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December 9, 2010

Listen: Phillip Round on Native American Literature

Phillip Round, author of Removable Type: Histories of the Book in Indian Country, 1663-1880, recently sat down for an interview on Iowa Public Radio. He joined American Indian studies lecturer James Coppoc and short story author Eddie Chuculate to discuss the history and current state of Native American literature. Beyond his broad knowledge on Native American literacy and printed word… Continue Reading Listen: Phillip Round on Native American Literature

History/Native Amer./Indigenous Studies/Podcasts/UNC Press Authors

December 3, 2010

Remembering Allan Berube, historian of gays in the military

I currently have a live feed of the Senate Committee Hearing on Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell open in another window on what would have been Allan Bérubé’s 64th birthday. Despite wide support of DADT’s repeal by President Obama and other high-ranking officials, Senator McCain and other Republican leaders are challenging any change in the policy before the year’s end, expressing… Continue Reading Remembering Allan Berube, historian of gays in the military

American History/Current Events/Gay / Lesbian Studies/Labor Studies/Military Studies/Politics/UNC Press Authors

November 22, 2010

Awards, Awards, and More Awards

We have lots of great news to share about many outstanding UNC Press books! Recently our authors have been showered with awards and prizes.

African American History/African American Studies/American History/Awards/Civil Rights/Civil War/Craft/Gender Studies/Latin American/Caribbean Hist./Law / Legal History/UNC Press Authors/Women's Studies

November 10, 2010

Candombe, Cachila, and Afro-Uruguay

Taking place this week and next week in Chapel Hill and Durham is the NC Latin American Film Festival, put on by the Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies at UNC-Chapel Hill and Duke. Tomorrow night features a screening of director Sebastián Bednarik’s Cachila: un hombre, una familia y el legado del Candombe/Cachila: a man, a family and the… Continue Reading Candombe, Cachila, and Afro-Uruguay

Events/Film/Latin American/Caribbean Hist./Music

November 8, 2010

Marc Stein: Justice Kennedy and the Future of Same-Sex Marriage

We welcome a guest post from Marc Stein, author of Sexual Injustice: Supreme Court Decisions from Griswold to Roe. Beyond examining liberal rulings that deal with birth control, abortion, interracial marriage, and obscenity, Sexual Injustice also offers an in-depth account of the profoundly conservative ruling on homosexuality in Boutilier. In a guest post last month, he traced gay rights legal… Continue Reading Marc Stein: Justice Kennedy and the Future of Same-Sex Marriage

Author blog entry/Civil Rights/Current Events/Gay / Lesbian Studies/Gender Studies/Guest Bloggers/Law / Legal History/Politics