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    P FKN R: How Bad Bunny Became the Global Voice of Puerto Rican Resistance, by Vanessa Díaz and Petra R. Rivera-Rideau

    “Impressively researched and engaging, P FKN R is a book that offers a critical reflection of Puerto Rico’s history and culture through one of its main exponents, Bad Bunny. The book uses the figure of Bad Bunny to explore Puerto Rico’s colonial history and present. Diáz and Rivera-Rideau critically examine his takes on race and gender in a way that is not only about the singer’s life and career, but about the recent history of Puerto Rico.” - Jorell Meléndez-Badillo, author of Puerto Rico: A National History

    More Precious than Peace: A New History of America in World War I by Justus D. Doenecke

    Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award: War & Military, Gold Medal “[More Precious than Peace] offers well-chosen anecdotes to bring wartime debates to life . . . an enjoyable read.” —Journal of Military History "The past decade has seen numerous books related to the First World War published in conjunction with its centennial. What separates Doenecke’s from its predecessors is his willingness to give a podium to dissent." —The American Conservative

    CFP: Ralph Waldo Emerson Society Panel at the Thoreau Gathering 2026

    The Ralph Waldo Emerson Society is pleased to sponsor a panel on "'Give Me Health and a Day': Emerson and Health, Illness, and Unity" at the Thoreau Society Annual Gathering, to be held in Concord, MA, on July 8-12, 2026.

    Graduate School of North American Studies at Freie Universität Berlin – Doctoral Scholarships Available

    The Graduate School of North American Studies at Freie Universität Berlin invites applications for its three-year doctoral program.

    The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) 2026 Conference Call for Papers

    SHAW 2026 Annual Conference Friday 26th June 2026, University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès The Society for the History of Women in the Americas (SHAW) welcomes proposals for its annual conference, hosted by the University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès. This year's conference invites papers on any topic relating to histories of women and gender non-conforming people in the Americas, but encourages proposals for papers, panels or roundtables that explore the subject of confinement. Please submit abstracts along with a 100-word biography of each speaker to shawsociety@gmail.com, by Monday 12th January

    Postgraduate Conference – Challenging Literary and Cultural Practices, Now: Contemporary Approaches to the Humanities

    We are pleased to announce the first edition of the Postgraduate Symposium “Challenging Literary and Cultural Practices, Now: Contemporary Approaches to the Humanities” , to be held on 26-27 March 2026 at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra (FLUC), Portugal. This symposium intends to bring together postgraduate students (MA and PhD levels) and early-career researchers from various academic backgrounds in the Humanities and Liberal Arts to discuss their research projects or other works in progress related to literatures and cultures.

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