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Florida’s Racist African American History Standards Reveal a Long History of Slavery Apologism
Apr 05 2024
By Bayley Marquez, author of Plantation Pedagogy: The Violence of Schooling across Black and Indigenous SpaceIn the summer of 2023, as I was finishing reviewing the copy edits of my manuscript for Plantation Pedagogy, news sources began reporting on the controversy over Florida’s state standards
Judith Butler Explores Fury and Justice in the Humanities
Jun 14 2023
By Mario Telo, Editorial Board Chair, Classical AntiquityWe are very proud to publish “Fury and Justice in the Humanities” by Judith Butler in the new issue of Classical Antiquity. The boldest and most compelling thinker, the most influential and inspiring public intellectual, someone whose
The Invisible Violence in North Korean Migrants’ Lives
Mar 14 2023
By Joowon Park, author of Belonging in a House Divided: The Violence of the North Korean Resettlement ProcessIn October 2022, the decomposed skeletal remains of a 49-year-old North Korean woman were discovered in an apartment in the Yangcheon district of Seoul. Rent had not been paid for over th
Two Authors Explain Their Approach to Collaborative Anthropology
Nov 15 2021
By Robert Desjarlais and Khalil Habrih, co-authors of Traces of Violence: Writings on the Disaster in Paris, FranceOur new book, Traces of Violence: Writings on the Disaster in Paris, France, offers a unique collaborative inquiry into various forms and aftereffects of political violence in P
Food and Ghosts in Peru
May 25 2021
by María Elena García, author of Gastropolitics and the Specter of Race: Stories of Capital, Culture, and Coloniality in PeruI never intended to write a book about food. And certainly, I never planned to write a book that critiqued the chefs credited for transforming Peru—the country of my birth
On Recognition and Denial of Injustice in Times of Human Rights Hegemony: Minneapolis and Washington
Apr 27 2021
By Joachim J. Savelsberg, author of Knowing about Genocide: Armenian Suffering and Epistemic StrugglesThe past week marked historic recognition of injustice and suffering. In Minneapolis on April 20, a jury found former police officer Derek Chauvin guilty of murdering George Floyd, one of many k
Watch: Why is the U.S. Always at War?
Oct 13 2020
The United States has been fighting wars constantly since invading Afghanistan in 2001. This nonstop warfare is far less exceptional than it might seem: the United States has been at war or has invaded other countries almost every year since independence. In his new book, The United States of Wa
Author Interview: Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini discuss Human Shields
Oct 07 2020
In their new book, Human Shields: A History of People in the Line of Fire, scholars Neve Gordon and Nicola Perugini chronicle the chilling global history of human shields. From Syrian civilians locked in iron cages to veterans joining peaceful indigenous water protectors at the Standing Rock Sioux R