In The Spotlight
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Nurlan Kabdylkha
Eric Zolov
on each being awarded a FAHSS grant
Congratulations to PhD Student Shiqi Wang for being awarded the Noriaki Tsuchimoto Research Grant from Yale University! The grant will enable Shiqi to conduct research in the university's archives for the summer of 2026.
Dr. Shobana Shankar was recently interviewed by John Piche' of the Cleveland Heights Library on "Africa, India and the Making of Race."
Professor Shankar has also published an article in Africa Is A Country on life in Nigeria after the Trump administration's foreign aid cuts since January 2025.
Congratulations, Dr. Christopher Sellers, on becoming the newest Distinguished Faculty in the Department!
News and Announcements
🚩 News Highlight 🚩
For the 25th anniversary of September 11th, the 9/11 Committee at Stony Brook University, will be producing projects in 2026 to commemorate the victims from Stony Brook, Long Island, and the larger New York state whose lives were lost from the attacks. This endeavor began with a commemorative StoryMap in the fall of 2025, which can be accessed via the "Making History" section of the department website.
The History Department would like to say happy holidays and a great new year to all historians and Seawolves! And, good luck to all those preparing for finals as the semester wraps up!
The History Club has entered the Wolfstock Homecoming Door Decorating Contest. If you have time, please take a few minutes to check out the door of the club and give them your support!
In The Media
Assistant Professor Glickman was recently interviewed by Novembermag.com about defense tech, "a field which not only reflects but produces culture—its aesthetics, affects, and ideologies..." Read the interview here.
Alumni Spotlight:
Gabe Tennen co-authored the article "Curating New York's Raw Material" in American Historical Review, 2025, 130(4), 1542-1586. Read the article here.
Gabe has also recently been interviewed by Reuters reminding viewers: "Mamdani is likely to govern more practically than people may expect because you campaign in poetry, but govern in prose."View the interview here.
Congratulations to Professor Masten for her book cover design with artist, Jason Gabbert.
Spine Magazine highlighted her new book Diamond and Juba: The Raucous World of 19th-Century Challenge Dancing (University of Illinois Press, Dec. 9, 2025) in its Uni-Press round-up of best book covers. Spine calls it "a handbill of the highest order." Read more about Dr. Masten's new book here.
PhD Candidate Nicolas Allen recently interviewed João Paulo Rodrigues, the national leader of Brazil's Landless Worker Movement, for Jacobin.
