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Alan Tully, Chair GAR 1.104, Mailcode B7000, Austin, Texas 78712 • 512-471-3261

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Bsumek give talk on indian madeAssociate Prof. Erika M. Bsumek gives talk open to the public:
"Selling the Southwest: Tourism and Trade in the American Southwest, 1868-1940"
When: Nov. 19, 2009
Where: AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center, Salon B
Time: 8 p.m.
RSVP preferred by Nov. 18: Courtney Meador, 512-471-5491

Institute for Historical Studies

Institute for Historical Studies graphic Founded in 2007, the Institute for Historical Studies explores themes whose historical roots are crucial to understanding the contemporary world as well as for the historical profession. Learn more about the institute...   – Julie Hardwick, Director 

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News

Breadth and depth of research and perspectives exemplify Latin America in Cold War conference

Visiting Mellon Professor Rafael Hernández of LLILAS.
In the aftermath of the Second World War, Latin Americans found themselves caught in the emerging struggle between the world’s two superpowers, the United States and the Soviet Union.

Dr. Toyin Falola receives Africana Studies Distinguished Global Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award

Dr. C. Bantz, IUPUI Chancellor; Dr. T. Falola, 2009 Africana Studies Distinguished Global Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award recipient; Chief Dr. Mrs. B. House Soremekun, Conf. Convener & MC
Prof. Toyin Falola received the inaugural Africana Studies Distinguished Global Scholar Lifetime Achievement Award from Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) on Oct. 31, 2009.

Bill Gates praises Dr. David Oshinsky's book "Polio: An American Story"

Bill Gates praises David Oshinsky's book
Bill and Melinda Gates gave a presentation at the Sidney Harman Hall Theater in Washington, D.C. to launch the Living Proof Project.

Professors Jacqueline Jones and Tracie Matysik win Hamilton Book Award runner-up prize

Jacqueline Jones and Tracie Matysik runner-up recipients of Hamilton Book Prize
The winners of this year’s University Co-operative Society's Robert W. Hamilton Book Awards were announced on Wednesday, Oct. 28,  2009 at the Four Seasons Hotel.

Dinner at the White House

H.W. Brands interviewed on dining with Obama
History's H.W. Brands was among nine of America's most distinguished historians and scholars invited to dine with President Barack Obama at the White House during June 2009.

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