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Appalachians in the Academy
The American public university is being destroyed, much as central Appalachia in many places was destroyed. It’s being stripped down and sold for parts. And the people in power do not care.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Khristie—Still the Dangerous Liaison
Khristie’s sustenance of racism hurts not only themselves and the Tiffanys of the world, but also rolls the clock back and provides an incubator for white supremacy that stunts the growth of all communities—more specifically communities of color, the same supportive communities that will “stick with her” through thick and thin.
Call for Contributors: Parties and Politics
The Activist History Review invites proposals for our October 2018 issue, “Parties and Politics.”
Review: Yellow Fever, Race, and Ecology in Nineteenth-Century New Orleans
While many historians have studied the colonial implications of the medically-theorized relationship between tropical diseases, climate, and racialized bodies, Urmi Engineer Willoughby adds a new dimension to this familiar tale: the vital importance of sugar cane cultivation to the epidemiological history of yellow fever.
Alan Dershowitz and Anti-Palestinian Politics in Academia
Alan Dershowitz is back in the news. The long time Harvard Law School professor is now claiming to be the victim of liberal attacks over his defense of President Donald Trump.
Academic Racism: The Repression of Marginalized Voices in Academia
Several years ago, during a tenure-track search, I asked two questions – two questions which I ask of every scholar applying for a position with our institution. The first is innocent enough: “How important is racial/ethnic diversity in your scholarship and teaching?” Not surprisingly, all enthusiastically answer in the affirmative. Then I ask my second question: “Which scholars and/or books from racial and ethnic minorities do you include on your syllabus and why?” Here is when the squirming begins, revealing the candidate’s lack of academic rigor.
I’m From Around Here, Too
I’m becoming. I’m becoming authentic. I’m becoming solid in the fact that I am good at my job, that I deserve to be in front of these students each day, just as much as any white, cishet male counterparts with degrees from way up North. I’m becoming solid in the understanding that by accepting my own identities (and the privileges and oppressions that come with them) I can clear space for my students to do the same.
Weird Academica: Life in Academia as a Non-Binary Appalachian
I have found that academia can offer a lower-class West Virginian from a single-mother family the chance to live an illusion. I have been able to travel countries, gain audiences of affluent scholars, and been given a platform for my voice that I would not have received outside of academia.
Rebellious Posters, A Defiant Public, and Student Politics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, India
Handmade posters have been JNU’s defining feature for the past so many years and occupy a pride of place among other modes of resistance.
Call for Contributors for September 2018 Issue, “The Education of a Nation”
The Activist History Review invites proposals for our September 2018 issue, “The Education of a Nation.”
