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NCIS INCREASES GRANT SUPPORT FOR MEMBERS

Following long discussion, the NCIS Board of Directors has resolved to increase the percentage of stable regular income (i.e. from member fees) distributed as grants in 2020. It was agreed that the current Conference Support Grants (CFS) and Research Grants (RG) of $250 each were too low to make...

ELIZABETH EISENSTEIN ESSAY PRIZE Deadline 30 April

Here's an early reminder that the deadline for the Elizabeth Eisenstein Essay Prize is April 30. NCIS members can submit a paper for the Eisenstein Prize as soon as they are admitted to membership. The Prize was established in memory of the late Professor Elizabeth Eisenstein, mother of NCIS...

NCIS GRANT AWARDS - Spring 2020

Grant Awards Chair Dr Joan Cunningham informs us that the Grants Committee has unanimously decided that the two winners this cycle are:

• Barbara Williams Ellertson, for her roles as Organizer and Respondent at two sessions in the Renaissance Society of America national conference, to be...

Award for Susan De-Gaia's Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions

Congratulations to NCIS Member Dr Susan de Gaia whose 2-volume Encyclopedia of Women in World Religions: Faith and Culture Across History has won yet another award! https://www.facebook.com/965391286871870/...

Kathy Stein-Smith appointed NCIS Communications Officer

We are delighted to announce that Dr Kathleen Stein-Smith has been selected to be our new Communications Officer. Kathy holds a Ph.D in Interdisciplinary Studies (Union Institute & University), an M.A. in Learning Disabilities (Fairleigh Dickinson University), an M.S. in...

New Associate Editor for TIS

We are delighted to welcome Dr Annie Rehill as Associate Editor of The Independent Scholar (TIS). This brings our Editorial Board up to eight editors, each covering different specialist areas.

Annie Rehill (Ph.D. Modern French Studies, MFA) specializes in the...

Welcome to seven new members

We are pleased to welcome seven new members this month, five at Full Membership and two new Associate Members. Unusually, all these scholars are from the USA!

NEW FULL MEMBERS
Dr Deepa Deshpande works with faculty at University of...

WELCOME TO OUR NEWEST MEMBERS from Pakistan, England and the USA

Dr Ahmed Saeed (Pakistan) gained his PhD in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey , where he was subsequently a Postdoctoral Researcher until 2018. From 2016-17 he was a Visiting Scientific Researcher at INRIA (French Institute of...

WELCOME TO NEW MEMBERS FROM THE USA AND ITALY

New Associate Member Lisa Catherine Camichos (USA) is a History teacher at Hickory High School in Hickory, NC, teaching Human Geography, World History, and English. Lisa gained her MA in History from W. Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC in 2000, and is certified in Social...

Book announcement

We are delighted to spread the news that Donna M. Altimari Adler, J.D., Ph.D., a new member of NCIS and as a longtime member of the International Society for Neoplatonic Studies, is having a new book released by Brill Academic Publishers on December 24, 2019. Dr Adler tells us...

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