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Nora Williams

Student
History

Research Interests


Nineteenth century U.S. South; race; gender; sexual violence in slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction era; carceral history; spatiality and ecology of trauma.

Fellowships, Gifts, and Supported Research


Anne Firor Scott Research Award · 2026 Awarded by: Duke Department of History; Department of Gender, Sexuality, & Feminist Studies
Summer Research Fellowship for Research on Racism and Systemic Inequalities · 2025 Awarded by: Duke University Graduate School
Domestic Dissertation Research Travel Award · 2025 Awarded by: Duke University Graduate School
Anne Firor Scott Research Award · 2025 Awarded by: Duke Department of History; Department of Gender, Sexuality, & Feminist Studies