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SMU Students Earn Prestigious Fulbright, Boren Awards

SMU News: Eight SMU students have accepted Fulbright and Boren awards for international study, research and teaching in Belgium, Bulgaria, Germany, Kazakhstan, Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea. Five will be headed across the world as Fulbright finalists to conduct research and teach abroad for the 2022-2023 academic year, while three will travel as Boren fellows […]

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History as it happens: Choosing war

In a Washington Times podcast, “History as it Happens,” presidential historian Jeffrey Engel discussed the long-ranging effects of President Biden’s commitment to Ukraine against a longstanding enemy.

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We need a global government of land, air and water

Foreign Policy News Jo Guldi, data scientist, historian, and SMU Associate Professor, for a piece advocating for world-wide equity in land ownership as one means to combat global warming. Published in Foreign Policy News under the heading We need a global government of land, air and water: https://bit.ly/3MyYlxv  Polls show that two-thirds of Americans believe that the government should do more […]

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History PhD Candidate Ashton Reynolds Wins Research Award

Congratulations to History PhD Candidate Ashton Reynolds for winning a $1,500 research award from the State Historical Society of Iowa. This will result in publication in their journal, “The Annals of Iowa,” of a piece that will look at Iowa as the nexus of intra-Mormon competition and cooperation.

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We need a global government of land, air and water

Foreign Policy News Jo Guldi is a data scientist, historian, and Associate Professor at Southern Methodist University. Her newest book, “The Long Land War: The Global Struggle for Occupancy Rights, 1881-1974 (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2022),” became available April 19. Polls show that two-thirds of Americans believe that the government should do more to combat climate change.  […]

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Congratulations to SMU alumnus Aaron Sánchez

Congratulations to SMU Ph.D. alumnus Aaron Sánchez! He will join the Texas Tech University History Department as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2022.

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History Ph.D. candidate Christopher Walton Receives Fellowship

Congratulations to History Ph.D. candidate Christopher Walton for receiving an American Congregational Association – Boston Athenaeum Fellowship. His hard work and dedication to his program really shows.

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History Ph.D. Wins Maguire Public Service Fellowship

Congratulations to History Ph.D. student Laura Narvaez for being awarded a 2022 Maguire Public Service Fellowship by the Cary M. Maguire Center for Ethics & Public Responsibility.

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History Ph.D. candidate receives Military Historical Society of Massachusetts Fellowship

Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Christopher Walton for receiving a Military Historical Society of Massachusetts Fellowship from the Massachusetts Historical Society.