By Paul Almeida, author of Social Movements: The Structure of Collective Mobilization October 2019 witnessed an inordinate clustering of massive civil disobedience in the global South. These protests include major social movement …
Read More >Pulitzer Prize-winning author and journalist Barry Siegel will be at several Southern California literary events in promotion of his new book, Dreamers and Schemers: How an Improbable Bid for the 1932 Olympics …
Read More >Award-winning journalist and author Roland De Wolk will be touring to discuss his new book, American Disruptor: The Scandalous Life of Leland Stanford, which chronicles the untold story of the life and …
Read More >On November 10 , 2019, the Beyond Baroque Literary Arts Center in Venice, California will be honoring UC Press author Harryette Mullen as part of their 9th Annual Awards Dinner, the Beyond Salon. Harryette …
Read More >“I’ve always been interested as a sociologist and a researcher in trying to better understand how issues related to race, gender, and inequality persist in professional workplaces.” — Adia Harvey Wingfield, author …
Read More >On Sept. 11 , 2019, the Smithsonian-affiliated Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, PA hosted Carnegie Mellon University professor Joe William Trotter, Jr. for a celebration of his new book Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America.
Read More >This fall, author Tyler Green is continuing his series of lectures in relation to his award-winning book, Carleton Watkins: Making the West American, an expansive history of influential landscape photographer Carleton Watkins …
Read More >Mark your calendars for the chance to join Maxine Gordon in conversation about her acclaimed biography of late husband, Dexter Gordon: September 8, Sunday, 440 Gallery, Brooklyn, NY – 4 PM: One Breath …
Read More >Ism, Ism, Ism / Ismo, Ismo, Ismo is the first comprehensive, United States–based film program and catalogue to treat the full breadth of Latin America’s vibrant experimental film production. Accompanying the film series, the catalogue …
Read More >“The exhibition catalog fairly glows with transcendent images, many of which are nominally landscapes that are less descriptive than visionary reactions to the natural world.” —Charles Desmarais, San Francisco Chronicle Chiura Obata …
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