Colleagues and students,

As we embark on a new academic year, the 24^th in the history of the Glasscock Center, I want to send you my warmest wishes for a productive and successful start.

Our summer in the Center has, as has become the norm, been a busy one. Highlights have been hosting our Undergraduate Glasscock Scholars seminars, hosting our inaugural graduate summer residential fellows, and making plans for the coming year.

If you are looking for some innovative reading, the six finalists for the 26^th Susanne M. Glasscock Book Prize have been announced. Selected by our six shortlisting committees consisting of regional school teachers, graduate students, and Texas A&M humanities faculty members, the list speaks to the quality and range of humanities scholarship currently being produced around the world.

The coming year promises to be one of our busiest. This year, the Glasscock Center will be home to over a dozen Faculty and Graduate Residential Fellows, who along with our Faculty and Graduate Research Fellows, will present at our Colloquium Series throughout the year.

We will also host a steady stream of visiting scholars via our Short-Term Visiting Fellows program and our symposia, small conference, and workshops. You can find all of our upcoming events on our homepage’s calendar. First up is our Undergraduate Humanities Research Showcase, which will feature our twenty Undergraduate Glasscock Scholars’ summer research, on September 5^th.

On September 30^th, we will hear from Miranda Sachs, assistant professor in History, who will being giving the first Rosenheim Early-Career Scholar Lecture. Selected by the College of Arts & Sciences Dean’s Advisory Council from humanities faculty undergoing their midterm review, the award celebrates and highlights the outstanding scholarship of the early-career faculty in the humanities at Texas A&M. Named for James “Jim” Rosenheim, it honors him as the Glasscock Center’s inaugural director who developed the Center as a space where early-career faculty could be mentored and thrive.

This year marks the third and concluding year of The Humanities and the Anthropocene, a highly productive, faculty-led initiative that has brought dozens of scholars to campus and played a critical role in the scholarly production of affiliated faculty members and graduate students.

All of our funding opportunities with fall deadlines have been posted, with October 13^th being the deadline for most programs, so please have a look to see if any can support your humanities research endeavors. If you have questions or suggestions about programs we have (or should consider adding), please do not hesitate to reach out to me or one of our Advisory Board members.

If you are already on campus, I hope your return has been smooth.  If you are still to travel, I wish you a safe journey.  Regardless, I hope to see you at one of our events soon.

Best wishes,

Troy (Bickham)

Director and Susanne M. and Melbern G. Glasscock Director’s Chair
Professor of History