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#UNC geography expert Conghe Song leads the geography unc Remote Sensing and Ecological Modeling Group. He shares his research goals — monitoring land-cover and land-use change over time — in a recent interview with IAH at UNC iah.unc.edu/song-q-a/ 📸 UNC Research

Last year, Ting Wang received an MSI Fellowship to research declining fertility rates in East Asian Societies: go.unc.edu/m4Q8W Applications for the next MSI Fellowship will go to a researcher working on Islam or the Middle East. Apply now: go.unc.edu/b4H3Z

Ruth Matamoros Mercado’s work focuses on Indigenous geographies, land relations, and more. As a Johnson Fellow, she will research these topics in her project “Indigenous Geographies of Land, Education, and Refusal.” @GeographyUNC

Kathleen DuVal (FFP ’13, ’22) explains why recent findings suggesting the “Lost Colony” of Roanoke may have moved to Hatteras Island are plausible to Live Science. go.unc.edu/Wz7j5 @UNCHistory

Incoming Fuqua Fellow Angela Stuesse will work on “#FreeDany: Searching for Belonging, Dreaming of Home,” a book project co-authored by Dany Vargas. The book tells the story of U.S. anti-immigration policy and the adversities faced by undocumented communities.

Cemil Aydin (FFP '14) returns as a Schwab Fellow next spring. The professor of international/global history has previously written on history and politics in Asia and the Muslim World. His fellowship at the IAH will build upon his scholarship in global history. @UNCHistory

In addition to serving as an associate professor in UNC English & Comparative Literature, Gabrielle Calvoressi is an editor for the Southern Cultures Journal and Los Angeles Review of Books. They join the IAH next spring as a McGowan fellow.

Al Duncan’s "Ugly Productions: An Aesthetics of Greek Drama" received the IAH’s Publication Support Grant in 2023-24. Next spring, he will join the IAH to work on his new project “Tragedy, Truth, and Reconciliation: Greek Drama in Divided Societies” as a Bernstein Fellow.

Next spring, Antwain Hunter will be a Burress Fellow. A historian on slavery and freedom in North America, Hunter will use his fellowship to work on a project on alcohol and race in early republic Charleston. @UNCHistory

Listen to incoming McGowan Fellow Gaby Calvocoressi describe their journey as a poet, along with insights on how to edit and teach writing in this episode from 2020: go.unc.edu/w4R2G UNC English & Comparative Literature

Joseph Lam has received the IAH’s Schwab Award and the King’s College London Collaboration Grant. He will be a Borden Fellow next spring, when he will work on “How Sacrifice Became Atoning”. @ReliUNC

Soren Palmer teaches literature and creative writing in the UNC English & Comparative Literature program. His work appears in the Barely South Review, Potomac Review, The Huffington Post, and others. As a Cramer Fellow, he will work on his new book project “Red Summer”.

Professor of art and art history's Hồng-An Trương will work on the Faculty Fellowship project “If you can hear the sound of my voice, clap once,” combining sound, film, sculpture, and installation to explore the Third World Liberation struggle and antiwar movement in Vietnam.

Ex Machina’s first debut was at UNC Music Department's 2024 Festival on the Hill, where Clara Yang used the piano to explore a machine’s multifaceted meanings. Next Spring, Clara Yang will join the IAH to deepen the project. More on Ex Machina: go.unc.edu/y4CQj

In 2020, Priscilla Layne (FFP ’21) joined us on the podcast to discuss the research involved in her publication “Out of This World: Afro-German Afrofuturism.” UNC German & Slavic Listen to episode 110 to learn more: go.unc.edu/Ai6q8

The summer issue of the IAH Faculty Newsletter is out! Learn more about opportunities like the IAH Faculty Fellowship Program, Fulbright Scholars Program, and more: go.unc.edu/Zw52H

Thanks to the generosity of donors, the IAH met its fundraising goal for the Faculty Fellowship Program, ensuring sustainable funding to support at least 18 Fellows each year. go.unc.edu/e9D8M

Stephanie Elizondo Griest (FFP ’15, ’23) discusses her new book, “Art Above Everything: One Woman’s Global Exploration of the Joys and Torments of Creative Life,” with NBC News: nbcnews.com/news/latino/ar…

We’re accepting applications for our two fellowships: The Faculty Fellowship Program and the Tyson Academic Leadership Program. FFP deadline: Sept. 25 iah.unc.edu/ffp-call27/ ALP deadline: Oct. 23. iah.unc.edu/alp-call27/

IAH interim director Betsy Olson (FFP ’17, ’24; ALP ’19) won the Johnson Prize in 2020. That spring, we invited her on the podcast to ask questions about her research, leadership, and more. Listen to the episode: go.unc.edu/Wi29B