Recent News
Draper Chair of American History Manisha Sinha featured in UConn Today article about launch of Chinese translation of ‘The Slave’s Cause’
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 […]
[Read More]Professor Alexis Dudden on BFM Morning Brief Podcast Segment “What’s Behind the China-Japan Spat”
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
[Read More]
The First Fascist
Sergio Luzzatto 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.”
[Read More]-
Dec11
-
Jan21
-
Feb4
-
Mar4
The First Fascist
Sergio Luzzatto 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.”
[Read More]
An Eoraip: Gaelic Ireland in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
The chapters in this volume examine the many and various ways that Gaelic Ireland was integrated into the broader, European world, focusing on literature and learning; real-world politics, economics, and travel; and questions of identity.
[Read More]
Water from the Rock: Black Resistance in a Revolutionary Age
Princeton University Press, 2025
Manisha Sinha wrote the forward of a new edition of Sylvia Frey’s classic Water from the Rock: Black Resistance in a Revolutionary Age published by Princeton University Press in July 2025.
[Read More]
The Politics of Care Work
Duke University Press, 2025
[Read More]