Alumnus Polgar Awarded Omohundro Institute Fellowship

Paul Polgar, who received his M.A. from the Department of History and Art History in 2007, has been awarded one of the field's most prestigious post-doctoral fellowships by the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture for the academic years 2013-2015. Polgar has recently completed his Ph.D. at the City University of New York, submitting a dissertation entitled, "Standard Bearers of Liberty and Equality: Reinterpreting the Origins of American Abolitionism."