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Public History in the South
Oct 04 2024
Enjoy a paywall-free selection of recent articles from The Public Historian in celebration of NCPH’s mini-conference on the State of Public History in the South.
Disrupting Racism and Global Exclusion in Academic Publishing: Recommendations and Resources for Authors, Reviewers, and Editors
Aug 02 2024
Following the murders of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, a brief window of time opened to “take audacious steps to address systemic racial inequality.”
Notes on Archival War
Nov 01 2023
Orisanmi Burton describes his approach to writing his new book through a methodological approach he developed called archival war.
Richmond and Central Virginia: At the Intersection of Liberation and Occupation
Nov 01 2023
Melissa Ooten and Jason Sawyer present their alt-travel guide to Richmond and Central Virginia.
The Southern Cross of Honor: how insurrections become legitimized
Sep 26 2023
This blog post explores a lesser-known piece of Confederate iconography, the Southern Cross of Honor. The US government’s gradual complicity in the establishment of these markers reveals how, and why, some insurrections become legitimized over time.
Explore Sociology Journals from UC Press at #ASA2023
Jul 05 2023
As one of the world's most forward-thinking publishers, UC Press gives voice, reach, and impact to innovative research and exceptional scholarship.
The Different States of Motherhood
May 15 2023
Recognizing and honoring the unique and different aspects of being a mother in 2023While Mother's Day is a time for mothers across the globe to be celebrated, it is equally important to take into account the issues that society and policies have enacted that put mother's in a position to make di
UC Press March Award Winners
Apr 07 2023
UC Press is proud to publish award-winning authors and books across many disciplines. Below are several of our March 2023 award winners. Please join us in celebrating these scholars by sharing the news! Moon-Ho Jung 2023 David Montgomery Award Winner Organization of American Histori
Why Sammy Davis Jr. Is Still Relevant to Today’s Discussions of Race
Mar 23 2023
By Matthew Frye Jacobson, author of Dancing Down the Barricades: Sammy Davis Jr. and the Long Civil Rights Era: A Cultural HistoryIt has been supremely challenging, in the face of the constant emergencies and the grotesque uncertainties of the twenty-first century, to address questions of race a
When Do You Stop Arriving?: African American Histories in Rural California
Mar 01 2023
Nine young men and women sitting in a field, Tulare County, 1912 [229]. Roberts Family Papers, African American Museum & Library at Oakland.California History recently published its second special issue on the history of African Americans in California. This issue arrived in a moment of prof