Michelle Tusan (History) published “Empire and International Relations” in  A Cultural History of Democracy, vol. 5, (London: Bloomsbury, 2021) edited by Eugenio Biagini.

Paul Werth (History) presented his recently published book, 1837: Russia's Quiet Revolution, in seminars at Humboldt University in Berlin (January), the University of California-Santa Barbara (April), and Ludwig-Maximaliens University in Munich (May). 

Susan Lee Johnson (History) was interviewed by Stephen Hausmann on the American West channel of the New Books Network of podcasts. They spoke about Johnson's book Writing Kit Carson: Fallen Heroes in a Changing West. The interview was posted May 7.

Michelle Tusan (History) gave two interviews on President Biden’s recognition of the Armenian genocide — one for the Indian Express, Mumbai and the other for Radio, Seoul, South Korea.

Doris Morgan Rueda (History) has been selected as a recipient for the American Historical Association 2021 Littleton-Griswold Research Grant to support research in U.S. legal history and in the general field of law and society. 

Michelle Tusan (History) published "How to Write the History of Trauma," in a forum on The Holocaust and the Nakba in Central European History. 

John Curry (History) gave an invited, virtual honorary lecture to the Religious Studies Center and the King Fahd Center for Middle East Studies at the University of Arkansas last month. The lecture, "The Formation and Contemporary Prospects of Islamic Mysticism," reached a wide public audience of around 100 attendees via Zoom.

Paul Werth (History) presented aspects of his current research on the history of the world's longest border—that of the Russian Empire and the USSR—at the Universities of Illinois (March) and Michigan (April).

Susan Lee Johnson (History) is featured in an episode of the History of California podcast hosted by Jordan Mattox. They speak about Johnson's books Roaring Camp: The Social World of the California Gold Rush and Writing Kit Carson: Fallen Heroes in a Changing West. The conversation also strays to the Western film genre and…

William Bauer (History and American Indian Alliance) published a co-authored book We Are The Land: A Native History of California with the University of California Press. The book examines the lives and legacies of the Indigenous People who shaped California.

William Bauer (History and American Indian Alliance) has been appointed to the editorial board of the Journal of American History. He will serve a three-year term. The Journal of American History is the leading scholarly publication and the journal of record in American history as well as the official journal of the Organization of…

Noria Litaker (History) recently published an article, "Lost in Translation? Constructing Ancient Roman Martyrs in Baroque Bavaria," in Church History: Studies in Christianity and Culture. The article examines the construction and material presentation of Bavarian catacomb saints as well as the vitae written for them in 17th- and 18th-century…