For the third year in a row, Think Tank students presented at the Association for Slavic, East European and Eurasian Studies (ASEEES) Annual Convention. Sixteen undergraduates from the Think Tank traveled to Chicago for the Convention, which lasted from November 10-13, 2022.
May 1, 2023
The faculty of the Department of History at the University of Miami recently voted to award Raneil Smith with the prize for "Outstanding Achievement in History." Congratulations Raneil!
See ArticleApril 22, 2023
Think Tank fellows Rosa Lovo (University of Richmond), Erik Gonzalez (University of Illinois at Chicago), & De'Vonte Tinsley (Virginia Tech) competed in the Macalester College event in April. Lovo presented on contemporary Russian draft dodging, Gonzalez on Khanty literature, and Tinsley on the Russian Revolution and Civil War in Latvia. Tinsley took home the first place prize in the history category. Congratulations to all participants for being selected to present at this competition and to De'Vonte for the award!
See ArticleApril 4, 2023
Think Tank student fellow and Virginia Tech graduating senior De'Vonte Tinsley won the undergraduate student paper competition at the 59th annual meeting of the Southern Conference on Slavic Studies. His paper was titled "Revolution on the Daugava: Dvinsk in Revolution and Civil War, 1917-1920." The paper featured original research that De'Vonte conducted in Latvia and explored not only the role of Jewish and Latgalian populations in this story but also how Latvia's role in the conflict is complicated by contemporary nationalist historiography.
See ArticleApril 3, 2023
Think Tank undergraduate fellows Raneil Smith (University of Miami) and De'Vonte Tinsley (Virginia Tech) presented at the 59th Annual SCSS Meeting in Gainesville, Florida. Raneil's presentation was titled "Root and Shoot: The Failure of Iakov Stefanovich and Imperial Officials to Alter the Peasant Monarchist Framework" and De'Vonte presented on "Revolution on the Daugava: Dvinsk in Revolution and Civil War, 1917-1920."
See ArticleMarch 31, 2023
Think Tank undergraduate fellow Ollie Mason (Howard University) presented at the annual University of Pittsburgh European and Eurasian Undergraduate Research Symposium on March 31. Ollie's presentation was related to the research they did during the Think Tank and was titled "The Misrepresentation of Makar (other Gamefowl and Aliens)."
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Dr. Amarilis Lugo de Fabritz
Department of World Languages and Cultures
Howard University
Locke Hall, Room 350
2441 Sixth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20059
