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Have a listen to Corrie Decker and Elisabeth McMahon (Tulane University) discuss their new book, The Idea of Development in Africa

January 15, 2021

Professor Corrie Decker and co-author Elisabeth McMahon spend an hour discussing their new book, The Idea of Development in Africa, which came out late last year. Podcast host Elisa Prosperetti leads the interview.

Check out the podcast by clicking here.

Congratulations to Professor Charles Walker for winning the 2021 PROSE Award from the Association of American Publishers for his graphic history, Witness the Age of Revolution: The Odyssey of Juan Bautista Tupac Amaru!

Professor Corrie Decker and Professor Elisabeth McMahon (Tulane University) discuss how ideas of American greatness across the political spectrum are rooted in a global history of anti-black racism

Decker and McMahon delve into America’s historical connections to global anti-Black racism, helping us understand white supremacy and the concept of "American greatness."

Professor Greg Downs writes for the San Francisco Chronicle, calling for "more history"

January 3, 2021

Amidst controversy and discussion surrounding a proposal to rechristen one-third of San Francisco schools, Professor Greg Downs urges for serious and engaged public debate on the legacy of historical figures. As we grapple with our troubled past, Downs calls for "more history."

Professor Greg Downs analyzes and discusses the Storming of the US Capitol

Professor Downs coauthored a piece in the Washington Post discussing last Wednesday's assault on the US Capitol.

He was also quoted in an NYT article on the history of sedition in the United States.

CHOICE names Professor Lorena Oropeza's book on Reies López Tijerina as must-read in 2020

Professor Lorena Oropeza receives recognition for her wonderful book The King of Adobe: Reies López Tijerina, Lost Prophet of the Chicano Movement (University of North Carolina Press, 2019).

CHOICE is a publishing division of The American Library Association. Congratulations to Professor Oropeza!

Congratulations to Professor Stacy Fahrenthold, recipient of a prestigious NEH research grant for her project, "Syrian Textile Workers in the Arab Atlantic, 1890–1934"!

For more, go to https://www.neh.gov/news/neh-announces-33-million-213-humanities-projects-nationwide.

Professor Greg Downs and three other historians on Reconstruction helped craft the brief against the Trump Administration for violating Reconstruction-era civil rights enforcement laws

SF Chronicle publishes Greg Downs's timely piece on the history of expanding the Supreme Court.

In light of contemporary discourse, Downs provides a brief history of Congress's expansion of the Supreme Court in 1863 and its infleunce on California's admission into the Union.

Read the article here.

Professor Corrie Decker and co-author Elizabeth McMahon release The Idea of Development in Africa: A History

The Nancy Lyman Roelker Mentorship Award is rewarded to teachers of history who "taught, guided, and inspired their students their students in a way that changed their lives."

Professor Greg Dows appears in NYT Article discussing the many historians who gathered at Civil War sites throughout the country

October 1, 2020

Professor Greg Downs and dozens of other historians from around the country recently traveled to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the 158th anniversary of Lincoln's issuing the preliminary Emancipation Proclamation. The historians sought to highlight distortions of Black contributions in the battle over the Civil War's legacy.

A new project led by Professor Charles Walker will digitize documents of the Peruvian Peasant Confederation and make them accessible online

Congratulations to Tom Holloway for receiving this honor from The Conference of Latin American History for his contributions to Latin American and Brazilian scholarship!

Per CLAH's announcement, "The CLAH Distinguished Service Award is meant for [historians] whose intellectual, pedagogical, and institutional work evidences significant contributions to the advancement of the study of Latin American History in the United States. In these regards, Tom Holloway has been a mentor, catalyst, and example for us all."

UC Davis researchers weigh in on the role of public monuments as protestors and public officials throughout the nation tear down statues and memorials.

Andrés Reséndez and Gregory Downs (alongside other UC Davis faculty outside the History Department) discuss the role of public monuments and offer insight on the meaning behind them--including why protestors and officials are tearing them down.

Check out the UC Davis article here.