December 20, 2017

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...

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December 20, 2017

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...

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December 20, 2017

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...

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December 20, 2017

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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December 20, 2017

Tula Connell reports on NCIS-supported paper

With funding assistance from the NCIS Conference Support Grant, NCIS Communications Officer Tula Connell (left) traveled to...

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December 20, 2017

New publishing deal for Max Longley

Max Longley is researching Joseph Williams Thorne, a Underground Railroad conductor turned carpetbagger, for which he received an NCIS Research Grant this spring. Mr. Longley is the author of For the Union and the Catholic Church: Four Converts in the Civil War (McFarland, 2015), which was...

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December 20, 2017

New Benefit for NCIS Members:

30% Discount on Nota Bene Academic Software

NCIS has obtained a 30% member discount on Nota Bene referencing software which is designed for academic research and writing. Lingua, which adds Nota Bene’s support for Hebrew, Arabic, Greek, Cyrillic and IPA. can also be purchased at a 30...

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December 20, 2017

NCIS Conference Support Grants - Autumn 2016

The NCIS Grant Awards Committee is delighted to announce that NCIS Conference Travel Grants have been awarded to Tula Connell, for her paper entitled " 1950s Milwaukee: Race, Class and a City Divided,” to be presented at ‘The Working Urban' Urban History Association Conference,...

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December 20, 2017

Dorbrecht Grant awarded to British member Lucy Crisfield

British NCIS Member Lucy Crisfield has been awarded a Dorbrecht grant to begin research on her book, ‘Sanskrit for Yoga Students’, while concurrently studying the grammar of the Pāṇini’s Aṣṭhādhyāyī. The purpose of her book will be to examine the role of the Sanskrit language in the major...
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December 20, 2017

From the Winners of the Eisenstein Prize

Following the annoncement of the 2016 Eisenstein Prize, we'd like to share the following statement from Barbara Williams Ellertson​, who, with Janet Seiz, co-authored the winning essay.

"We are so honored to be chosen as the 2016 recipients of the NCIS’ Elizabeth Eisenstein Essay Prize....

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