Penn State Africana Research Center

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Congratulations to former Richards Center/Africana Research Center Jessica Marie Johnson, who was awarded the Wesley-Logan Prize in African diaspora history for... her book - Wicked Flesh: Black Women, Intimacy, and Freedom in the Atlantic World (Univ. of Pennsylvania Press, 2020)! More information: https://www.historians.org//american-historical-associatio

Congratulations Dr. Sanders!! American Historical Association

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#LopeMartín "In grade school and beyond, we learn about Christopher Columbus and his pioneering voyage of 1492. Merely two decades after it, however, European explorers stumbled on the Pacific, an ocean roughly twice as large as the Atlantic and far more difficult to navigate. Polynesian navigators were the first to cross the Pacific from west to east by island-hopping from the coast of China to the Americas. Ferdinand Magellan was the first European to go in the opposite dir...ection in one swoop by sailing from the New World to Asia during his famous circumnavigation of 1519-1522. Yet, the first navigator to sail from the Americas to Asia and backthe man who truly opened the Pacific and accomplished what Columbus had done for the Atlanticwas an extraordinary pilot almost entirely forgotten in the annals of exploration. It was Lope Martín, an Afro-Portuguese mariner, who in 1564-1565 finally transformed the Pacific into a vital space of contact and exchange, weaving all continents together and launching our global world..." -Andrés Reséndez, Time Magazine https://time.com//pacific-exploration-lope-martin-history/

The ARC is now accepting postdoc fellowship applications for the 2022-23 academic year. Click on this link to apply: https://psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com//Postdoctoral-Scholar_RE Eligibility Applicants must conduct research that centers on or is related to Africa and the African Diaspora. Ideally, applicants will have been awarded the doctorate within the past five years or will earn the doctorate before the start of the Fellowship year. Applications are accepted from all dis...ciplines; however, as the ARC is housed in the College of the Liberal Arts (CLA), preference is afforded to applicants with research that aligns with the CLA departments. For a complete listing of CLA academic departments, please see the Academic Departments in Liberal Arts link at our webpage: https://arc.la.psu.edu/fellowships-and-grants/ Selection Process Applications will be evaluated by a committee composed of the ARC Director and other Penn State faculty. Up to eight candidates will be invited to campus to participate in the Emerging Scholars Speaker Series (ESSS), during which they will showcase their research and meet with faculty and administrators. The ESSS event takes place in two parts in January and February 2022. Two fellows will be chosen from among the ESSS participants for the 2022-2023 academic year. Fellows will be selected in Spring 2022. Notification of Fellowship Award Notifications will be made by March 2022.

Congratulations Dr. Aziz!

The Richards Civil War Era Center will be hiring TWO postdoctoral scholars for two-year terms, start date of June 1, 2022. (https://psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PS...U_Academic) Salary/benefit package is competitive, no teaching or administrative responsibilities. Postdoctoral Scholar in African American history, REQ_0000020713. All research interests spanning the origins of slavery through the Civil Rights movement will receive favorable consideration. More info & to apply: https://psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com//Postdoctoral-Scholar--A Postdoctoral Scholar in the history of the Civil War Era, REQ_0000020768. All research interests spanning the pre-war period through Reconstruction will receive favorable consideration; interests in slavery, abolition, and emancipation are especially welcome. More info & to apply: https://psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com//Postdoctoral-Scholar--C

In today’s JCWE Muster post, Lawrence N. Powell introduces André Cailloux, a Black captain killed during Port Hudson, as a possible figure for posthumously rece...iving the Congressional Medal of Honor and public commemoration in the city of New Orleans. Read more here: https://wp.me/p1ZRcM-ZX. See more