History

Black Star, Crescent Moon: The Muslim International and Black Freedom beyond America Black Star, Crescent Moon The Muslim International and Black Freedom beyond America Sohail Daulatzai 2012 Fall
Tracing the interactions between the Black radical imagination and the Muslim Third World from the 1950s to the present
Mighty Fitz: The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald Mighty Fitz The Sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald Michael Schumacher 2012 Fall
A moving account of the legendary Great Lakes shipwreck
Scream from the Shadows: The Women’s Liberation Movement in Japan Scream from the Shadows The Women’s Liberation Movement in Japan Setsu Shigematsu 2012 Spring
The first sustained analysis of the Japanese women’s liberation movement of the ’70s, with its lessons for contemporary politics
Playing Dirty: Sexuality and Waste in Early Modern Comedy Playing Dirty Sexuality and Waste in Early Modern Comedy Will Stockton 2011 Spring
The repression of desire uncovered in the production of scatological comedy
Who Speaks for Margaret Garner? Who Speaks for Margaret Garner? Mark Reinhardt 2010 Fall
A fascinating documentary history of the fugitive slave case that captivated the nation—and inspired Toni Morrison’s acclaimed novel Beloved.
A Black Soldier’s Story: The Narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence A Black Soldier’s Story The Narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence Ricardo Batrell 2010 Fall
The autobiographical account of an Afro-Cuban soldier who fought in the Cuban War of Independence—available in English for the first time
Citizen, Invert, Queer: Lesbianism and War in Early Twentieth-Century Britain Citizen, Invert, Queer Lesbianism and War in Early Twentieth-Century Britain Deborah Cohler 2010 Spring
How the Great War changed British understandings of lesbianism
Firsting and Lasting: Writing Indians out of Existence in New England Firsting and Lasting Writing Indians out of Existence in New England Jean M. O’Brien 2010 Spring
Tracing the origins of the persistent myth of the vanishing Indian
The Spiv and the Architect: Unruly Life in Postwar London The Spiv and the Architect Unruly Life in Postwar London Richard Hornsey 2010 Spring
Explores how London’s queer culture was influenced by postwar efforts to create model citizens
Racine: From Ancient Myth to Tragic Modernity Racine From Ancient Myth to Tragic Modernity Mitchell Greenberg 2009 Fall
Seeing Racine’s tragic oeuvre as a rewriting of the evolving legacy of the Oedipus legend
Chains of Babylon: The Rise of Asian America Chains of Babylon The Rise of Asian America Daryl J. Maeda 2009 Fall
Traces for the first time the rise of the radically antiracist and antiwar Asian American movement
Codes of Misconduct: Regulating Prostitution in Late Colonial Bombay Codes of Misconduct Regulating Prostitution in Late Colonial Bombay Ashwini Tambe 2009 Spring
How laws fostered sexual commerce in Bombay
Essaying Shakespeare Essaying Shakespeare Karen Newman 2009 Spring
A pioneering scholar of Shakespeare and early modern letters provides an overview of work in the field
Moorings: Portuguese Expansion and the Writing of Africa Moorings Portuguese Expansion and the Writing of Africa Josiah Blackmore 2008 Fall
How Africa was perceived in the early modern imaginary
Barbarous Play: Race on the English Renaissance Stage Barbarous Play Race on the English Renaissance Stage Lara Bovilsky 2008 Spring
Identifies the parallels between early modern and present-day conceptions of race