Laura Nenzi, associate professor of history, has received a fellowship from the Institute for Advanced Studies in Princeton that will allow her to work on her second book in spring 2014. The project is titled The Chaos and Cosmos of Kurosawa Tokiko.

Author: Catherine Higgs
This book traces the early-twentieth-century journey of the Englishman Joseph Burtt to the Portuguese colony of São Tomé and Príncipe—the chocolate islands—through Angola and Mozambique, and finally to British Southern Africa. His journey took him from innocence and credulity to outrage and activism and ultimately helped change labor recruiting practices in colonial Africa.

Recognizing Laura Nenzi for recently receiving a prestigious fellowship from the Institute for Advanced Study for her second book project.

Author: Ernest Freeberg
Arguably the most important invention of the nineteenth century was Thomas Edison’s incandescent lightbulb. More than any other invention, the electric light marked the arrival of modernity.

Thomas Burman, professor and head of the history department, has received a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Humanities for his current book project: “Dominicans, Islam, and Christian Thought, 1220-1320.