December 20, 2017

Welcome New Members

Amy Lynelle earned her Ph.D. in French Language and Literature from the University of Pittsburgh. She has taught undergraduate French language, culture, film and literature while presenting at a number of conferences in the field of Haitian studies. Her recent article “The...

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December 20, 2017

NCIS Member Wasserman on DMCA

WHY INDEPENDENT SCHOLARS NEED TO BE AWARE OF THE DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT (DMCA) AND HOW IT MUST BE AMENDED SPECIFICALLY TO INCLUDE US.

The following personal story illustrates why the DMCA matters to all independent scholars.

I published a timeline of the Austrian...

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December 20, 2017

NCIS Member Herstein Reports on NCIS-Supported Paper

Gary Herstein, who was awarded an NCIS Conference Travel Support Grant in Spring 2015, has sent us the following report explaining the premise of his NCIS-supported paper, given at the International Whitehead Conference in June.

"Concerns about the relations between mathematical and...

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December 20, 2017

Congratulations to NCIS Member Krystal Perez Mercado

Krystal has been awarded $2,000 from the Dorbrecht Grant of the Jewish Community Federation and Endowment Fund. The award will support Krystal's research project  “A-sanarte (self-healing) Hatha Yoga Practice in conjunction with Group Therapy for Domestic Violence Victims in Mexico.”

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December 20, 2017

NCIS President Appointed to Teach at Aix-Marseille University

NCIS President Amanda Haste, who gave a well-received workshop at the 2015 NCIS Conference at Yale entitled "How Not To Lose It in Translation" has recently been appointed to teach the Translation in Practice and Literary Translation courses at Aix-Marseille University, France. Dr. Haste works...

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December 20, 2017

Amanda Haste admitted to Chartered Institute of Linguists

Amanda Haste, independent researcher, academic translator and NCIS Acting President, has recently been admitted to the prestigious Chartered Institute of Linguists in London, England. Amanda Haste's papers on translation issues include the informative,...

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December 20, 2017

Welcome New Member

Mary Agnes Edsall's bio:

Mary Agnes Edsall received a Ph.D. in English and Comparative Literature, subfield Medieval Literature, from Columbia University. She taught in the Core Humanities Program at Villanova University, at Bowdoin College and at the University of Massachusetts,...

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December 20, 2017

Welcome New Members

Rena Tobey's bio:

Rena Tobey earned a PhD in another field before turning her research attention to American art history.  Through five years of academic retooling, Rena focused on resuscitating the careers of barely-remembered American women artists working before 1945.  Now she is...

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December 20, 2017

Second Printing announced: Neil B. Dukas

http://www.dukas.org

Also, The Battle of Nu'uanu, 1795 : An Illustrated Pocket Guide to the O'ahu Battlefield (Mutual Publishing,...

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December 20, 2017

NCIS Welcomes New Members!

Welcome new members from Australia, Canada, Ghana and the United States!
After receiving his Ph.D. in English from Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, Adam Lawrence taught at Cape Breton University (2010–2013) and Concordia University (2013–2014). Since 2014,...

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