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Reluctant Sleuths, True Detectives
Explores the figure of the detective as a pursuer of knowledge in four noir films.
Distancing Representations in Transgender Film
Argues that transgender representations in film make it more difficult for cisgender people to understand the experiences of transgender people and for transgender people to fully participate in public life.
A Wild and Sacred Call
An ecopsychological, ecospiritual exploration of humankind's relationship with the rest of nature.
Feminists Reclaim Mentorship
Feminists revisit their mixed experiences of mentoring and being mentored to reclaim mentorship as a project for new generations.
Ana M. López
Brings together Ana M. López's field-defining essays on Latin American film and media in one indispensable volume.
Critical Studies on Heidegger
Original reading of Heidegger suggesting what his project could mean for building an ethical way of life now and in the future.
This Side of Philosophy
Assesses a distinct style of thinking in twentieth-century Spanish writing, one in which literature plays a central role in reaching behind philosophy to essential sources of life and meaning.
Crossing Boundaries and Confounding Identity
Examines literary, historical, and cultural portrayals of Chinese women, across centuries and continents.
Life Above the Clouds
The definitive philosophical exploration of the work of pioneering filmmaker Terrence Malick.
The Manors and Historic Homes of the Hudson Valley
A classic guide to the history and architecture of the historic manors and homes of the Hudson River Valley
The Camp Abilities Story
The uplifting story of how one camp gave children with visual impairment new confidence in their own abilities.
The Touch of the Present
Explores the importance of the body and the senses in educational encounters, drawing out the aesthetic and political dimensions of educational practices.
A Silence from Hitchcock
Extensive meditations on silence in the films of Alfred Hitchcock.
Event: Book talk and signing with Amy Truesdell
May 06, 2023
@ 2:00pm - 3:00pm
Bangor Public Library, Bangor, Maine
The Bangor Public Library is hosting Amy Truesdell for a discussion of her new book, "From Binghamton to the Battlefield: The Civil War Letters of Rollin B. Truesdell." In the book, she traces the Civil War experiences of her great-great-grandfather, an early enlistee in the... Read more
Event: Book talk and signing with Amy Truesdell
March 02, 2023
@ 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Skidompha Library, Damariscotta, Maine
The Lincoln County Historical Society is hosting Amy Truesdell for a discussion of her new book, "From Binghamton to the Battlefield: The Civil War Letters of Rollin B. Truesdell." In the book, she traces the Civil War experiences of her great-great-grandfather, an early enlistee... Read more
Palimpsest - Volume #11, Issue #2 (11/2022)
Table of Contents
Editor’s Introduction
Essays
“From Congo in a Slave Ship”: The Illegal Transatlantic Slave Trade and Antebellum Free Black Political Engagement with Congo
Sharla M. Fett
“The Land ...
Event: Dr. Antar Tichavakunda, author of "Black Campus Life" at RPI 24th Annual Black Families Technology Awareness Day
February 04, 2023
@ 9:00am - 4:30pm
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) will hold its 24th annual Black Families Technology Awareness Day on Saturday, February 4. The event, free and open to the public, is designed to introduce historically underrepresented students in grades K-12, their families, and educators... Read more
Event: Dr. Antar Tichavakunda, author of "Black Campus Life", Speaks at RPI about race relations and equity in STEM
February 07, 2023
@ 5:00pm - 6:30pm
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
The Office of Multicultural Programs, in collaboration with campus wide strategic partners, will host Dr. Antar Tichavakunda, Assistant Professor of Race and Higher Education at the University of California Santa Barbara, for a series of engagement events with faculty, staff,... Read more
Event: Dr. Antar Tichavakunda, author of "Black Campus Life", Speaks at RPI about race relations and equity in STEM
February 06, 2023
@ 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY
The Office of Multicultural Programs, in collaboration with campus wide strategic partners, will host Dr. Antar Tichavakunda, Assistant Professor of Race and Higher Education at the University of California Santa Barbara, for a series of engagement events with faculty, staff,... Read more
Event: "Ladies Day at the Capitol" Author Presentation
February 02, 2023
@ 12:00pm - 1:00pm
New York State Library
URL is to register for the online event
Speaker: Lauren Kozakiewicz, Ph.D.
Historian Lauren Kozakiewicz places New York’s elected women officials squarely at the center of the state’s politics and political history. Based on extensive research and interviews, she shows how... Read more
Event: "Dear Uncles" book signing and reading at Enjoy the Store
March 04, 2023
@ 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Enjoy the Store, 615 Main Street, Red Bluff, Ca.
Come join Rick Barram for the unofficial release party of his latest book, "Dear Uncles, The Civil War Letters of Arthur McKinstry, A Soldier in the Excelsior Brigade." Drinks and food will be available along with live music from the Civil War era.
The Obscure Substance of Sky
A book of poems and painted images.
Event: "Quite a Horror of Finery": The Fashion of Female Characters in Austen’s Novels.
February 11, 2023
@ 10:00am - 11:00am
The Mount Dora Jane Austen Fest - Community Building, Mount Dora, FL 32756
What is the relationship between outer and inner beauty in Austen’s novels? On the one hand, the author satirizes the preoccupation with self-display fueled by vanity and social maneuvering, but the good-natured Musgrove sisters “liv[e] to be fashionable, happy, and merry”... Read more