Tag: human trafficking

• #Humanities Scholarship – Important and Growing

  An excellent article from Inside Higher Ed regarding scholarship in the humanities, in which William (Bro) Adams, the head of the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), said on Thursday that he wants to push humanities scholarship to become more directly connected to helping address the nation’s contemporary problems. There are also encouraging numbers from…

  Cambria Press

  January 20, 2015

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  Africa, African Studies, Ana Lucia Araujo, Asia, Asian studie, Australia, Australian literature, Brazil, China, Chinese, Classicism, Contemporary literature, culture, Duke University, Film studies, gender politics, globalism, globalization, homosexuality, Howard University, human trafficking, humanities, Inside Higher Ed, John Clum, Latin America, Latin American Studies, Literary theory, Medievalism, Moses Ochonu, Nanyang Technological University, National Endowment for the Humanities, nationalism, NEH, Neil Murphy, Nickolas Haydock, Orientalism, Performing Arts, Román de la Campa, Sinophone, slavery, Susan Lever, theatre, Toyin Falola, University of Pennsylvania, University of Puerto Rico, University of Sydney, University of Texas at Austin, Vanderbilt University, Victor Mair

• “A house divided against itself cannot stand. ” – Abraham Lincoln

    Although declared 156  years ago, Abraham Lincoln‘s words still resonate today–some would say, more than ever. This famous House Divided speech was made by Abraham Lincoln, who was unafraid to oppose slavery in spite of its wide acceptance and immense pressure to change his position. This resolute stance eventually led to the Emancipation Proclamation…

  Cambria Press

  June 16, 2014

  African Studies, Africana Studies, American Politics, History

  Abraham Lincoln, academic publisher, Cambria Press, Elie Weisel, House Divided, human rights, human trafficking, June 16 1858, slavery

• The Memory of Slavery and Human Trafficking Today – Cambria Studies in Slavery: Past and Present (General Editor: Ana Lucia Araujo)

  This new series by Cambria Press will feature high-quality, innovative, and peer-reviewed monographs and edited books that examine the history of slavery and how its memories and legacies remain alive in various regions of the globe. With this aim, the series will include studies on contemporary slavery and human trafficking as well. The geographical scope of…

  Cambria Press

  November 27, 2012

  African Studies, Africana Studies, ASA: African Studies Association, History, Latin American Studies, Political Science, Sociology, Women’s Studies

  human trafficking, modern slavery, slavery and emancipation, slavery and ethnicity, slavery and history, slavery and identity

• Cambria Press New Series! Cambria Studies in Slavery: Past and Present

  Cambria Press is proud to announce a new, exciting series–the Cambria Studies in Slavery: Past and Present, which will have Professor  Ana Lucia Araujo (author of the highly praised book Public Memory of Slavery: Victims and Perpetrators in the South Atlantic and editor of Paths of the Atlantic Slave Trade: Interactions, Identities, and Images. The…

  Cambria Press

  September 23, 2012

  African Studies, Africana Studies, American Politics, History, International Studies, Latin American Studies, Political Science, Sociology

  human trafficking, modern slavery, slave, slave trade, slavery, slavery and emancipation, slavery and ethnicity, slavery and history, slavery and identity, slavery and memory, slavery and reparations, slavery and visual culture