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History major JODI LESSNER contributed to the Washington Posts podcast, Post Reports, by submitting an audio recording of her thoughts and reflections concerning our new reality thus far. As the Barnard community continues to adjust to our new realities, we invite you to listen to Jodi's reflections in the podcast at https://www.washingtonpost.com/podcasts/post-reports. Jodi's piece is in the Friday, March 27, 2020 "School's Out Forever?" episode and begins at 23:22 minutes. Jodi will continue to provide updates about her daily life that will culminate in a larger oral history project that is being undertaken by the Washington Post.

2020 Taraknath Das Prize Recipient

The History Department congratulates graduating senior & History major SHAHNUR FATIMA SAID for being the 2020 recipient of the Taraknath Das Prize, which awards an undergraduate student from Columbia College, Barnard College, and the School of General Studies for excellence in South Asian studies. Congratulations SHAHNUR! 

History Major OP-ED in NY Daily News

History major and a sophomore at Barnard LULA O'DONNELL wrote an op-ed for the New York Daily News calling for Governor Cuomo to allocate state aid to undocumented immigrants during this COVID-19 crisis. You can read the op-ed here: https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-my-may-day-demand-20200501-ehz2chh5hrcrdkajwjzbiyb5sq-story.html. 

UNDERGRADUATE SUMMER FELLOWSHIPS -- CANCELLED

The IRCPL Undergraduate Summer Fellowship supports travel and living expenses for summer research or internship opportunities for undergraduate students with a strong interest in the study of religion and/or secularism. Successful candidates will receive a maximum of $2,500. See more details here. 

Due to current circumstances, this fellowship has been CANCELLED. 

Women’s History Institute Summer Research Fellowship: CANCELLED

The deadline for application has past (December 31st, 2019) and fellowship awards will be announced on February 3, 2020. https://hudsonvalley.org/news/womens-history-institute-summer-research-fellowship-call-for-applications/

This fellowship has been CANCELLED due to unforeseen circumstances. 

FELLOWSHIPS FOR SENIOR THESIS RESEARCH IN EUROPE -- Cancelled

Current junior history majors in Barnard and CC are eligible to apply for summer research fellowships of $4,500 to fund senior thesis research in European archives. (Research topics need not be in European history, but your research must take you to archives in Europe.) Successful fellowship recipients will also have the opportunity to participate in a workshop on July 6-8 at the Columbia Global Center in Paris, led by History Department faculty. 

Applications are due March 27, 2020. In addition, all history majors are warmly invited to attend two workshops prior to the application deadline, on identifying potential archives and writing a research proposal. For details of those workshops, please see the flyer. For questions and to sign up for the workshops, please contact fellowship program TA Emily Rutherford (emr2213@columbia.edu).

Unfortunately, this fellowship has been CANCELLED due to current affairs.