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Queer Timing Awarded the Pop Culture Association’s John Leo and Dana Heller Award

Posted on February 7, 2020 (February 5, 2020) by michael
in and sexuality studies, authors, awards, Feminist Media Studies, feminist studies, film, gender, gender studies, sexuality studies, winner

We are pleased to announce Queer Timing: The Emergence of Lesbian Sexuality in Early Cinema by Susan Potter is this year’s winner of the Pop Culture Association’s John Leo and […]

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When the Light is Fire Awarded Jackie Kirk Outstanding Book Award

Posted on February 6, 2020 (February 5, 2020) by michael
in announcement, authors, awards, education, feminist studies, gender, gender studies, winner

We are pleased to announce When the Light is Fire: Maasai Schoolgirls in Contemporary Kenya by Heather D. Switzer has been awarded the Jackie Kirk Outstanding Book Award for scholarly […]

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Tagged girlhood studies

Get a Free eBook of Glory in Their Spirit by Sandra M. Bolzenius and a Special Issue of the Journal of American Ethnic History

Posted on February 1, 2020 (January 31, 2020) by michael
in Uncategorized

This month, we’re giving away free ebook copies of Glory in Their Spirit: How Four Black Women Took On the Army During World War II by Sandra M. Bolzenius and […]

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Tagged Announcements, Q&A

Q&A with Annette K. Joseph-Gabriel, author of Reimagining Liberation

Posted on January 8, 2020 (October 17, 2019) by michael
in author commentary, authors, black studies, Q&A, women, women's history

Annette K. Joseph-Gabriel is an assistant professor of French at the University of Michigan. She recently answered some questions about her book, Reimagining Liberation: How Black Women Transformed Citizenship in the French […]

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Unsettled Scores: Politics, Hollywood, and the Film Music of Aaron Copland and Hanns Eisler Recipient of a Grant from the Henry and Edna Binkele Classical Music Fund

Posted on December 27, 2019 (December 16, 2019) by michael
in development

The University of Illinois Press is pleased to announce that Unsettled Scores: Politics, Hollywood, and the Film Music of Aaron Copland and Hanns Eisler by Sally Bick has been selected […]

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University of Illinois Press Best of 2019

Posted on December 23, 2019 (December 16, 2019) by michael
in Best of

Every December since 2007 we have posted an annual list of our pop culture favorites. This year we have added a “Best of the Decade” component.  The University of Illinois […]

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1619 Project Reading List: Black Popular Music

Posted on December 20, 2019 (December 17, 2019) by michael
in 1619 Project, African American Studies, american history, black studies, music

  This August marked the 400th anniversary of slaves arriving in America. To commemorate the anniversary, The New York Times Magazine launched the 1619 Project, a major initiative led by Nikole Hannah-Jones, with […]

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1619 Project Reading List: Sports and Racism

Posted on December 19, 2019 (December 17, 2019) by michael
in 1619 Project, African American Studies, black studies, sports history

This August marked the 400th anniversary of slaves arriving in America. To commemorate the anniversary, The New York Times Magazine launched the 1619 Project, a major initiative led by Nikole […]

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1619 Project Reading List: Mass Incarceration and Lynching

Posted on December 18, 2019 (December 17, 2019) by michael
in 1619 Project, African American Studies, american history, black studies

  This August marked the 400th anniversary of slaves arriving in America. To commemorate the anniversary, The New York Times Magazine launched the 1619 Project, a major initiative led by Nikole Hannah-Jones, with […]

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1619 Project Reading List: Slavery, Racism, and Politics

Posted on December 17, 2019 (December 17, 2019) by michael
in 1619 Project, African American Studies, american history, black studies

This August marked the 400th anniversary of slaves arriving in America. To commemorate the anniversary, The New York Times Magazine launched the 1619 Project, a major initiative led by Nikole Hannah-Jones, with the […]

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1619 Project Reading List: Black Women’s Activism

Posted on December 16, 2019 (December 17, 2019) by michael
in 1619 Project, African American Studies, black studies, feminist studies, women, women's history

This August marked the 400th anniversary of slaves arriving in America. To commemorate the anniversary, The New York Times Magazine launched the 1619 Project, a major initiative led by Nikole […]

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Tagged 1619 Project

The World in a City Awarded the Shelley Fisher Fishkin Prize

Posted on November 26, 2019 (November 21, 2019) by michael
in awards, politics, radical studies

We are pleased to announce The World in a City: Multiethnic Radicalism in Early Twentieth-Century Los Angeles by David M. Struthers won the Shelley Fisher Fishkin Prize for International Scholarship […]

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