News and Announcements
Friday Lunch Lecture by Claus Andersen Oct. 14th
"Is Autofiction Fiction? On Karl Ove Knausgård's 'My Struggle' and the Autofictional Novel"
Virtual Lecture by Laila Amine Sept. 23rd
"'I was looking at myself': Richard Wright’s Return to West Africa"
Costica Bradatan’s In Praise of Failure Will Come Out Shortly
In Praise of Failure Four Lessons in Humility (Harvard University Press) will be available in January 2023.
Kyle Kajihiro featured in CNN article about Hawaii Tourism
Former ACLS Emerging Voices Fellow (2020-2021), Kyle Kajihiro, was featured in the CNN article about how tourism is harmful for Native Hawaiians.
Chris Yogerst reviews Jon Lewis’s “Road Trip to Nowhere”
Chris Yogerst, former UW-System Fellow (2021-2022), reviewed Jon Lewis’s book “Road Trip to Nowhere” in the Los Angeles Review of Books.
Laura McClure named Halls-Bascom Professor of Classical Literature
Laura McClure, current Senior Fellow (2019-2023), has been appointed Halls-Bascom Professor of Classical Literature Studies.
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Upcoming Events
Fri
07
Research Presentations with Randall Todd Pippenger and Nicole Pulichene
October 7 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Mon
10
Pan-African Lives, Racial Politics, and Belonging in Africa
October 10 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Mon
17
Beyond Formal Institutions: Ethnic Politicization in sub-Saharan Africa — a Comparative Perspective
October 17 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Mon
24
No Hands: An Archaeology of Emancipation
October 24 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Recent Publications
The Costs of the Gig Economy
Falina Enriquez
1368 China and the Making of the Modern World
Ali Humayun Akhtar
Biosemiotic Literary Criticism: Genesis and Prospectus
W. John Coletta
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