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NEH Grant Provides Nelson Chance to Raise Visibility of Women in the 17th Century
Posted 5/12/2020 10:32:00 PM
University of Idaho Associate Professor of French Sarah Nelson has been awarded the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Summer Stipend for her literary research project. The $6,000 grant allows Nelson and a student to continue research on Italian-French noblewoman Marie Mancini, including publishing a website containing transcriptions, translations and annotations of letters by Mancini. Read more
Two U of I Students Named 2020 Goldwater Scholars
Posted 4/9/2020 8:44:00 PM
MOSCOW, Idaho — April 9, 2020 — University of Idaho juniors Beth Hoots and Isabell Strawn have been named 2020 Goldwater Scholars. Read more
Student Michael Bishop, Alumna Annarose Qualls Receive Fulbright Awards
Posted 4/7/2020 6:18:00 PM
MOSCOW, Idaho — April 7, 2020 — One student and one recent graduate from the University of Idaho’s College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for the 2020-21 academic year. Read more
Ashley Kerr Publishes Book on Gender and Race in Argentina
Posted 4/6/2020 10:29:00 PM
“Sex, Skulls, and Citizens: Gender and Racial Science in Argentina (1860-1910)” by Ashley Kerr, assistant professor of Spanish in the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures, has been published by Vanderbilt University Press. Kerr’s work argues that indigenous and creole women played a fundamental role in the development of Argentine racial science and its application to efforts to control indigenous populations as the nation modernized and expanded. Read more
Two CLASS Students Receive Fulbright Awards for 2020-21
Posted 4/1/2020 10:20:00 PM
Two students from the University of Idaho’s College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences have been awarded Fulbright U.S. Student Program awards for the 2020-21 academic year. Michael Bishop, a Master of Fine Arts candidate in creative writing from Waianae, Hawaii, received a Fulbright Open Study/Research Award to New Zealand. Read more