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Frank Guridy and Brenda Elsey interviewed Michael Bennett and Dave Zirin about their book Things that Make White People Uncomfortable. The interview was the keynote event in the “Building Critical Sports Communities: New Directions in Sports Scholarship, Journalism, and Activism” conference (organized by Professors Guridy and Elsey).
Tooze in Washington Post
Adam Tooze was quoted in The Washington Post: “Global economic slowdown looms, exposing outgunned central banks.”
Ngai’s Audiobook
Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America, Mae Ngai’s seminal history of undocumented immigration, is now available at Audiobooks.com, Libro.fm (a retailer which allows buyers to nominate a local book store to benefit from the sale of the audio book, encouraging book stores to promote audio editions), and Audible.com.
Ngai in How to be American
Mae Ngai is featured in the Tenement Museum’s new podcast series “How to be American.”
Kessler-Harris MOOC re-launch
Alice Kessler-Harris re-launched her Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) series, Women Have Always Worked, with updates in response to the current U.S. political climate.
Farber in Public Books
Hannah Farber and Derek Miller co-authored a review in Public Books about Hamilton: An American Musical.
Tooze Gelber Prize winner
Adam Tooze received the 29th annual Lionel Gelber Prize for Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed The World.
Nguyen on NPR
Lien-Hang T. Nguyen was interviewed on NPR’s “Here and Now” about President Trump’s and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s second summit in Hanoi.
Armstrong in Time Online
Charles Armstrong was quoted in Time Online: “Trump and Kim Could Declare an End to the Korean War After Seven Decades. How Are the U.S. and North Korea Still at War?”
Wertheim in NYT
Stephen Wertheim wrote for The New York Times: “A Clash Is Coming Over America’s Place in the World.”