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Latest News and Events

    CFP January 2025 conference in Paris about US elections

    Hi, Please find attached the CFP for an international conference entitled "After November 5th: The Challenges to U.S. Democracy in the Era of Trumpism," which will take place at the Chicago University in Paris (France) on January 23 & 24, 2025. Paper proposals (which should include the title of the paper, author(s), and a 10-line abstract) must be submitted before October 2, 2024, to the following address: USdemocracyjan25@gmail.com. Acceptance will be notified by October 21, 2024. Thanks!

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    Launching event of the 2024-2025 GREEN BAAS Online Roundtable Series: Writing in/for the Environmental Humanities

    All environmental humanists broadly conceived are invited to join us for the launching event of the 2024-2025 GREEN BAAS Online Roundtable Series: Writing in/for the Environmental Humanities. This free online roundtable will be held on zoom on Thursday 12 September, 4pm BST. Conceived with the needs and questions of ECRs in mind, this session brings together five experienced scholars who edit journals and/or book series about the environmental humanities to share with us their reflections on the field and the challenges and opportunities of writing in/for the environmental humanities.

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    Black Elders: The Meaning of Age in American Slavery and Freedom by Frederick Knight

    In Black Elders, Frederick C. Knight explores the experiences of African Americans with aging and in old age during the eras of slavery and emancipation.

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    The Politics of Kinship: Race, Family, Governance by Mark Rifkin

    Mark Rifkin explores how the construction of family as a white liberal institution of race-making drives US settler-colonial violence.

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    The Tuskegee Student Uprising: A History by Brian Jones

    BCALA 2023 Nonfiction Award Winner

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    The Unstoppable Irish: Songs and Integration of the New York Irish, 1783–1883 by Dan Milner

    Milner uses music to reveal the history and culture of Irish immigrants in New York, providing fresh insights into their beliefs and struggles

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