Projects

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U.S. Presidents Confront the Russians: A Century of Challenge, 1917--2017

The 2017 Ambassador William C. Battle Symposium, "U.S. Presidents Confront the Russians: A Century of Challenge, 1917-2017," will explore the contemporary relevance of the history of Russian-American relations.
Spring 2017 Grant Recipient
Research by:
  • Melvyn Leffler (History)
  • William Hitchcock (History)
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Varieties of Residential Capitalism

Housing is a central economic ($33 trillion in US housing wealth) and social (how do I make my mortgage?) issue, yet the politics of housing are understudied.
Spring 2017 Grant Recipient
Research by:
  • Mark Schwartz (Politics)
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A Literary History of Information Management in China

This workshop will bring together humanities scholars working on information management (the process and methods by which information is stored, structured, made retrievable, and circulated), particularly in relationship to literary history.
Fall 2016 Grant Recipient
Research by:
  • Jack Chen (Chinese Literature)
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Agile: Deploying Pre-Fab for the Flexible City

The flexible city accommodates a choreography of material and people flows, comings and goings, arrival and departure.
Fall 2016 Grant Recipient
Research by:
  • Chad Miller (Architecture)
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Comparing Migrant Health Policies in EU Countries with Migrant Health Outcomes

I will be working with the International Organization of Migration (IOM) in Geneva, Switzerland doing a comparative assessment of how migrant health policy in EU countries has effected migrant health outcomes over the past five years.
Spring 2016 Grant Recipient
Research by:
  • Claire Constance (Public Health Sciences)