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Graduate Program News

> Oren Okhovat (Ph.D., 2023) received a two-year postdoctoral research at Yale University’s Program in Jewish Studies.

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> Joseph Angelillo (Ph.D., 2024) was appointed to a lecturer (permanent instructor) position at the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa.

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Defenses

> Joseph Angelillo defended his dissertation “The Lost Promise of Purposeful Inclusion: Movements for Racially Representative Juries during Reconstruction” under the supervision of Professor Elizabeth Dale.

> Robert Lierse completed his Ph.D. dissertation, entitled “Manning the Frontier: The Exportation of Masculinity and the Forging of the Carolingian Empire” with Professor Florin Curta.

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Admission

The department welcomes 11 new graduate students in the 2024-25 academic year:

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  1. Mary Adkins will pursue a Ph.D. in modern U.S. history under the supervision of Professor Jack E. Davis.
  2. Incoming master’s student Andrew Harrison will study the history of Brazilian revolutions with Associate Professor Heather Vrana.
  3. Kristen Heymer joins the program as a Ph.D. student in Iberian Atlantic history with supervisor Assistant Professor Max Deardorff.
  4. Joshua Hwang will write a master’s thesis on Soviet history with Associate Professor Seth Bernstein.
  5. Master’s student Jennifer Izquierdo will build on her history honors thesis work by conducting research on medieval European history with Professor Florin Curta.
  6. Beginning his doctoral study in the history of medieval Byzantium is James Knight, who will work with Professor Florin Curta.
  7. Rutendo Rangisi will conduct Ph.D. study on the history of gender and sexuality in modern Africa with co-supervisors Professor Nancy Hunt and Professor Miles Larmer.
  8. James Sheehan will pursue a master’s degree in medieval European legal history with Professor Florin Curta.
  9. Ph.D. student Claudia Suarez will work on the history of cultural exchange between Latin America and the Soviet Union with co-supervisors Associate Professor Seth Bernstein and Professor Lillian Guerra.
  10. Nmesoma Ugwu will write about gender in modern African history as a Ph.D. student with Assistant Professor Philip Janzen.
  11. Ph.D. student Zachary Wilmoth will work with Assistant Professor Philip Janzen on modern African history.