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New Members Work in New Disciplines

Andrew Calimach is a Romanian-American author, mythographer, and playwright,and independently working historian. He is a polyglot, with command of Romanian, French, English, Italian, Spanish, and Russian, and has written a best-selling work on mythography, Lovers’ Legends:...

NCIS GRANT AWARDS - FALL CYCLE

In the Fall cycle of the NCIS Internal Grant Awards, a Research Grant was awarded to Dr Amanda Haste in support of her research for a book on “The British Colony in Nineteenth-Century Marseille 1850-1914”. This grant will enable her to access undigitized...

NCIS Welcomes New Members in American Studies, Computer Science, and Higher Education Outreach

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Dr. Ruby Annette Subhash specializes in computer science and data science. She has earned a doctorate and postdoctoral certificates in intellectual property rights and has filed two...

Impressive New Members in Medicine, Social Service, and Renaissance Literature

Dr. Alberto Antonicell is a thoracic Surgeon with an impressive record of training, publication, and surgical practice. He currently practices in Milan and elsewhere in Italy, and owns a medical startup company (BreatheRight TM) He served as a postdoctoral research associate...

Announcement of winners - 2019 Eisenstein Essay Prize

The 2019 Eisenstein Committee was very impressed with all of the submissions for this year's Elizabeth Eisenstein Essay Prize, jointly funded by NCIS and Professor Eisenstein's family. We truly had an embarrassment of riches from which to make our selections. Given the broad range of fields,...

We Welcome New Members from Nigeria and Turkey

Dr. Ikechukwu Anthony Kanu, O.S.A: Ikechukwu is a friar of the Order of Saint Augustine of the Province of Nigeria. He is a Professor of Religion and Cultural Studies at Tansian University, Umunya. Prior to Tansian, he served as Dean of Students at the International Bio-...

September is Re-membered with More New Members!

Dr. Susan de Gaia : Susan earned her Ph.D. in Religion-Social Ethics from the University of Southern California. Through her teaching and writing, Susan works to spread compassion and social justice. Her courses in comparative religions and the study of death and dying help to...

We Welcome Impressive Scholars of Languages (French and East Asian) and Philosophy of Science

Dr. Gloria R. Montebruno Saller: Gloria is Research Scholar in Japan Studies. Born in Italy, Gloria moved to the United States to pursue her doctoral degree in East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Southern California where she received her doctoral degree....

Welcome to New Members in Architecture and Language Research

Dr. Katarzyna Aleksieju is interested in onomastics as well as computer-mediated communication (CMC). The construction of identity online forms a central plank of her research programme. Katarzyna received her PhD in Russian Studies from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in 2017. The...

A Tribute to Members Who Joined During the "Conference Rush"

These members joined NCIS as we were getting ready for our 30th-anniversary conference. We thank them for their patience and marvel at the diversity of their research.

Martino Rabaioli: Martino was born and raised in Italy and studied Italian Literature and...

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