Department of History Assistant Professor Ndubueze L. Mbah was recognized as a 2019 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Centennial Fellow in the Dynamics of Place for their project, Rebellious Migrants: Forging Cosmopolitan Identity and Postcolonial Spaces in the Bight of Biafra, 1840-1960.
This year’s 81 fellows were selected by their peers from over 1,100 applicants in a review process with multiple stages. Awards range from $40,000 to $70,000, depending on the scholar’s career stage, and support six to twelve months of full-time research and writing.