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Greg Mann was featured in the Frankfurter Allgemeine’s recent article on postcolonial research in Africa, where he spoke on the government crises across West Africa and their connection to material security concerns in the region, as well as the failure of neoliberal democracies to meet citizen’s expectations for political stability.
Greg Mann was featured in the Frankfurter Allgemeine‘s recent article on postcolonial research in Africa, where he spoke on the government crises across West Africa and their connection to material security concerns in the region, as well as the failure of neoliberal democracies to meet citizen’s expectations for political stability. Read the full article here (in German), and read Professor Mann’s article on the rise of military governance in Africa here.
Natasha Lightfoot spoke at UNESCO’s Global Forum Against Racism and Discrimination in Barcelona, addressing the intersections between histories of colonialism and climate precarity in the Caribbean and throughout the developing world, and how that disproportionately disadvantages women and girls of African descent.
Mae Ngai published an article in The Atlantic, “A New Bracero Program is Not the Solution,” which explores the connections between Trump’s current immigration policy and the mass deportation efforts of the Eisenhower Administration.
Mae Ngai published an article in The Atlantic, “A New Bracero Program is Not the Solution,” which explores the connections between Trump’s current immigration policy and the mass deportation efforts of the Eisenhower Administration. Read the full article here.
Manan Ahmed was interviewed by Columbia News on his latest publication, Disrupted City: Walking the Pathways of Memory and History in Lahore, in which he discusses the origins of the book, his experience writing it, and other books that have impacted his thinking.
Manan Ahmed was interviewed by Columbia News on his latest publication, Disrupted City: Walking the Pathways of Memory and History in Lahore, in which he discusses the origins of the book, his experience writing it, and other texts that have impacted his thinking. Read the full interview here.
David Rosner was interviewed by Illinois Public Media on Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as the new head of Health and Human Services.
David Rosner was interviewed by Illinois Public Media on Trump’s nomination of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. as the new head of Health and Human Services. Listen to the full interview here.
David Rosner’s newest book, Building the Worlds that Kill Us: Disease, Death and Inequality in American History, was named one of Smithsonian Magazine’s Best Books of 2024.
David Rosner‘s newest book, Building the Worlds that Kill Us: Disease, Death and Inequality in American History, was named one of Smithsonian Magazine’s Best Books of 2024. Co-authored with Gerald Markowitz, the book explores how the changing rates and kinds of illnesses reflect social, political, and economic structures and inequalities of race, class, and gender. These deep inequities determine the disparate health experiences of rich and poor, Black and white, men and women, immigrant and native-born, boss and worker, Indigenous and settler.
Manan Ahmed was a panelist on “Baldwin in Harlem: Our Hometown Giant,” a symposium on the influence of Harlem on James Baldwin’s writing, as well as Baldwin’s influence on the world at large, as part of CCNY’s James Baldwin Centennial Celebration.
Manan Ahmed was a panelist on “Baldwin in Harlem: Our Hometown Giant,” a symposium on the influence of Harlem on James Baldwin’s writing, as well as Baldwin’s influence on the world at large, as part of CCNY’s James Baldwin Centennial Celebration. See more about the Centennial Celebration and the symposium here.
Peter Roady, a PhD graduate from the department, has published his first book: The Contest over National Security: FDR, Conservatives, and the Struggle to Claim the Most Powerful Phrase in American Politics, which book explores how the meaning of national security in the United States changed over time, from Franklin Roosevelt’s broad concept that encompassed economic and physical security to the narrower, physical security-focused concept familiar to us today.
Peter Roady, a PhD graduate from the department, has published his first book: The Contest over National Security: FDR, Conservatives, and the Struggle to Claim the Most Powerful Phrase in American Politics, which book explores how the meaning of national security in the United States changed over time, from Franklin Roosevelt’s broad concept that encompassed economic and physical security to the narrower, physical security-focused concept familiar to us today. See more about the book here.
Professor Roady’s new book was also the subject of an interview with Peter Bergen, CNN’s chief national security analyst, on his show “In the Room with Peter Bergen.” Listen to the episode here.
Professor Mae Ngai spoke on 60 Minutes Overtime and on MSNBC on Donald Trump’s plans to use President Eisenhower’s mass deportations in the 1950s as a model for deporting millions now.
Professor Mae Ngai spoke on 60 Minutes Overtime and on MSNBC on Donald Trump’s plans to use President Eisenhower’s mass deportations in the 1950s as a model for deporting millions now. Watch the episode here.
Kim Phillips-Fein contributed to The New York Review of Books’ “The Return of Trump – IV,” exploring how Trump’s populist rhetoric fits into the broader history of New York City
Kim Phillips-Fein contributed to The New York Review of Books’ “The Return of Trump – IV,” exploring how Trump’s populist rhetoric fits into the broader history of New York City. Read the full article here.