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SEPT 2020: WE WELCOME SEVENTEEN NEW MEMBERS

Over the four weeks up to mid-September our indefatigable Membership Committee processed a record number of member applications, accepting seventeen of them: 14 Full Members and 3 Associate Members, from the USA, England, Germany, Spain, India, Egypt and Russia. Their research specialisms are as...

SPECIAL GRANTS AWARDED TO NINE MEMBERS

NCIS Grant Awards Chair Dr Joan Cunningham reports that nine members have been awarded a Special Research Support Grant of up to $100, offered to help members offset research-related expenses. Exceptionally, these small grants were also open to Associate as well as Full Members who had been paid...

NCIS President invited speaker in Marseille, France

NCIS President Amanda Haste has been invited to speak at a one-day conference on independent research in France on 24 September. The day is themed « Une recherche indépendante ? Et pourquoi pas ! » [Independent Research? And why not!] and Dr Haste will be representing NCIS. Other speakers will...

NEWS FROM MILITARY HISTORIAN NEIL DUKAS

Military historian and NCIS member Neil Dukas has sent us news which we are pleased to pass on. Neil's book A Military History of Sovereign Hawai'i, first published in 2004, seems to have withstood the test of time and a new edition has now been published. The 2020 edition reflects...

NEW MEMBERS FROM THE USA, AUSTRALIA AND ENGLAND

Welcome to five new members admitted this month: they hail from the USA, Australiai and England.
Dr Adrian McClure (USA) recently received his PhD in Medieval Literature from Purdue University. His work typically focuses on the intersection of medieval literature and...

EISENSTEIN WINNER ANNOUNCED

Dr Joan Cunningham, Chair of the Eisenstein Essay Prize Committee writes:
The Elizabeth Eisenstein Essay Prize Committee has made our decision for 2020. This was not easy, as we had many excellent submissions, and the range of topics and fields of expertise was extremely...

WED 29 JULY - WEBINAR on Publishing your Doctoral Research

There are still a few places available for our free webinar on "How to Publish your Doctoral Research" on Wed 29 July (2.30pm EDT / 7.30pm BST / 8.30pm CET).
The panel will comprise Dr Jasmine Shadrack, formerly Senior Lecturer in Popular Music (Northampton), Dr Lyle Skains - Creative...

NINE NEW MEMBERS ADMITTED IN JULY

This month we welcome six Full Members and three Associate Members to the ranks of NCIS.

NEW FULL MEMBERS

Ayman Abouhamda (SAUDI ARABIA/SCOTLAND) earned a Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery Ibn Sina College, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, and is...

SPECIAL RESEARCH SUPPORT GRANTS

As a non-profit member organization NCIS is committed to supporting members’ scholarly endeavors, and this includes disbursing six grants annually to support research activity and conference attendance. However, the impact of COVID-19 has meant conferences and research trips being cancelled, so...

"Publishing your thesis" webinar hosted by FIRE-UK

The Forum for Independent Research Endeavours (FIRE-UK), the new UK-based NCIS-affiliated group held its first webinar on Wed 8 July, on the theme of "How to Publish your Thesis." The FIRE-UK steering committee of Hannah Pethen Barrett (Essex), Janet Smith (Brighton) and chair Linda Baines (Oxon...

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