German Studies Student Wins Prestigious Fellowship
Guerlina Philogene, a senior in German Studies’ dual-degree EUROBIZ program, has been named a graduate fellow in the Thomas R. Pickering Foreign Affairs Graduate Program, funded by the United States Department of State and administered by Howard University. The program, which welcomes applications from members of underserved minority communities, prepares students for foreign service careers […]
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LCL Ph.D. Student Wins International Fellowship
Doctoral student Joscha Valentin Jelitzki was awarded the Franz Werfel Fellowship by the Austrian Agency for Education and Internationalisation (OeAD) in the spring of 2024. He is currently in Vienna conducting the research that the Fellowship was awarded to support. Joscha joined the department in 2019 as a PhD student in German and Judaic Studies. In his […]
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Katerina Gonzalez Seligmann receives UCHI fellowship
Congratulations to Katerina Gonzalez Seligmann on her 2023-24 academic year Humanities Institute fellowship! Katerina, an Associate Professor of Spanish Studies, will bring a project entitled “Aimé Césaire and His Cuban Comrades in Art.” Katerina writes that the project “examines the relationships of solidarity and translation between Martinican poet, dramatist, essayist, and politician Aimé Césaire and […]
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Nada Elshabrawy Wins Harriott Fellowship
Nada Elshabrawy has been awarded UConn’s Harriott Fellowship for outstanding young scholars who have been admitted to doctoral programs at the University of Connecticut. Recipients of these fellowship represent the very best applicants to graduate programs at the University. Applicants must also demonstrate a commitment to enhancing diversity in higher education and/or a commitment to […]
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Apr1
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Apr1Memory, Trauma and Resilience in the Survivor Testimonies of the Irish Rebellion of 1641Homer Babbidge Library12:30 PM
Talk will be given by Naomi McAreavey of University College, Dublin.
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Apr1Witness to War: A Forty Year RetrospectiveThe Dodd Center for Human Rights4:00 PM
Join us for a conversation with human rights advocate and doctor Charlie Clements and filmmaker and director Deborah Shaffer following a screening of the Oscar award-winning documentary Witness to War (1985). Following the screening, Scott Wallace (Journalism) will moderate the conversation.
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Apr1Poetry Reading and Discussion with poet Mara PastorSusan V. Herbst Hall (Formerly Oak Hall)5:00 PM
Rahul Koonathara Win Prestigious Doctoral Fellowship
Rahul Koonathara has been awarded UConn’s Harriott Fellowship for outstanding young scholars who have been admitted to doctoral programs at the University of Connecticut. Recipients of these fellowship represent the very best applicants to graduate programs at the University. Applicants must also demonstrate a commitment to enhancing diversity in higher education and/or a commitment to […]
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