The Graduate Scholars in Residence program provides up to nine students in the humanities with a one-course teaching release or summer funding, enabling them to devote an entire semester to work on their dissertations.
As part of their HI residence, these scholars will deliver a talk with an update on their projects.
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Meet the speakers:
![a picture of Yilan in front of an urban landscape](https://mcusercontent.com/678371546a17b8d8f36670e31/images/cc51fb29-f429-cbe4-dce3-ad692a31db02.jpg)
Yilan Luo, Department of History: “Gambling History in Twentieth Century Shanghai, 1911–1965”
![a headshot of Irene](https://mcusercontent.com/678371546a17b8d8f36670e31/images/cb014153-1429-354d-da31-70ba85b4170a.jpg)
Irene Kemunto Momanyi, Department of French and Francophone Studies, African Studies program: “Testimony, Trauma, and Memory in Narratives of the Genocide Against the Tutsi”
![a headshot of Michael](https://mcusercontent.com/678371546a17b8d8f36670e31/images/55ebe566-8000-6cdd-8e44-d040c0058c40.jpg)
Michael Young, Department of English: “The Sophistic Gambit: Dale Carnegie at the Origins of Speech Communication”