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Serpa Wins Bemis Dissertation Research Grant
The History Department congratulates doctoral candidate Ashley Serpa, who has received the Samuel Flagg Bemis Dissertation Research Grant, awarded by the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.
UCD History Ph.D. Tyson Reeder (2016) has a new book: Smugglers, Pirates, and Patriots
Dr. Reeder, who received his PhD from history in 2016, published Smugglers, Pirates, and Patriots: Free Trade in the Age of Revolutions (2019) with University of Pennsylvania Press.
Graduate Students Publish Edited Volume
History Ph.D. candidates Lawrence Abrams and Kaleb Knoblauch are the editors of "Historians Without Border: New Studies in Multidisciplinary History," recently published by Routledge.
Luna-Victoria Wins IGCC Dissertation Fellowship
Ph.D. candidate Lucia Luna-Victoria has been awarded a dissertation fellowship from the UC Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation.
Lara receives multiple fellowships
History Ph.D. Candidate Genesis Lara has received multiple prestigious fellowships to help fund her dissertation research.
Errazzouki wins multiple research awards
The History Department congratulates graduate student Samia Errazzouki, who has won three prestigious awards to support her research.
Serpa-Flack Wins Fulbright Scholarship
The History Department congratulates doctoral candidate Ashley Serpa-Flack, who has received a Fulbright award for her dissertation research in Portugal during the next academic year.
Fellowship established in memory of Brenda Medina-Hernandez
Friends of a recent UC Davis History PhD, Brenda Medina-Hernandez, created a GoFundMe campaign for a fellowship in her memory.
Congratulations to Ashley Serpa!
Ashley was granted an Oberlin College Frederick B. Artz Summer Research Grant to conduct research in the Herbert Shore Collection in Honor of Eduardo Mondlane. Mondlane was the leader of the Mozambican Liberation Front (FRELIMO). Ashley will make a research visit to the Oberlin College Archives in the summer.
Congratulations to History graduate student, Ashley Serpa!
Ashley has recently been awarded the Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr. Fellowship from the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. This award will allow her to conduct research for her dissertation.
History graduate student Carrie Alexander to work for the Delta Protection Commission
Carrie Alexander has been hired to manage the Delta Protection Commission's historical and cultural archives.
Graduate Application Deadline changed to January 5
There has been a change in the application deadline for Graduate Students applying to the Department of History
Judge Wins Multiple Grants
Congratulations to History graduate student, Rajbir Judge, who was recently award two grants for his dissertation research.
Jessica Fowler wins Pacific Rim Research Graduate Fellowship
The Center for Global, International and Regional Studies has award the Pacific Rim Research Graduate Fellowship for her research on the Inquisition and Heresy in the Spanish Empire. Way to go, Jessica!
Rachel Reeves wins Research Grants
Rachel Reeves has won a $7,500 predoctoral research grant from the Center for Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Studies. This fellowship will cover three months in residency at the Clark Library at UCLA, where Reeves will work on her dissertation entitled “Politeness and Piety of Eighteenth-Century Anglican Clergymen.” She has also won a $2,100 fellowship from the Lewis Walpole Library in Connecticut, where she will also conduct dissertation research.
Elizabeth Montanez-Sanabria wins Research Grant
Elizabeth Montanez-Sanabrina has won a $2,000 research grant from the International Seminar in the History of the Atlantic World. This money will fund overseas travel for her dissertation project, entitled "Dangerous Presence: Pirate and Spanish Colonialism in the Vice-royalty of Peru, 1570-1750."
Cristian Castro receives fellowship
Cristian Castro has received a fellowship to participate in a week-long workshop in Brazil on Globalization of Culture in the Nineteenth Century at the Sao Paulo School of Advanced Studies. Held at USP and UNICAMP, the lead organizer is Roger Chartier.
