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New Members Joining in April 2019

NCIS welcomed three new members in April, two of whom will be attending our forthcoming conference in June.

Mr. Hyun Jun Cho (South Korea) will launch his international or public scholarly career at our upcoming NCIS conference. To date, Mr., Hyun’...

Welcome to Seven New Members!

Dr. Nestor Campos (Spain) is a specialist in physical geography and glaciology. He is currently writing two papers on topics in glaciology and related conference presentations. These areas of research seem doubly relevant in an era of climate fragility. Dr. Nestor is currently...

A warm welcome to our newest members!

This month we are delighted to welcome four new scholars, each with a wealth of academic experience. Their research fields include business and management, disability studies, medical humanities, Hispanic and Latin American literature, and wide-ranging views of the drama (including online role-...

Two NCIS Conference Support Grants awarded

Congratulations to two long-standing NCIS members, Dr Susan Breitzer and Dr Valerie Abrahamsen, who have each been awarded an NCIS Conference Support Grant in the Spring grant cycle. These grants will enable them to attend the 2019 NCIS Conference "Making Connections, Meeting Challenges" at...

Facciola receives Karp funding through NCIS

Stephen Facciola has recently received another generous grant from the David Karp Philanthropic Foundation, administered through NCIS, which will enable Stephen to continue his research into edible plants. As he tells us: "I'm currently working on a multi-volume book on edible plants of the...

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS

This month we are delighted to welcome five new scholars, some early career and others with a wealth of academic experience. Their research fields include literature, rhetoric, disability studies, American history, criminology, evolutionary psychology, education and computer science. Welcome one...

New trilogy explores Mexico's turbulent history

NCIS member Phil Stover has a particular interest in Mexican history and religious conflict, and we are delighted to announce the publication of the first two books of his three-book series The Search for the Soul of Mexico, published by Rio Vista Press. This trilogy offers insight into...

Lilian Calles Barger reports on her NCIS-funded conference in Chicago

Thank you to the NCIS and its Grant Awards Committee for the grant to attend the Society for U.S. Intellectual History annual conference in Chicago, November 8-11, 2018.. It was important for me on several fronts. I was on the conference committee and involved in the planning and participated in...

A big NCIS welcome to eight new members

Elise Kammerer gained her Ph.D. from Cologne University (2016) with her thesis on “The Negotiation of Public and Private Space by the Philadelphia Female Anti-Slavery Society”. She taught several courses at Cologne (2012-16) and served as Editor of the Historical Social Research...

Report from NCIS grantee Dr Janet Smith

A generous bursary from the National Coalition of Independent Scholars enabled me to attend not one, but two conferences in September, to promote my research and the work of NCIS. I presented at both the Women’s History Network’s Annual Conference at Portsmouth University, England, 1-2 September...

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