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Teaching the Eighteenth Century Now
Pedagogy as Ethical Engagement
Edited by Kate Parker and Miriam L. Wallace
“Where do eighteenth-century teachers know from? True to its title, this remarkable collection shares the processes of some of the field’s most gifted and creative teachers. Anyone still trying to woo (and serve) their students with the eighteenth century should read this in its entirety.” —Manushag Powell, coeditor of Women’s Periodicals and Print Culture in Britain, 1690-1820s: The Long Eighteenth Century

Nature Fantasies
Decolonization and Biopolitics in Latin America
by Gabriel Horowitz
“A formidable and provocative examination of the role of nature thinking (and nature writing) in the historical transition from cultural decolonization to the modern biopolitical state in Latin America. A must-read for anyone interested in the ways nature and politics intersect.” —Alejandro Quin, coeditor of Authoritarianism, Cultural History, and Political Resistance in Latin America: Exposing Paraguay

Making Modern Spain
Religion, Secularization, and Cultural Production
by Azariah Alfante
“Making Modern Spain is a groundbreaking scholarly achievement and required reading for anybody interested in the intersections of literature, culture, and religion in Spain in the long nineteenth century.” —José Colmeiro, coeditor of Rethinking Iberian Studies from the Periphery

Women and Music in the Age of Austen
Edited by Linda Zionkowski with Miriam F. Hart
“Through these essays by musically-informed literary scholars and musicologists, readers get a sense of the possibilities and desires of women engaged with music over a historical period that brackets the life of our beloved Jane.” —Maribeth Clark, coeditor of Musicology and Dance: Historical and Critical Perspectives
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- Friday, 15 December 2023
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Teaching the Eighteenth Century Now: Pedagogy as Ethical Engagement, edited by Kate Parker and Miriam L. Wallace
Friday, 15 December 2023
In this timely collection, teacher-scholars of “the long eighteenth century,” a Eurocentric time frame from about 1680 to 1832, consider what teaching means in this historical moment: one of attacks on education, a global contagion, and a reckoning with centuries of trauma experienced by Black, Indigenous, and immigrant peoples. Taking up this challenge, each essay highlights the intellectual labor of the classroom, linking textual and cultural materials that fascinate us as researchers with pedagogical approaches that engage contemporary students. Read more.
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Women and Music in the Age of Austen, edited by Linda Zionkowski and Miriam F. Hart
Friday, 15 December 2023
Women and Music in the Age of Austen highlights the central role women played in musical performance, composition, reception, and representation, and analyzes its formative and lasting effect on Georgian culture. This interdisciplinary collection of essays from musicology, literary studies, and gender studies challenges the conventional historical categories that marginalize women’s experience from Austen’s time. Read more.
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- Thursday, 1 February 2024
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Black History Month (February 1-28)
Thursday, 1 February 2024
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- Wednesday, 28 February 2024
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Black History Month (February 1-28)
Wednesday, 28 February 2024
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- Friday, 1 March 2024
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Women's History Month (March 1-31)
Friday, 1 March 2024
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