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Dorbrecht-funded Research Goes Viral!

British member Lucy Crisfield received a Dorbrecht Grant through NCIS to support her research on Sanskrit for yoga students, and reports on "some wonderful news" with regard to the most recent article she wrote as part of her time funded by Dorbrecht. Lucy published the article on the UK yoga...

Report of Berks Conference by NCIS-supported presenters

The 17th Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, Genders, and Sexualities (Hofstra University,NY, June 1-4, 2017) was attended by Dr Yvonne Groseil and Dr Susan Breitzer, both of whom were supported by NCIS grants. The theme was “Difficult Conversations: Thinking and talking about Women,...

Board Agrees to Additional Grant Award Cycle

Following the generous gesture of The Center for Independent Study (CIS) in New Haven to disburse remaining CIS funds (about $3,000) to NCIS in support of members' conference attendance and library fees, in July the Board voted to add a third grant award cycle in the year, starting in 2018. This...

New Grant Funding, courtesy of CIS

The Center for Independent Study (CIS) in New Haven has decided to disband after 40 years' service to the IS community. As part of the dissolution process, the CIS board decided unanimously to disburse remaining CIS funds (about $3,000) to NCIS in support of members' conference travel,...

NCIS Grant Awards - Spring 2017

Congratulations to our latest grant recipients! In the Spring cycle of NCIS grant awards anthropologist Yvonne Groseil was awarded a Conference Support Grant for her forthcoming paper "Living History: The National Society of Colonial Dames", to be presented at the 17th Berkshire...

Tula Connell publishes in Labor Studies Journal

Tula Connell's article, "1950s Milwaukee: Race, Class, and a City Divided," has recently been published in Labor Studies Journal as part of the "UALE Conference Special Issue: The Intersection of Labor and Race." (Abstract only accessible online.) Connell originally presented this paper at the...

Krystal Perez Mercado reports on her presentation in Thailand

In early March Krystal N. Perez Mercado (Puerto Rico) presented a paper at the 8th Annual Women’s Leadership and Empowerment Conference...

Jolanta Wrobel Best reports on NCIS-supported paper

In November Jolanta Wrobel Best travelled to Washington DC, with the aid of an NCIS Conference Support Grant, to take part in a panel on Polish literature...

New Biography by Suzanne Hertzberg Illuminates Roosevelt Era Woman Photographer’s Career

Katherine Joseph’s photographs offer us an insightful glimpse into a moment in history and allow historians a better understanding of the role of women working in America before and during World War II. —Brent D. Glass, Director (Emeritus) National Museum of American History
Suzanne...

Final Call for Global Cuisines by Independent Scholars: A Learned Cookbook, ed. Nhi Lieu

The NCIS cookbook Global Cuisines by Independent Scholars: A Learned Cookbook is now under way. However, as membership of NCIS is increasing daily,...

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