Cornell history scholars in residence at Institute for Advanced Study

The prestigious Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) has granted fellowships to three history faculty members in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) for the 2024-05 academic year.

Mara Yue Du, associate professor of history; Durba Ghosh, professor of history; and Rachel Weil, professor of history are pursuing research projects at the IAS campus in Princeton, New Jersey.

During the fellowship, Du will complete a book manuscript titled "China: From a Nationless State to a Nation Defined by State," a long durée history of the engagement between the evolving global order and sovereign notions in China since the 19th century. She will also start research for her next major book project, "Twice A Stranger: China, United States and Trans-Pacific Travelers."

Ghosh plans to work on a book project titled "Moving Monuments: Colonial and Postcolonial Statues in Britain and India, 1780-1972." It focuses on statues installed in Britain and India under colonial rule and removed after independence in 1947.

Weil will use the fellowship year to work on a project titled "Mere Detention: Imprisonment in England, 1550-1800." It uncovers more than two hundred years of struggle between prisoners, gaolers, political authorities and reformers over what could be done to or by people who were locked up for reasons other than being punished for a crime.

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