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Manisha Sinha’s Book Named as One of Best Feminist Books of 2024

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MS. Magazine has named Manisha Sinha‘s book The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920 as one of the top feminist books of 2024.

Karla Strand, a gender and women’s studies librarian, reviews Sinha’s book as: “With this groundbreaking volume, renowned historian Manisha Sinha offers a critical reexamination of the Reconstruction era. By extending the time frame and including other important events such as imperialism, conquest of Indigenous peoples and women’s suffrage, Sinha presents a new understanding of the consequences of its defeat.”

To read more of this article, and to learn more about the other books named: Ms. Magazine’s Top Feminist Books of 2024

Sergio Luzzatto Interviewed About New Book and Awarded Frulia Storia Award

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In 2024, Professor Sergio Luzzatto published his book, Primo Levi e i suoi compagni. In this book, “Sergio Luzzatto returns to examine the figure of Primo Levi and reconstruBook cover of Professor Sergio Luzzatto's book "Primo Levi e i suoi compagni"ct the story behind his writing, following the path that from leads the characters of Survival in Auschwitz to the real identity of his deportation companions, the European Jews forced “to the bottom” with him,”.

To read interviews about Primo Levi e i suoi compagni:

Corriere della Sera

El Pais

In September of 2024, Luzzatto was also awarded the Frulia Storia Award for his work, “Dolore e furore: Una storia delle Brigatte rosse“. The Award is awarded to an Italian nonfiction book for, “originality, scientific rigor and diffusion potential beyond the circle of professionals.”. The book must go through two rounds of judging, first by a jury of authors and scholars, and then by a jury of 300 readers.

To read more about this impressive achievement:

Messaggero Veneto

Podcast Interview With Brendan Kane and Emmet de Barra

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Screenshot of Leamh Website Home pageProfessor Brendan Kane and former MA student Emmet de Barra, now a PhD student in Irish at Trinity College Dublin, recently gave a podcast interview on the Celtic Students Podcast about their work on the innovative and fun website to Learn Early Modern Irish Léamh.org.

Listen in for a interesting discussion of Celtic languages, grammar games, collaborative work, and the perhaps surprising utility of the digital humanities as a tool for language revival.

 

Manisha Sinha Keynotes International Conference

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On December 12th, Professor Manisha Sinha keynoted an international conference, Professor Manisha Sinha, with colleagues, on a bridge over a river.“Contesting Black Citizenship from the American Revolution to the Present” at the Roosevelt Institute for American Studies, University of Leiden at Middelburg, Netherlands. The two-day conference featured multiple sessions with papers by scholars in the field from the United States and the Netherlands.

Professor Sinha’s keynote speech focused “on the rise and fall of the second American republic, covering a period of 60 years, starting with Lincoln’s election, and ending with the ratification of the nineteenth amendment”.

This is the second international conference keynoted by Professor Sinha this year. In June 2024, she keynoted another international conference on Emancipation at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark with scholars from Europe and the United States.

To read more about the events of the conference and the work of the scholars’, the Roosevelt Institute.

Manisha Sinha Awarded John W. Blassingame Award

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This October, Manisha Sinha was awarded the John W. Blassingame Award for her significant contributions to the field of African American history through her esteemed scholarship, and mentorship of African American students.  The John W. Blassingame Award is awarded by the Southern Historical Association every three years. Sinha’s award was announced at the 90th annual meeting of the Association that took place from October 24- 27th this year in Kansas City.

To read more about this impressive achievement, UConn Today.

 

 

 

 

Jeffrey Ogbar Wins GA Historical Records Advisory Council Award

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This October, Jeffrey Ogbar was awarded the Award for Excellence in Documenting Georgia’s History by the Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council for his book America’s Black Capital: How African-Americans Remade Atlanta in the Shadow of the Confederacy. The book “chronicles how a center of Black excellence emerged amid virulent expressions of white nationalism, as African Americans pushed back against Confederate ideology to create an extraordinary locus of achievement. What drove them, historian Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar shows, was the belief that Black uplift would be best advanced by forging Black institutions. ”

The Georgia Historical Records Advisory Council (GHRAC) was formed in 1993 by the Georgia General Assembly. Since then, they have worked to ensure that Georgians have access to the history of Georgia and the records that tell that history, through education and preservation.

 

Manisha Sinha Speaks at Congressional Dialogue Series

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On September 25, Prof. Manisha Sinha visited Washington D.C., where she discussed her new book, The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920, as part of the Congressional Dialogue series. Speaking before an audience of more than two hundred Members of Congress, Prof. Sinha discussed the relevance of Reconstruction to contemporary politics, and to the issues Americans face today.

Jason Chang, First Head of New Social and Critical Inquiry Dept.

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On August 28th, 2024, Professor Jason Chang, professor of History and Asian American Studies and Director of Asian and Asian American Studies, became the head of the new Social and Critical Inquiry Department. The department brings together the areas of American Studies, Asian and Asian American Studies, Native American and Indigenous Studies, and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, under the motto, “Transformation takes social and critical inquiry”. The department prioritizes education, community partnerships and engaged research, and university service, with research focused around “study social and cultural formations and their impact on public life”.Jason Chang, associate professor of history

As new department head, Professor Chang believes part of the emphasis of the department is on, “leveraging student experiences and faculty research so that the impact is not just on campus but in communities”. In the next five years, the department hopes to offer “a transformative educational experience that connects students to communities and addresses important societal problems in Connecticut and beyond”.

Professor’s Chang’s work as department head, and the goals of the new department are featured in UConn Today’s article, “Meet Jason Chang, First Head of New Social and Critical Inquiry Department”.