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NCIS WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS FROM THE USA, CANADA, ITALY AND JAPAN

We are pleased to welcome six new scholars to the NCIS fold. They are based in the USA, Canada, Italy and Japan, and their specialisms range from art curation, psychiatry, education, and communication technologies through to planning, medicine and international studies. Such is breadth of...

PREPRINT OF James Magrini's "Reading the Jefferson Bible: Elucidating the Philosophy of Jesus of Nazareth"

We are pleased to publish the preprint of "Reading the Jefferson Bible: Elucidating the Philosophy of Jesus of Nazareth" by James M. Magrini. This speculative essay, which will appear in its final form in The Independent Scholar Vol. 10 later this year, is focused on elucidating the...

Congratulations to Kate Burrows on publishing on the history of deaf technology advertising

Congratulations to NCIS member Kate Burrows who has just published the last of 3 papers from her dissertation. This article, about the history of deaf technology advertising (including early hearing aid advertising and modern cochlear implant advertising) connects the advertising message with...

Congratulations to NCIS member Kempe Ronald Hope, Sr. who has just published his latest book, Corruption, Sustainable Development and Security Challenges in Africa: Prospects and Policy Implications for Peace and Stability

Congratulations to NCIS member Kempe Ronald Hope, Sr. who has just published his latest book, Corruption, Sustainable Development and Security Challenges in Africa: Prospects and Policy Implications for Peace and Stability (Springer Nature, 2023).

This book sheds light on Africa...

PREPRINT of latest article for TIS #10

Sociolinguist Jordan Lavender's fascinating article on "The Hebrew Gospel in the Hebrew Script: Fourth Century Interpretation of Ἑβραΐδι Διαλέκτῳ (Ebraidi dialecto) as Alphabet" has now been accepted for publication in the forthcoming Volume 10 of our peer-reviewed, open access journal The...

NCIS WELCOMES NEW MEMBERS FROM USA, ASIA AND EUROPE

Steven T. Sacco (USA) holds a juris doctor from Albany Law School of Union University. His research focuses on legal discussions around migration in the US context. In addition to his research, Sacco is an active member of the New York Bar and board member of the Free Migration...

“Demystifying special collections and archives for independent scholars” on-line event

BOOK NOW for our next free on-line event!
We welcome back archivist and academic librarian Joanna Baines, who will be talking about “Demystifying special collections and archives for independent scholars” on Sat. 2 September.
9am Pacific Time; 12noon Eastern Time; 5pm BST (UK); 6pm...

Review of "With Freedom in Our Ears: Histories of Jewish Anarchism"

Shelby Shapiro's review of With Freedom in Our Ears: Histories of Jewish Anarchism, edited by Anna Elena Torres & Kenyon Zimmer, is now out! Currently available as a preprint, the review will be published later this year in Volume 10 of our open access peer-reviewed journal...

NCIS GRANT AWARDEES

Congratulations to the following NCIS members who were awarded NCIS grants in the Spring grants cycle:

CONFERENCE SUPPORT GRANT
Awarded: US$ 600 to Giancarlo Muschi, to present paper “Tala DeWynter: activista peruana promotora del...

FIRST WINNER OF THE AMANDA HASTE AWARD ANNOUNCED

We are delighted to announce that the first winner of the Amanda Haste Award is George R. Matthews. The Amanda Haste Award is the latest addition to our NCIS grants program, and covers third-party professional services (e.g. indexing, translation, etc.) to...

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