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Ragtime Romance and its Afterlives
Mar 23 2026
Author Allyson Nadia Field on rediscovering film and the first cinematic depiction of Black romance.
Whether or Not "Sinners" Wins the Oscar, Ryan Coogler’s Genre-Bending Film Signals a New Era for Original Cinema
Mar 06 2026
A Q&A with "Film Quarterly" contributor Anthony Michael D’Agostino
Domestic worker activism and anti-fascism: A Q&A with Katherine M. Marino
Aug 26 2025
Who speaks out against fascism—is it only the most powerful or politically connected who can do so, or is it those whose rights are most in danger?
Uncovering Stand-Up Comedy’s Feminist Media History
Feb 22 2025
Hattie Noel was a trailblazer of the stand-up comedy form. While the visual archive shows her constrained in the controlling images of Disney’s hippo and Hollywood’s maid, her comedy albums tell a different story of Black representation.
Public History in the South
Oct 04 2024
Enjoy a paywall-free selection of recent articles from The Public Historian in celebration of NCPH’s mini-conference on the State of Public History in the South.
Disrupting Racism and Global Exclusion in Academic Publishing: Recommendations and Resources for Authors, Reviewers, and Editors
Aug 02 2024
Following the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, a brief window of time opened to “take audacious steps to address systemic racial inequality.”
Notes on Archival War
Nov 01 2023
Orisanmi Burton describes his approach to writing his new book through a methodological approach he developed called archival war.
Richmond and Central Virginia: At the Intersection of Liberation and Occupation
Nov 01 2023
Melissa Ooten and Jason Sawyer present their alt-travel guide to Richmond and Central Virginia.
The Southern Cross of Honor: how insurrections become legitimized
Sep 26 2023
This blog post explores a lesser-known piece of Confederate iconography, the Southern Cross of Honor. The US government’s gradual complicity in the establishment of these markers reveals how, and why, some insurrections become legitimized over time.
Explore Sociology Journals from UC Press at #ASA2023
Jul 05 2023
As one of the world's most forward-thinking publishers, UC Press gives voice, reach, and impact to innovative research and exceptional scholarship.