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The 2025 edition of the BrANCA biannual symposium will be taking place at Université Paris Cité on December 12 and 13. Gathering for the first time outside the UK since the Association's founding, the participants will reflect on "Borders and Ethno-Nationalism: The State of/in Americanist Studies in the Long Nineteenth Century."
“Finally, the book we all need to read to understand racial categories in the twenty-first century. Amid the rise of artificial intelligence and new technologies we barely understand, Marcel Rosa-Salas offers a lucid analysis of the structures behind racial thinking—examining the power of marketing and racial capitalism in shaping how we conceive of ourselves and other Americans.”—Arlene Dávila, author of Latinos, Inc.: The Marketing and Making of a People
“Essential reading in HIV/AIDS and queer history. An important, innovative, and engaging contribution.”—Emily K. Hobson, author of Lavender and Red: Liberation and Solidarity in the Gay and Lesbian Left
Over the years, several books and projects have attempted to capture the essence of Hamilton Heights and Sugar Hill, and thankfully, with Davida Siwisa James, the legendary community has its griot. She brings a fresh veneer, a lively descriptive narrative to this timeless section of Harlem. To be sure, the dramatic moments of the past are invoked and then lavishly alloyed with the neighborhood’s current vibrancy.—HERB BOYD, Adjunct Professor, City College of New York author of Baldwin’s Harlem: A Biography of James Baldwin
“With a global pandemic not far behind us, Trotter’s sweeping and thorough history of the ways African Americans fought to secure their physical and mental well-being, even as they fought for civil and economic rights, is timely as ever.”—Earl Lewis, author of In Their Own Interests: Race, Class, and Power in Twentieth-Century Norfolk, Virginia
Nominations sought for the Research Society for American Periodicals Article Prize for 2024-2025. Deadline 15 December 2025.
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