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Emily Schollenberger examining a manuscript
April 29, 2025

Emily Schollenberger (PhD candidate) awarded fellowship

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Emily was awarded Clayton Lewis Fellowship in American Culture at the Clements Library. In January, Emily visited the Clements Library at the University of Michigan as the inaugural fellow of the Clayton Lewis Fellowship in American Culture. She conducted dissertation research, studying several late 19th and early 20th century travel albums documenting the trips of American and Canadian tourists to British Columbia, along with promotional material from the same timeframe published by the Canadian Pacific Railway. The research she did at the Library will be part of her dissertation. Read More

book cover Constantinople Occupee
April 29, 2025

Merve Koksal (PhD student) co-authors book chapter

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

The article, "Art, solidarité et lutte. Expositions de peinture pendant l’occupation d’Istanbul," can be found in Constantinople Occupée 1918-1923: Une Histoire Culturelle, edited by Frédéric Hitzel and Timour Muhidine. CNRS Éditions, 2025 (the cover is pictured here). Merve's co-author is Prof. Seza Sinanlar Uslu of Yıldız Technical University, Istanbul. The article is part of the international research project titled "La Danse sur le Volcan: Istanbul 1918-1923, une Capitale sous Occupation," directed by Frédéric Hitzel (CNRS-EHESS) and Timour Muhidine (INALCO). Congratulations on this fine work, Merve! Read More

April 4, 2025

Prof. Alpesh Patel to give talk at the Kinomuzeum in Warsaw

Author: Jane DeRose Evans

Nécessité concert + ENDLESS screening + talk with Alpesh Kantilal Patel06.04.2025 18:00KINOMUZEUM invites you to a Nécessité light concert by Stefan Węgłowski, a screening of the film Endless (dir. Wojciech Puś), and a conversation with film director conducted by Alpesh Kantilal Patel, in which Magdalena Wawrzyńczak, Pat Dudek, Stefan Węgłowski i Jorge Benavideswill take part. The conversation will be in English. Read More