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October 18, 2019

Syrian and Lebanise Patrícios in São Paulo winner of the Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Award

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We are pleased to announce that Syrian and Lebanese Patrícios in São Paulo: From the Levant to Brazil by Oswaldo Truzzi and translated by Ramon J. Stern has won the Evelyn Shakir Non-Fiction Award from the Arab American National Museum. … Continue reading →

September 9, 2019

Andrew C. Billings and Jason Edward Black win Outstanding Book Award for Mascot Nation

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We are pleased to announce that Mascot Nation: The Controversy over Native American Representations in Sports by Andrew C. Billings and Jason Edward Black won the Outstanding Book Award from the Communication and Sport Division of the National Communication Association. … Continue reading →

August 2, 2019

Keisha Lindsay wins Michael Harrington Book Award for “In a Classroom of Their Own”

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We are pleased to announce that In a Classroom of Their Own: The Intersection of Race and Feminist Politics in All-Black Male Schools by Keisha Lindsay has won the 2019 Michael Harrington Book Award from the New Political Science Caucus … Continue reading →

June 19, 2019

Peter Cole wins Philip Taft Labor History Book Award for “Dockworker Power”

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We are pleased to announce that Dockworker Power: Race and Activism in Durban and the San Francisco Bay Area by Peter Cole was a co-winner of the Philip Taft Labor History Book Award, awarded by the Labor and Working-Class History Association (LAWCHA) and … Continue reading →

June 19, 2019

Alina R. Méndez Wins 2019 Gutman Prize for Outstanding Dissertation

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We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 LAWCHA (Labor and Working Class History Association) Gutman Prize! Congratulations to Alina R. Méndez, whose dissertation titled “Cheap for Whom? Migration, Farm Labor, and Social Reproduction in the Imperial Valley-Mexicali Borderlands, 1942-1969” will be … Continue reading →

June 17, 2019

“Media, Geopolitics, and Power” by Herman Wasserman Named Book of the Year by ICA!

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We are pleased to announce that Media, Geopolitics, and Power: A View from the Global South by Herman Wasserman was named Book of the Year by the Global Communication and Social Change division of the International Communication Association (ICA). The award was … Continue reading →

May 1, 2019

Creating the Land of Lincoln: The History and Constitution of Illinois, 1778-1870 awarded the Russell P. Strange Book of the Year Award from ISHS

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 We are pleased to announce that Creating the Land of Lincoln: The History and Constitutions of Illinois, 1778-1870 by Frank Cicero Jr. has won the Russell P. Strange Book of the Year Award from the Illinois State Historical Society (ISHS). The award is presented … Continue reading →

April 5, 2019

Chinatown Opera Theater in North America awarded Irving Lowens Book Award from SAM

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We are pleased to announce that Chinatown Opera Theater in North America by Nancy Yunhwa Rao has won the Irving Lowens Book Award from the Society for American Music (SAM). The award was announced at the annual SAM conference, March … Continue reading →

March 15, 2019

Chinatown Opera Theater in North America Awarded 2019 Association for Asian American Studies Award

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We are pleased to announce that Chinatown Opera Theater in North America by Nancy Yunhwa Rao has won the 2019 Association for Asian American Studies Award for Outstanding Achievement in Humanities and Cultural Studies: Media, Visual, and Performance Studies. The award committee … Continue reading →

February 28, 2019

Journal of Civil and Human Rights Article Awarded 2019 Farrar Award in Media & Civil Rights History

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Journal of Civil and Human Rights Article Awarded 2019 Farrar Award in Media & Civil Rights History We are pleased to announce that the Journal of Civil and Human Rights article, “An Idea Before Its Time: Charles S. Johnson, Negro Columnist,” by … Continue reading →