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Jesse Joseph Olsavsky

Assistant Professor of History at Duke Kunshan University
DKU Faculty

Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research


Walter Evans Fellow for the Study of Slavery or Race · 2025 Awarded by: Yale University
Humanities Institute Fellow · 2024 Awarded by: University of Connecticut
American Antiquarian Society-National Endowment for the Humanities, Long Term Fellowship · 2022 - 2022 Awarded by: National Endowment for the Humanities
African American Studies Fellowship, Massachusetts Historical Society · 2022 - 2022 Awarded by: Massachusetts Historical Society
Mellon Dissertation Completion Fellowship · 2018 - 2019 Awarded by: American Council of Learned Societies
Charlotte Newcombe Fellowship (Declined) · 2018 Awarded by: Woodrow Wilson Foundation
Gilder Lehrman Scholarly Fellowship · 2017 - 2017 Awarded by: Gilder Lehrman Institute for American History
Lapidus Center Fellowship · 2017 - 2017 Awarded by: Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture