Sarah Van Beurden
Weatherhead Fellow
Associate Professor, African-American and African Studies
Ohio State University
Dr. Sarah Van Beurden studies the lives and afterlives of three disappeared and forgotten colonial craft genres in Congo: ivory carving, Congolese lace-making, and Christian arts.
In 2023–2024, SAR has seven scholar fellows joining us, five on campus and two working remotely who will make visits to SAR. In the fall, the fellows will present their research to the public in a series of Scholar Colloquia, which will take place in SAR’s historic Dobkin Boardroom to an in-person audience and also live streamed on Zoom. (One exception: Carl Elliott’s December 18 presentation will be presented exclusively online.
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Bertin M. Louis, Jr.
Wenner-Gren Fellow
Associate Professor, Anthropology
University of Kentucky
In his co-authored book project with Dr. Charmane Perry, Dr. Louis presents a study about the historical foundation and the contemporary realities of discrimination, stigma, and xenophobia
against Haitians in the Bahamas.
In 2023–2024, SAR has seven scholar fellows joining us, five on campus and two working remotely who will make visits to SAR. In the fall, the fellows will present their research to the public in a series of Scholar Colloquia, which will take place in SAR’s historic Dobkin Boardroom to an in-person audience and also live streamed on Zoom. (One exception: Carl Elliott’s December 18 presentation will be presented exclusively online.
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Alberto Wilson, III
Mellon Fellow
Assistant Professor, History
Texas Christian University
Dr. Alberto Wilson explores the lives of Ciudad Juárez’s working residents during the late twentieth century with the arrival and consolidation of the maquiladora (duty-free border-zone factory) along the U.S.-Mexico border.
In 2023–2024, SAR has seven scholar fellows joining us, five on campus and two working remotely who will make visits to SAR. In the fall, the fellows will present their research to the public in a series of Scholar Colloquia, which will take place in SAR’s historic Dobkin Boardroom to an in-person audience and also live streamed on Zoom. (One exception: Carl Elliott’s December 18 presentation will be presented exclusively online.
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Margaux Fitoussi
Paloheimo and Charlotte W. Newcombe Fellow
Ph.D. candidate, Anthropology
Columbia University
Building on interdisciplinary scholarship on historical memory and on belonging, Margaux Fitoussi rethinks relations between Jews and Muslims, and the ethical and political possibilities for Judaism in the Arab world today.
In 2023–2024, SAR has seven scholar fellows joining us, five on campus and two working remotely who will make visits to SAR. In the fall, the fellows will present their research to the public in a series of Scholar Colloquia, which will take place in SAR’s historic Dobkin Boardroom to an in-person audience and also live streamed on Zoom. (One exception: Carl Elliott’s December 18 presentation will be presented exclusively online.
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Derek Garcia
Mellon Fellow
Ph.D. candidate, History
Concordia University
Derek Garcia explores memories about the Colegio Jacinto Treviño, the first accredited Mexican-American institution of higher education. The lived experiences of former founders, students, and community members trace the afterlife of Chicanx educational activism to the present day.
In 2023–2024, SAR has seven scholar fellows joining us, five on campus and two working remotely who will make visits to SAR. In the fall, the fellows will present their research to the public in a series of Scholar Colloquia, which will take place in SAR’s historic Dobkin Boardroom to an in-person audience and also live streamed on Zoom. (One exception: Carl Elliott’s December 18 presentation will be presented exclusively online.
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Carl Elliott
Weatherhead Fellow
Professor, Department of Philosophy
University of Minnesota
Degradation and its variants are unseen forces that shape the modern world, yet degradation is hard to think clearly about. Carl Elliott combines philosophical exploration with journalistic investigation to shed light on what we value and where we get our self-respect.
In 2023–2024, SAR has seven scholar fellows joining us, five on campus and two working remotely who will make visits to SAR. In the fall, the fellows will present their research to the public in a series of Scholar Colloquia, which will take place in SAR’s historic Dobkin Boardroom to an in-person audience and also live streamed on Zoom. (One exception: Carl Elliott’s December 18 presentation will be presented exclusively online.
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