Small Grants

February 21, 2024
Tieanna Graphenreed

The Brownies' Book in Boston

Identifying childrens' geographies of learning and education in nineteenth century Black Boston

July 28, 2023
Claire Dunning

Mapping Renewal, Engaging Residents

Reflections on Freedom House and citizen participation in Boston’s urban renewal

September 15, 2023
Deland Chan

Putting Chinatown on the Map: Resisting Displacement through Infrastructural Advocacy

How San Francisco's Chinatown community used infrastructure as a conduit for identity, empowerment, and resilience

January 31, 2024
Joan Brunetta and Eve Loftus

Mapping Black Cambridge: 1790-1820

Snapshots of Black life in a New England city from the first four federal censuses, 1790–1820

March 28, 2024
Ian Spangler

Meet LMEC’s 2023-2024 recipients of Small Grants for Digital Publications

Keep an eye out for updates on these exciting research projects

April 17, 2024
Chloe Bordewich and Lydia Harrington

Boston’s Little Syria

Explore the city's first Arabic-speaking neighborhood

November 22, 2024
Savita Maharaj

Afro Asian Diaspora and the Eaton Sisters

Documenting the places and spaces where the Eaton sisters (primarily Winnifred and Edith) lived and wrote

February 28, 2024
Julian Hartman

Section 112 in the Boston Region: Universities, Hospitals, and Urban Renewal

What the Section 112 credit program can tell us about the role of universities and hospitals in shaping the neighborhoods around them

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