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Foreign Policy: Evidence is growing that free speech is declining
Dec. 8, 2023—Jacob Mchangama, research professor of political science and executive director of the Future of Free Speech Project, authored this opinion piece. Jyllands-Posten, La Presse, Euractiv.ro also published op-eds authored by Mchangama.
BBC: Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has died at the age of 100.
Dec. 1, 2023—Thomas Schwartz, Distinguished Professor of History, interviewed. ABC (Australia), NewsNation and Fox Business also interviewed Schwartz.
Washington Post: Henry Kissinger, who shaped world affairs under two presidents, dies at 100
Dec. 1, 2023—Thomas Schwartz, Distinguished Professor of History, is quoted. HuffPost and Al Jazeera also published articles quoting Schwartz.
Lachs, Centennial Professor Emeritus and beloved instructor for a half-century, has died
Nov. 29, 2023—John Lachs, professor emeritus of philosophy and Centennial Professor Emeritus, died November 14 in Nashville. He was 89. Lachs was born in Budapest, Hungary in 1934, and emigrated to Canada as a child. He earned a bachelor’s degree in 1956 and a master’s degree in 1957 from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec. He graduated from Yale...
Church, professor emeritus and former director of the Vanderbilt Language Lab, has died
Oct. 27, 2023—Dan Church, professor of French, emeritus, and former director of the Vanderbilt Language Lab, died October 9 in Nashville. He was 84. Church was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1939 and grew up in North Wilkesboro and Statesville. He received his bachelor’s degree in French from Wake Forest University in 1961 and was a...
Enrique Pupo-Walker, Centennial Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, has died
Oct. 19, 2023—Enrique Pupo-Walker, Centennial Professor of Spanish and Portuguese and former director of the Center for Latin American and Iberian Studies, died September 25 in Nashville. He was 90. Pupo-Walker was born in Holguin, Cuba, in 1933. He received his undergraduate degree at La Universidad de la Habana, in Cuba, in 1954, a master’s degree from...
Three A&S faculty elected 2023 members of AAAS
Sep. 5, 2023—The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the election of three College of Arts and Science faculty among its 2023 cohort of 270 new members. They are: María Magdalena Campos-Pons, Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Art Major Jackson, Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Professor of English Keivan Stassun, Stevenson Professor of Physics and professor of astronomy, computer science and...
Cecil Jones, Jr., influential emeritus theatre professor, has died
Mar. 23, 2023—Cecil Jones, Jr., professor of theatre, emeritus, who taught at Vanderbilt for 29 years, died on March 18 in Nashville. He was 92. Born in Nashville, he completed his undergraduate education at Vanderbilt, graduating with a bachelor of arts in 1951. He went on to earn his master’s degree from Northwestern University in 1952 and...
Meet alumna Halee Robinson
Feb. 6, 2023—Today, we’re talking with alumna Halee Robinson who graduated in 2019 with a double major in history and political science. She’s currently a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at Princeton University, studying the carceral state and state violence following the Civil War. Q. Tell us about your research work at Vanderbilt, and...
Meet alumnus Skyler Gordon
Feb. 2, 2023—Today, we’re talking with alumnus Skyler Gordon who graduated in 2016 with a double major in history and classical and Mediterranean studies. He’s currently a fifth-year Ph.D. candidate in the Department of History at Princeton University, studying race and racism in the U.S. armed forces. Q. Can you tell us about your work at...