In The Spotlight
Professor Shobana Shankar recently published an essay, "The Indian Question in Afrocentric Politics," in a special issue of Public Culture commemorating the 50th anniversary of the expulsion of Asians from Uganda.
Professor Lori Flores' new book, Awaiting Their Feast: Latinx Food Workers and Activism from World War II to COVID-19, is hot off the press. Awaiting Their Feast traces how our dual appetite for Latinx food and Latinx food labor has evolved from the World War II era to the COVID-19 pandemic, using the US Northeast as an unexpected microcosm of this national history.
News and Announcements
The Stony Brook University History Graduate Student Association is excited to invite you to the 8th Annual History Graduate Student Conference on March 6 at Humanities Institute, classroom 1008. This year’s theme, Revolution: Imagined Futures, Remembered Pasts, explores the intricate connections between diverse revolutionary projects, intellectual traditions, and rebellious movements. View the full schedule here.
In The Media
Jacques Coste-Cacho (PhD candidate, Latin American history) recently published an article in The Mexico Brief about the impact President Trump's foreign policy has had on Mexican policymakers.
Professor Nancy Tomes is participating in a public conversation on "Health Care in Historical Perspective," as part of a larger discussion on US health care under the Trump administration, Thursday Jan. 23 6pm-7:30, hosted by Villanova's LaPage Center for History in the Public Interest. Registration here.
