Keely Stauter-Halsted, Professor of History and Hejna Family Chair in Polish Studies, has been selected as the winner of the 2016 Joan Kelly Memorial Prize for her book _The Devil's Chain: Prostitution and Social Control in Partitioned Poland_ (Cornell Univ. Press, 2015). The Kelly Prize is awarded annually by the American Historical Association (AHA) to honor the best book in womens history and/or feminist theory.
Laura Hostetler gave a talk on the current disputes in the South China Sea at the San Francisco Museum of Asian Art as part of a symposium she co-chaired for the Ricci Institute at the University of San Francisco in April 2016. The symposium title was Reimagining the Globe and Cultural Exchange: From the World Maps of Ricci and Verbiest to Google Earth, the talk title Chinas Maritime Claims: Perspectives from the History of Cartography.
Graduate student Louis Mercer received a National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship. This is a highly competitive award and will allow him to continue his dissertation research on policing in Chicago public schools.
Elizabeth Todd-Breland has received a National Academy of Education/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellowship to support her ongoing research on the history of education. This is a prestigious and highly competitive award.
Professor John Abbott has been selected as a recipient of the 2016 Silver Circle Award for Excellence in Teaching. The award grantees are selected by graduating seniors; it is one of the highest distinctions UIC offers in recognition of classroom excellence. He will receive his award at the LAS Commencement ceremony on May 8 2016.
Professor Christopher Boyer's book Political Landscapes: Forests, Conservation, and Community in Mexico (Duke University Press, 2015) won the best book in Social Sciences from the Mexican Studies committee of the Latin American Studies Association.
Professor Kevin Schultz gave a talk entitled: "Dissent and Citizenship: How Could Norman Mailer and William F. Buckley, Jr. Be Friends Throughout the 1960s?" on March 3 at OSU as part of a series on citizenship.