Daniel A. Gilbert, Professor of History and author of the 2013 book “Expanding the Strike Zone: Baseball in the Age of Free Agency,” is interviewed by News Bureau business and law editor Phil Ciciora about the labor challenges facing Major League Baseball as it restarts its 2020 season.
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Congratulations to History Professor Claudia Brosseder who has been honored for her contributions to the field of colonial Latin American History by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. Professor Brosseder has been named as one of the 2020 Conrad Humanities Scholars. The Conrad Humanities Scholar Award recognizes mid-career scholars with the highest potential for continued achievement in humanities.
History professor, Mauro Nobili, who specializes in pre-colonial and early-colonial West Africa, is interviewed by New Books Network about his recent publication Sultan, Caliph, and the Renewer of the Faith.
Kevin Mumford, professor of history and author of the book Newark: A History of Race, Rights, and Riots in America, has studied racial unrest in the United States in the 20th and 21st centuries. LAS questions him about how the George Floyd unrest can lead to change.
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- Kevin Mumford, Professor of History and author of Newark: A History of Race, Rights, and Riots in America, speaks about how the LGBTQ activists of the 1960’s were influenced by the Civils Rights Movement. Professor Mumford, whose research interests include race, politics, and sexuality in modern America, was featured in an interview by VICE Magazine.
- Congratulations to Adrian Burgos, Professor of History, who has made the MLB (Major League Baseball) list of all-time favorite baseball books. Professor Burgos book "Playing America's Game: Baseball, Latinos and the Color Line," is reviewed by Maria Guardado, MLB.com journalist.
- Kenneth Cuno, professor of the modern Middle East, received the Illinois Student Government Teaching Excellence Award. This award is given by students to recognize and thank excellent instructors at the University of Illinois. We enthusiastically join his students in honoring and congratulating him!
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