Edited by Elizabeth Anne Payne (NHC Fellow, 2008–09), Martha H. Swain, and Marjorie J. Spruill Volume 1 of Mississippi Women enriched our understanding of women's roles in the state's history through profiles of notable, though often neglected, individuals. Volume 2 explores the historical forces that have shaped women's lives in Mississippi. Covering an expanse of time from … Continued
By Gilbert T. Sewall (NHC Fellow, 1981–82) Discusses the problems of the U.S. public education system, suggests reforms, and identifies the problems that must be overcome to restore excellence to the schools.
By David M. Halperin (NHC Fellow, 1985–86) Halperin's subject is the erotics of male culture in ancient Greece. Arguing that the modern concept of "homosexuality" is an inadequate tool for the interpretation of these features of sexual life in antiquity, Halperin offers an alternative account that accords greater prominence to the indigenous terms in which … Continued
Edited by Annegret Fauser (NHC Fellow, 2015–16) and Michael A. Figueroa Public commemorations of various kinds are an important part of how groups large and small acknowledge and process injustices and tragic events. Performing Commemoration: Musical Reenactment and the Politics of Trauma looks at the roles music can play in public commemorations of traumatic events that range … Continued
By Jeremy D. Popkin (NHC Fellow, 2000–01; 2012–13) In this innovative study of the press during the French Revolutionary crisis of the early 1830s, Jeremy Popkin shows that newspapers played a crucial role in defining a new repertoire of identities—for workers, women, and members of the middle classes—that redefined Europe’s public sphere. Nowhere was this … Continued
By Jon F. Sensbach (NHC Fellow, 2001–02) Rebecca’s Revival is the remarkable story of a Caribbean woman—a slave turned evangelist—who helped inspire the rise of black Christianity in the Atlantic world. All but unknown today, Rebecca Protten left an enduring influence on African-American religion and society. Born in 1718, Protten had a childhood conversion experience, gained … Continued
By Zhilian Zhang (NHC Fellow, 1990–91; 1991–92)
By David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye (NHC Fellow, 2002–03) The West has been accused of seeing the East in a hostile and deprecatory light, as the legacy of nineteenth-century European imperialism. In this highly original and controversial book, David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye examines Russian thinking about the Orient before the Revolution of 1917. Exploring … Continued
By David B. Quinn (NHC Fellow, 1982–83) Quinn's study brings together the results of his nearly fifty years of research on the voyages outfitted by Sir Walter Raleigh and the efforts to colonize Roanoke Island. It is a fascinating book, rich in details of the colonists' experiences in the New World. Quinn "solves" the mystery … Continued
By Laurent Dubois (NHC Fellow, 2008–09; 2016–17) When France both hosted and won the World Cup in 1998, the face of its star player, Zinedine Zidane, the son of Algerian immigrants, was projected onto the Arc de Triomphe. During the 2006 World Cup finals, Zidane stunned the country by ending his spectacular career with an … Continued