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Maxwell Students/Alumni Receive Fulbright Awards to Teach, Research and Study Around the World

Seven Maxwell students and alumni have been named as 2022 recipients of awards through the Fulbright U.S. Student Program. The program funds a range of awards that include English teaching assistantships (ETA) and study/research grants in over 140 countries.

May 3, 2022

University Announces 2022-23 Remembrance Scholars

Syracuse University’s Remembrance Scholar Selection Committee has chosen the 35 students who will be the 2022-23 Remembrance Scholars.

May 2, 2022

Susan Branson Explores the Place of Science and Technology in America’s Nation Building Efforts

Susan Branson

Bringing together scientific research and popular wonder, Branson charts how everything from mechanical clocks to steam engines informed the creation and expansion of the American nation.

April 28, 2022

Radha Kumar Examines the Intertwined Nature of Police and Caste in Tamil Countryside

Radha Kumar
Kumar argues that the colonial police deployed rigid notions of caste in their everyday tasks, refashioning rural identities in a process that has cast long postcolonial shadows.
April 28, 2022

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Amy Aisen Kallander Looks at Importance of Women to Post-Colonial State-Building in Tunisia

Amy Aisen Kallendar
Kallander, professor of history, shows how the notion of modern womanhood was central to a range of issues from economic development (via family planning) to intellectual life and the growth of Tunisian academia.
April 28, 2022

Ebner Featured in HISTORY Article on Mussolini, Fascism

Associate Professor Michael Ebner, an expert on the history of Italy and fascism, was featured in the HISTORY article "How Mussolini Seized Power in Italy—And Turned It Into a Fascist State."

April 13, 2022

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Lasch-Quinn’s “Ars Vitae” Featured in Sapientia Book Symposium

The Henry Center for Theological Understanding at Trinity Divinity in Chicago published a book symposium on "Ars Vitae: The Fate of Inwardness and the Return of the Ancient Arts of Living," written by Professor Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn, in its periodical Sapientia. 

April 7, 2022

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Khalil Quoted in Morning Consult Article on the Refugee Crisis in Europe

Osamah Khalil, associate professor of history, was quoted in the Morning Consult article "Europeans Are Far Happier to Resettle Ukrainian Refugees Than Syrians or Afghans. But a Food Crisis Means They’re All Coming."

March 31, 2022

Two Maxwell Students Named 2022 University Scholars

Two Maxwell students, Gretchen Coleman and Thomas Shaw, have been named 2022 University Scholars, the highest undergraduate honor the University bestows.

March 24, 2022

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Khalil Weighs in on Ukraine’s Refugee Crisis in Atmos, Morning Consult Articles

Osamah Khalil, associate professor of history and chair of the international relations undergraduate program, discussed Ukraine's emerging refugee crisis in Atmos and Morning Consult articles.

March 17, 2022

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