In The Spotlight
Congratulations to Huzaifa Dokaji (PhD candidate in African history) for being recognized as a "special educator who went above and beyond to encourage, inspire and students,"
according to a citation he has received from Stony Brook University's Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching (CELT).
Associate Professor Robert Chase was recently interviewed for Barcelona's El Punt Avui on the history of Alcatraz island prison. In "Alcatraz: Torna la Disputa" Chase discusses why Trump's declaration about reopening Alcatraz as a federal prison
is an inefficient and costly proposal, and what it means for this culturally, symbolically,
and historically important site to be mobilized as a symbol of "law and order" America
under Trump.
Edward Guiliano '78 PhD Global Fellowship Programprovides students with the opportunity to broaden their perspectives by engaging with the world beyond Stony Brook University and their local communities. 2025 Recipients pictured; Huzaifa Dokaji, History Graduate Recipient & Chloe Maloy, History Undergraduate Recipient
News and Announcements
Congratulations to one of PhD Alumni, Dr. Jocelyn Zimmerman on her first journal article published with the Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History on Project Muse. — It is titled "'Towards the advancement of medical knowledge': Tibetan Eye Surgery and Eighteenth-Century Colonial Knowledge Production" and is available with open access in perpetuity here.
Congratulations to our newly minted PhD candidates — we're looking forward to some
exciting dissertations in the next few years! R to L: Deborah Boudreau, Francisco
Rodríguez, Nicolas Allen, Nathan Greenhaw, Jediael Peterson, Debjani Chakrabarti,
Christina Hurtado-Pierson, Sarah Ahmedani, Caitin Leale, and Prof. Eric Zolov.
In The Media
A letter by Eric Zolov, was recently featured in the Wall Street Journal, Opinion: How Teachers Can Defeat AI.
SUNY Distinguished and Toll Professor Paul Gootenberg was recently interviewed by Professor Isaac Campos for his podcast, History on Drugs, Episode 10: "The History of Cocaine, a Long Career, and Some Great Stories with Paul Gootenberg."
Richard Tomczak, director of faculty engagement in the Division of Undergraduate Education and a research assistant professor in the History Department, participated in a conference commemorating the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord. The event, entitled “1775: A Society on the Brink of War & Revolution,” was a collaboration between the David Center for the American Revolution, American Philosophical Society, Massachusetts Historical Society and Concord Museum. CSPAN and the Concord Museum broadcast the presentations live on television and YouTube.
