Professor Sinha appeared to discuss the departure from precedent that free-fee days being cancelled for MLK Jr.’s birthday and Juneteenth represent in light of a new day added on Flag Day, which is not a federal holiday but is current President Trump’s birthday.
Full segment here: Juneteenth and MLK Day removed as free-fee days at national parks – ABC News
Professor Dudden’s article titled “When Japan’s history becomes a security threat” explains the history invoked by Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s statement about Taiwan in November, and the intentions behind making statements that could and did flare political discussion in the region.
Full article here: When Japan’s history becomes a security threat – Opinion – Chinadaily.com.cn
The article begins with a summary of Professor Sinha’s embarking on a book and lecture tour in China to engage new readers with the material, and goes on to a Q and A about what the book means to both American and international scholars. The book has been widely read internationally, and the discussion explains how studying the past and uncovering the full picture of the abolition movement offers a perpetually relevant opportunity for examination of how people’s lives and choices have led to political change both in the US and internationally.
Full article here: Manisha Sinha Brings Global Perspectives on Abolition to China – UConn Today
Professor Alexis Dudden was featured to explain the context and significance of a recent diplomatic exchange between the Japanese prime minister and Chinese officials.
Full segment available here: What’s Behind the China-Japan Spat
Harvard University Press, 2026 (US); Penguin Books, 2026 (UK)
A vivid biography of the nineteenth-century French-Italian aristocrat Marquis de Morès, the first political leader to master the blend of racialized hatred, cross-class solidarity, and paramilitary violence that Benito Mussolini would call “fascism.”
Fiona Vernal, Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies and Associate Director of the Africana Studies Institute, and graduate student Tim Brown, with the help of community volunteers recorded oral histories and digitized photos that were used to curate the exhibit. The work for the exhibit began in 2023, and builds upon Professor Vernal’s local history work in CT towns including Hartford, Windsor, and Enfield. UConn Today has written an in-depth article on the project and what it means to the communities whose stories are being told.
Full article here
Jonathan Michaels, one-time chef and longtime lecturer at UConn Hartford, has written one cookbook and two excellent historical studies of McCarthyism. His new book project is on leftist politics and the International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union, under contract with Routledge. This week, with the election of a democratic socialist as mayor of New York, he returns to the vibrant world of immigrants, leftists, and union struggles in early 20th century New York for a piece in Jacobin about Morris Hillquit, “The Socialist Who Helped Bring Marx to America.”
The Southern Historical Association will be hosting a roundtable discussion of Prof. Manisha Sinha’s, The Counterrevolution of Slavery: Politics and Ideology in Antebellum South Carolina, in honor of the twenty-fifth anniversary of its publication. The discussion will take place on November 7, from 2:30 – 4:30 P.M. In addition to Manisha Sinha, the panel will feature Lorri Glover (Saint Louis University), W. Fitzhugh Brundage (University of North Carolina), Justene Hill Edwards (University of Virginia), Matthew Karp (Princeton University), and Amrita Chakrabarti Myers (Indiana University).
The Rutgers Climate Symposium fosters collaboration among researchers and students across all disciplines from institutions in the Mid-Atlantic region who are interested in climate change, renewable energy, energy efficiency, or other approaches to reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
More info and attendance registration here.