Gregory Brown (History) delivered a paper titled, "The Transatlantic Beaumarchais Correspondence Network: Textual Corpus, Metadata, Social Network Analysis," as part of an interdisciplinary workshop on "Rethinking the Long Eighteenth Century" hosted by the Center for Spatial and Textual Analysis at Stanford University. 

Michelle Turk (History) published a book review of Outback Nevada: Real Stories from the Silver State by John M. Glionna. Turk's review will appear in the fall 2023 print edition of the Western Historical Quarterly.

Jeff Schauer (History) was interviewed for a story on Reality Blurred about an upcoming reality television show, Renovation Wild, that involves tourism, conservation, and colonial legacies in Zambia. 

Noria Litaker (History) was awarded a Weiss-Brown Publication Subvention Award by the Newberry Library for her forthcoming book, Bedazzled Saints: Catacomb Relics in Early Modern Bavaria (University of Virginia Press, fall 2023). The award supports the publication of outstanding works of scholarship that concern European civilization before 1700…

Carlos S. Dimas (History) was an invited speaker to the University of California, Irvine's (UCI) Global Forum to give a talk, "Political Debate and Medical Uncertainty in the Age of Pandemics and Epidemics" The event was sponsored by UCI's Global Studies Department, Center for Medical Humanities, and Center for Latin American and Caribbean…

Carlos S. Dimas (History) was a panelist at "Broadcasting the Local" at California State University Channel Islands. He spoke to faculty, staff, students, and community members on his upcoming audio documentary commemorating the anniversary of the 1992 Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which was funded through the National Endowment for the…

Carlos S. Dimas (History) was an invited speaker to California State University Channel Island's History Community Seminar. He presented on his book, Poisoned Eden: Cholera Epidemics, State-Building, and the Problems of Public Health in Tucumán, Argentina, 1865-1908 published in 2022 through University of Nebraska Press

Doctoral students Fabian Rebolledo and Mariah Mena (both History) were selected to receive Crossing Latinidades Mellon Humanities Fellowships for the 2023-24 academic year from the Crossing Latinidades Humanities Research Initiative at the University of Illinois at Chicago. They will receive $30,000 stipends each, help conduct research in…

Carlos S. Dimas (History) was elected as president-elect of the Southeastern Council of Latin American Studies (SECOLAS) at the 2023 conference in Antigua, Guatemala. He will serve as president-elect 2023-2024 and then as president 2024-2025. SECOLAS is an association of individuals interested in Latin America established in 1953. Its objectives…

Kristen Phipps (History) has received an Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellowship at the Huntington Library for the 2023-2024 academic year. 

Michael J Alarid (History) was named as a winner of this years College of Liberal Arts’ Diversity Award. This award is given in recognition for outstanding scholarly work. 

Analiesa Delgado (History) received an honorable mention from the 2023 Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowship Program.