What We're Reading

Joseph Satish, University of Hyderabad

Ashkhen Khachatryan, "The Armenian Presence in Chennai", Cenkantal.

The author, an Armenian based in Chennai (India), describes the history of how Armenians migrated to Chennai in South India and their heritage in India.

Seth Meehan, "To understand world history, study the Jesuits", America: The Jesuit Review.

Seth Meehan interviews Markus Friedrich, the author of Jesuits: A History (Princeton University Press, 2022) which provides an account of nearly five centuries of labor by members of the Society of Jesus around the world. 

Kabir Altaf, "The Evolution of Hindustani Classical Music in Pakistan Since 1947", Economic and Political Weekly.

Altaf traces the evolution of music in Pakistan since the Indo-Pakistan Partition of 1947, focusing mainly on the adaptive strategies employed by gharana musicians to continue performing within the new societal constraints. 

Henry Jacob, Fulbright Scholar in Panama

Ohiggins Arcia Jaramillo “El sueño americano se apaga en calles, terminales y albergues de Panamá”, La Prensa.

Journalist Ohiggins Arcia Jaramillo chronicles the obstacles thousands of migrants, many of whom are Venezuelan, chasing the American dream face. Given a recent joint U.S. and Mexican immigration restriction plan, those crossing through Panama, a maritime gateway of the world, find few paths up north.

Drew DeSilver, “Turnout in U.S. has soared in recent elections but by some measures still trails that of many other countries”, Pew Research Center.

With the U.S. Midterm Elections looming, DeSilver compares American voting trends to other nations.

David Wallace-Wells, “Beyond Catastrophe: A New Climate Reality Is Coming Into View”, The New York Times Magazine.

In this article, Wallace-Wells documents how the “window of possible climate futures is narrowing” and it seems that the world could be “mercifully short of true climate apocalypse” yet still distant from the normal.

Kristie Flannery, University of British Columbia

Amelia Goerlitz, “Tips for Applying to a SAAM Fellowship”, Smithsonian American Art Museum YouTube channel.

The Smithsonian American Art Museum offers Fellowships to support researchers, from students to senior scholars, to study in its collections. The Museum’s Chair of Academic Programs, Amelia Goerlitz, gives a great overview of these opportunities and demystifies the application process in a presentation you can view on you tube.