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Prof. M. Christopher Low’s book earned the 2021 Albert Hourani Book Award from the Middle East Studies Association
Congratulations to Prof. M. Christopher Low, whose book Imperial Mecca: Ottoman Arabia and the Indian Ocean Hajj (Columbia University Press, 2020), earned the 2021 Albert Hourani Book Award from the Middle East Studies Association, the most prestigious book prize in the field of Middle East history. In its citation the award committee called the book … Continue reading Prof. M. Christopher Low’s book earned the 2021 Albert Hourani Book Award from the Middle East Studies Association
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Prof. John Monroe is co-winner of the Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award
Prof. John Monroe’s recent book Metropolitan Fetish: African Sculpture and the Imperial French Invention of Primitive Art was co-winner of the 2021 Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award. The Rubin Award is given once every three years by the Arts Council of the African Studies Association and recognizes “works of original scholarship and excellence in visual presentation that make significant … Continue reading Prof. John Monroe is co-winner of the Arnold Rubin Outstanding Publication Award
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MA Mondays Presents — Nathan Cirian
Nathan Cirian is a second year MA student. Tell us about yourself. Where are you from? How did you get here? I was born in Denver, Colorado in 1996. My family eventually settled down in Davenport, Iowa when I was about five. I had the typical history interests as a kid: the World Wars, the … Continue reading MA Mondays Presents — Nathan Cirian
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MA Mondays Presents — Rachael A. Beyer
Rachael A. Beyer graduated with an MA in American history in 2013. Prior to returning to school, I served in the Air Force in Japan, worked as a health care administrator in Pennsylvania, ran a hydroponics lab for a start-up company in Colorado, and shipped seeds for the USDA Plant Introduction Station in Ames. Despite … Continue reading MA Mondays Presents — Rachael A. Beyer
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MA Mondays Presents — Kevin Klimowski
Kevin Klimowski is a returning MA student Tell us about yourself. Where are you from? How did you get here? I came to Iowa State after teaching for Des Moines Public Schools for 29 years. I graduated in 1989 from Iowa State as a history major and an education minor. After teaching for twenty-seven … Continue reading MA Mondays Presents — Kevin Klimowski
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MA Mondays Presents — Seth Hedquist
Seth Hedquist graduated from Iowa State in 2015. Tell us about yourself. Where are you from? How did you end up at Iowa State? I live in Des Moines, IA, my hometown. When I was a kid, I could easily pass hours digging through boxes of old family photos in my mom’s basement, and … Continue reading MA Mondays Presents — Seth Hedquist
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MA Mondays presents – Aiden Daly
Aiden Daly is a first-semester MA student Tell us about yourself. Where are you from? How did you get here? I grew up in southern New York and then got my undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia. I was interested in doing research on railroads and interregional connections and … Continue reading MA Mondays presents – Aiden Daly