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May 21, 2018

Q&A with Naomi André, author of “Black Opera: History, Power, and Engagement”

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Naomi André is an associate professor in the departments of African and Afroamerican Studies and Women’s Studies and the associate director in the Residential College at the University of Michigan. She […]

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April 25, 2018 (April 26, 2018)

Q&A with Jesse Berrett, author of “Pigskin Nation: How the NFL Remade American Politics”

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Jesse Berrett earned a PhD in History at the University of California, Berkeley. He has worked as a rock critic, television columnist, and book reviewer. He teaches history at University High […]

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April 23, 2018 (April 25, 2018)

Authors on Issues: Stefan M. Bradley on the 1968 Columbia University Student Rebellion

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The following is a guest post from Stefan M. Bradley, the author of Harlem vs. Columbia University: Black Student Power in the Late 1960s. “Racist Gym Must Go!”: Remembering the […]

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April 16, 2018

Beyond Respectability awarded OAH Merle Curti Intellectual History Award

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We are pleased to announce that Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women by Brittney C. Cooper has won the Organization of American Historians Merle Curti Intellectual History Award. […]

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April 16, 2018 (April 9, 2018)

All Things Sports

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Even the discerning reader may not associate an academic press with sports. But what occurs in a sports venue—whether stadium or gym, track or sandlot—contests far more than results on a […]

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April 11, 2018 (April 12, 2018)

OAH 2018 Conference Roundup

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Are you headed to the 2018 Organization of American Historians conference in Sacramento? We are! Stop by our booth during the OAH Opening Reception Thursday, April 12, 6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. to meet our […]

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April 9, 2018

Q&A with Joseph Vogel, author of “James Baldwin and the 1980s”

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Joseph Vogel is an assistant professor of English at Merrimack College. He is the author of Man in the Music: The Creative Life and Work of Michael Jackson. He recently answered some […]

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March 28, 2018 (March 22, 2018)

AAAS 2018 Conference Roundup

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Are you headed to the 2018 Association for Asian American Studies conference in San Francisco? We are! Here is a preview of new books in The Asian American Experience series to […]

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March 22, 2018 (March 5, 2018)

#PressforProgress Reading List: Key Books on Women in Media

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In honor of Women’s History Month, UIP will be releasing weekly reading lists with some of our favorite women’s history books. We are joining the call to #PressforProgress for gender […]

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March 15, 2018 (March 5, 2018)

New #PressforProgress Reading List: Essential books on Women in Music

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 In honor of Women’s History Month, UIP will be releasing weekly reading lists with some of our favorite women’s history books. We are joining the call to #PressforProgress for gender […]

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March 13, 2018

Authors on Issues: Jane Rhodes on “Black Panther” Mania

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The following is a guest post from Jane Rhodes, the author of Framing the Black Panthers: The Spectacular Rise of a Black Power Icon.  The Revolution has come. . . […]

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March 12, 2018 (March 8, 2018)

Q&A with Derek Vaillant, Author of “Across the Waves”

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Derek W. Vaillant is an associate professor of communication studies at the University of Michigan. He is the author of Sounds of Reform: Progressivism and Music in Chicago, 1873-1935. He recently answered […]

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