This guest post is published in advance of the American Society of Criminology conference in Philadelphia, occurring November 15-18. #ASCPhilly By Jeff Ferrell, author of the forthcoming Drift: Illicit Mobility and Uncertain Knowledge (March 2018) …
Read More >By Shelley Streeby, author of Imagining the Future of Climate Change: World-Making through Science Fiction and Activism This guest post is part of the ASA blog series published in conjunction with the meeting of …
Read More >By Sunaina Maira, author of Boycott! The Academy and Justice for Palestine This guest post is part of the ASA blog series published in conjunction with the meeting of the American Studies Association in …
Read More >For the past few months, articles from The Public Historian (TPH) have been featured in a blog series by the National Council on Public History showcasing how TPH articles have been used effectively in the classroom. With the American …
Read More >To introduce the membership of the American Studies Association to the oldest U.S. film journal in continual publication (next year marks its sixtieth anniversary), the editors of Film Quarterly have chosen a selection of …
Read More >By Roderick A. Ferguson, author of We Demand: The University and Student Protests UC Press is proud to be part of the Association of American University Press’s sixth annual University Press Week, whose …
Read More >One year since the electoral victory of Donald Trump, the nation remains divided as ever as both the left and right endeavor to process and understand what the 2016 outcome says about …
Read More >Taking the 2017 American Studies Association conference by storm the new series edited by past presidents of the ASA American Studies Now: Critical Histories of the Present offers short, timely books on the issues …
Read More >From searing critiques of power and wealth, to in-depth investigations of race, gender, and class to cultural histories of activism and social justice, these new releases will inspire the way you think …
Read More >Chicago has attracted the gaze of journalists, novelists, essayists, and scholars as much as any city in the nation. And, yet, few historians have attempted big-picture narratives of the city’s transformation over …
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