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Monthly Archives: April 2011

Dr. Carey Watt’s “Civilizing Missions” Published by Anthem Press

Dr. Carey Watt’s second book was recently published by Anthem Press. Co-edited by Watt and Dr. Michael Mann, professor at Humboldt University in Berlin, Civilizing Missions in Colonial and Postcolonial South Asia: From Improvement to Development is a collection of essays that highlight the complexities and contradictions of British and Indian civilizing missions in South Asia. Dr. […]

History seminar students hold video conferences with distinguished scholars

This year, students who are taking Dr. Robin Vose’s History seminar “Inquisition/Histories” have had the opportunity to converse in person, via telephone and Skype video conferencing with prominent international scholars selected for their expertise in topics chosen by the students for their research projects. Accordingly, Louisa Burnham (Middlebury College, VT) participated in a seminar discussion […]