April 29, 2016, Filed Under: Research + TeachingBringing undergrads into the thick of research Dr. Robert Abzug is a professor of History and American Studies as well as the Audre and Bernard Rapoport Regents Chair of Jewish Studies and the Director of The Schusterman Center for Jewish Studies at The University of Texas at Austin.
February 3, 2015, Filed Under: Books + ManuscriptsWorld War II-era Armed Services Editions boosted troop morale and fostered a new generation of readers The book, When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II by Molly Guptill Manning, celebrates the importance of the Armed Services Editions. Published between 1943 and 1947, these inexpensive paperback editions were given to servicemen on the frontlines. As Manning points out, not only did… read more
November 27, 2012, Filed Under: Research + TeachingFellows Find: When Knopf Inc. published a master work by Fernando Ortiz: A strange hurricane Armando Chávez-Rivera, an assistant professor at the University of Houston-Victoria, has published four books, among them Cuba per se. Cartas de la diáspora (2009), which summarizes extensive information about Cuban writers located off the island. He worked as a journalist for more than a decade in Latin America, with… read more
