administered David A Karp Philanthropic Fund award, utilized the grant to help fund...

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December 20, 2017

NCIS Grant Awards - High-Quality Submissions Earn Extra Grant

Due to the high quality of submissions in this Spring 2016 grant cycle, the Review Committee has decided to award three NCIS grants in place of the usual two. Congratulations!

Nhi Lieu has been awarded a Conference Travel Grant for her panel presentation...

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December 20, 2017

NCIS Welcomes Three New Members

Freda Bradley (USA) changed careers entirely after spending 25 years in a medical laboratory. In 2012, she checked her Master of Arts in History off her bucket list and became adjunct faculty at West Virginia University at Parkersburg. Freda also runs a small research service...

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December 20, 2017

Three NCIS Members Among Authors of New Book on Identity

NCIS is proud to announce that three of the authors of Constructing Identity in an Age of Globalization are members of NCIS:...

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December 20, 2017

Member's Book - New Publication

Congratulations to labor historian Tula Connell, whose book ...

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December 20, 2017

Award for NCIS Associate Member Dr Parashram Patil (India)

Congratulations to one of our members from Asia, Dr. Parashram Jakappa Patil, who has been awarded a Young Scientist Award by the Trans Asian /Indo-Mongolian Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
 
Dr Patil is the son of...
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December 20, 2017

NCIS Welcomes Three New Members

David Rensberger (USA) is author of Johannine Faith and Liberating Community, on the Gospel of John, and two commentaries on the Epistles of John, as well as essays on various aspects of biblical literature. He completed an M.A. in Hebrew and Semitic Studies at the University of...

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December 20, 2017

NCIS Mourns Passing of Elizabeth Eisenstein

NCIS mourns the passing of Elizabeth Eisenstein, an historian of the French Revolution and early 19th-century France and long-time NCIS supporter. Her daughter, Margaret DeLacy, is a founding member and long-time Board member of NCIS. Dr. Eisenstein died January 31.

Dr. Eisenstein, a...

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December 20, 2017

Two More Scholars Join NCIS

R. Scott Miterko holds Ph.D. in the History and Theory of Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania, where he won the Frank Miles Day Memorial Prize for outstanding work in architectural history and theory. A licensed architect in New York and Connecticut, Miterko is...

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