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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Nov6UCHI Fellow’s Talk: Daniel Hershenzon on the Enslavement of Muslims in Early Modern SpainHomer Babbidge Library3:30 PM
A research talk by UCHI faculty fellow Daniel Hershenzon on “Forced Baptism and the Inheritability of Servile Status: The Enslavement of Muslims in Early Modern Spain,” with a response by Fumilayo Showers.
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Nov6Impact of the Holocaust on the Jews of GreeceThe Dodd Center for Human Rights4:00 PM
I. Martin and Janet M. Fierberg Lecture in Judaic Studies
The Nazi occupation still hovers over Greece as one of the greatest tragedies that ever befell its people. The Holocaust claimed six million Jewish victims in Europe, among them over 67,000 Greek Jews – 87% of the Jewish population of Greece, statistically the highest percentage of Jewish loss of any officially occupied country. -
Nov8Blocked Access to Birth Registration: Implications for Migrant Families’ Economic & Social RightsThe Dodd Center for Human Rights12:00 PM
Prof. Allison Petrozziello explores the intersection of birth registration and migrant families’ rights, examining the challenges children of migrant parents face in obtaining legal identity and the potential consequences of linking birth registration with social welfare entitlements or health service delivery.
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Nov8Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz CommonsWalter Childs Wood Hall2:00 PM
UConn’s Department of Social and Critical Inquiry, Philosophy Department, History Department, and Center for the Study of Popular Music presents Brassroots Democracy: Maroon Ecologies and the Jazz Commons - A conversation with Ben Barson and Jeffrey Ogbar
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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