The grant was given to fund a project dedicated to improving conditions for asylum seekers, with an emphasis on those departing from Venezuela and Colombia.
Stacy D. Fahrenthold's book, Between the Ottomans and the Entente, was awarded an Arab American Book Award by the Arab American National Museum. From the announcement:"Drawing on transnational sources from migrant activists, this wide-ranging work reveals the degree to which Ottoman migrants "became Syrians" while abroad and brought their politics home to the post-Ottoman Middle East."
The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) through the Scientific Research Coordination (CIC), the Liaison and Technology Transfer Coordination (CVTT) and the University of California (UC) through Alianza UCMX in collaboration with the Secretariat of Foreign Affairs of Mexico, announce a Special Call For Binational Collaborative Projects Addressing COVID-19. Awards are up to $10,000 for the first stage and $20,000 for the second.
The Faculty Research Fellowship program at the DHI is aimed at helping faculty in the humanities, arts, and qualitative social sciences make progress on a major research or creative project. The purpose of the fellowship is to further the research or creative activity of the individual recipients and to enable faculty to meet and work with colleagues in other disciplines and departments.
The Khayrallah Prize in Migration Studies recognizes outstanding scholarly studies from any discipline focusing on Middle East migration and diasporas.
Santiago Perez's article "The (South) American Dream: Mobility and Economic Outcomes of First- and Second-Generation Immigrants in Nineteenth-Century Argentina" was recently awarded Best Article Published by a Young Researcher, by the National Academy of Economic Sciences of Argentina.
The Hellman Fellows Fund provides grants to more than 100 junior faculty members annually at all 10 UCs and four private institutions. The fellowships of up to $50,000 are intended to give early-career faculty extra support for their research.
Assistant Professor of Sociology Caitlin Patler recently received the Pacific Sociological Association’s Distinguished Contribution to Sociological Perspectives Award
Sacramento’s Latino/a bar association presented its 2018 Defensor de Justicía (Defender of Justice) award to Professor Kevin R. Johnson in recognition of his contributions in immigration law.
