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Kalyani Ramnath was interviewed by the Association for Asian Studies on her newest book, Boats in a Storm: Law, Migration, and Decolonization in South and Southeast Asia, 1942-1962, which explores the history of migrants across and throughout the eastern Indian Ocean for more than a century and how decolonization fundamentally changed the way they worked and lived.

Kalyani Ramnath was interviewed by the Association for Asian Studies on her newest book, Boats in a Storm: Law, Migration, and Decolonization in South and Southeast Asia, 1942-1962, which explores the history of migrants across and throughout the eastern Indian Ocean for more than a century and how decolonization fundamentally changed the way they worked and lived. Read the full interview here.

Richard R. John published an article for the History News Network, exploring the anti-monopoly political action of General William Sherman’s younger brother, notable statesman John Sherman.

Richard R. John published an article for the History News Network, exploring the anti-monopoly political action of General William Sherman’s younger brother, notable statesman John Sherman.

Professor John also authored an article for Promarket, which recounts how the telecommunications giant Bell System sought to influence public opinion in favor of large corporations and how that publicity campaign remains influential today.

 

Kim Phillips-Fein reviewed Zack Beauchamp’s The Reactionary Spirit: How America’s Most Insidious Political Tradition Swept the World, which explores the reactionary, antidemocratic political ethos currently seen in countries such as the United States, India, and Hungary.

Kim Phillips-Fein reviewed Zack Beauchamp’s The Reactionary Spirit: How America’s Most Insidious Political Tradition Swept the World, which explores the reactionary, antidemocratic political ethos currently seen in countries such as the United States, India, and Hungary. Read the review here.

Madeleine Zelin has been appointed to the editorial board of Social Science History, the journal of the Social Science History Association, “a coalition of distinctive scholarly communities which share interests in social life and theory; historiography; and historical and social-scientific methodologies.”

Madeleine Zelin has been appointed to the editorial board of Social Science History, the journal of the Social Science History Association, “a coalition of distinctive scholarly communities which share interests in social life and theory; historiography; and historical and social-scientific methodologies.” Read more about the journal here.

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