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In Against Extraction Matt Hooley traces a modern tradition of Ojibwe invention in Minneapolis and St. Paul from the mid-nineteenth century to the present as that tradition emerges in response to the cultural legacies of US colonialism.
Catholicism and Native Americans in Early North America interrogates the profound cultural impacts of Catholic policies and practice in La Florida during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Organizing Your Own shows that the Black freedom movement never experienced a “white purge,” and it offers a new way of understanding Black Power’s relationship to white America.
The British Library is looking for a p/t Research Events Producer (Fixed term: 18 months - 21.6 hrs per week, salary £33,600 pro rata). Deadline 12 May.
The Institute of Historical Research's History Lab is delighted to announce the winner of our 2024 Olivette Otele Paper Prize: Tionne Alliyah Parris (University of Hertfordshire). Tionne's prize-winning talk will be a must-attend for anyone interested in Black history, transnational feminism and social justice movements.
The journal History is offering two awards (one early career, one mid-career) for up to £1500 leading to creation of a journal article in any field of history from any time period or geographical location. Articles will be published in the journal and are expected to be submitted within 18 months of the award.
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