ARHU Bookends
Dean Stephanie Shonekan launched #ARHUBookends on social media as a way to highlight some of the amazing research and creative work of ARHU faculty authors by sharing the first and last lines from their books. Read along with her and share your thoughts about the books on social media.
"On Minimalism: Documenting a Musical Movement"
by UMD Associate Professor of Musicology William Robin (editor) and Cornish College Instructor of Musicology Kerry O'Brien (editor)
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"Italian Political Cinema: Figures of the Long ’68"
by Associate Professor of Cinema & Media Studies and Italian Mauro Resmini
Thanks to a grant awarded by the College of Arts and Humanities and the UMD Libraries, the book is available Open Access here: manifold.umn.
Listen to a podcast about the book: newbooksnetwork.com/italian-political-cinema
"Techno-Magism: Media, Mediation, and the Cut of Romanticism"
by Professor of English and Comparative Literature Orrin Wang
“Structure: Concepts, Consequences, Interactions”
by Distinguished University Professor of Linguistics Howard Lasnik and Professor of Linguistics, Spanish and Portuguese Juan Uriagereka
by Associate Professor of English Lee Konstantinou
"The Multimodal Performance of Conversational Humor"
by Assistant Professor of Spanish Applied Linguistics Elisa Gironzetti
Learn more about the upcoming book conversation on 4/28 at Planet Word Museum: sllc.umd.edu/events/book-presentation-multimodal-performance-conversational-humor
“Green Light Ethics: A Theory of Permissive Consent and its Moral Metaphysics”
by Associate Professor of Philosophy Hallie Liberto
“Rape in Period Drama Television: Consent, Myth, and Fantasy”
by UMD Research Professor of History Julie Anne Taddeo and Ulster University (UK) Lecturer of English Katherine Byrne
"Are We Ever Our Own: Stories"
by Assistant Professor of English Gabrielle Fuentes
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“Black Patience: Performance, Civil Rights, and the Unfinished Project of Emancipation”
by Associate Professor of English Julius Fleming
“Bad Humor: Race and Religious Essentialism in Early Modern England”
by Professor of English Kimberly Anne Coles
“Spear: Mandela and the Revolutionaries”
by Professor of History Paul Landau
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Attend the Race, Equity & Justice Colloquium via Zoom on Friday, February 24, 2023, at 9:00 a.m.
“The Battle of the Classics: How a Nineteenth-Century Debate Can Save the Humanities Today”
by Professor and Chair of the Department of Classics Eric Adler
“Dance and Belonging: Implicit Bias and Inclusion in Dance Education”
by Assistant Professor of Dance Crystal U. Davis
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“Eating While Black: Food Shaming and Race in America”
by Professor and Chair of the Department of American Studies Psyche Williams-Forson
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"No Appetite for Racist Stereotypes"
"Help Black Farmers, Who Know Hyperlocal Doesn’t Mean Fancy"
“In the Spirit of a New People: The Cultural Politics of the Chicano Movement”
by Associate Professor of English & Comparative Literature and Director of Honors Humanities Randy Ontiveros
by Associate Professor of Communication Catherine Knight Steele
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"Catherine Knight Steele is Helping Students Find a Place in Black Digital Studies"
Watch the Arts and Humanities REJ Colloquium Archived Recording
“Black Queer Freedom: Spaces of Injury and Paths of Desire”
by Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion and Professor of English GerShun Avilez
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"GerShun Avilez Appointed Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion"
Watch the Arts and Humanities REJ Colloquium Archived Recording
“How to Go Mad without Losing Your Mind: Madness and Black Radical Creativity”
by Associate Professor of American Studies La Marr Jurelle Bruce
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"In Black Radical Artists, Professor Finds Methods to the ‘Madness’"
"La Marr Jurelle Bruce Wins 2022 Caribbean Philosophical Association Book Award"
“Making the March King: John Philip Sousa's Washington Years, 1854-1893”
by Associate Dean and Professor of Musicology Patrick Warfield