Arts & Humanities 26 Years a Slave: Juan Miranda’s Fight for Freedom in Colonial New York Who was Juan Miranda? In this incredible story, meet the first enslaved man to sue his enslaver in the colony’s Supreme Court for his right to be free.
Arts & Humanities Systemic Inequalities: Is Change Possible? The concept of systemic inequality is polarizing and complex. In the latest discussion in the “Humanities for Humans” series, historian Robin D. G. Kelley and literary scholar Bruce Robbins delve into its roots, social manifestations, and potential solutions.
Arts & Humanities Public History in Russia and Its Failed Struggle Against Putin’s Historical Politics Public history emerged in Russia in the 2010s as an attempt to resist the increasing monopolization of the past and its interpretations by Vladimir Putin’s regime. Despite public historians’ solid effort, the struggle was lost. What are the field’s pasts, presents – and potential futures?
Politics & Society Iconoclasm: From Post-Socialist Yugoslavia to Black Lives Matter Against the backdrop of the ongoing protests across the United States and Europe to denounce structural racism, take down its monuments, and call for a critical postcolonial confrontation with history, Gal Kirn draws connections between the present moment and the memory culture of the new states of former Yugoslavia during the 1990s.