ICYMI: New & Notable Articles (9 Sept 2024)

From 1912-1951, Charlotta Bass owned and edited the California Eagle, a Black newspaper based in L.A.; and in 1952 she became the first Black woman to run for U.S. VP

Explore her underappreciated legacy, free in American Quarterly thru 15 Sept

In the new Cusp, Alessandra Occhiolini explores the paradoxes of multiple "arrival points" of disability within literary history studies, and reveals opportunities for collaboration across periods of study

Read free on Project MUSE thru 15 Sept 

Exploring Undergraduate Research Experiences for Latinx College Students From Farmworker Families

Sneha A. Amaresh, Raúl Gámez, Catherine E. LePrevost, and Joseph G. L. Lee

Journal of College Student Development
Volume 63, Number 1, January-February 2022

Amidst climate change and unprecedented heatwaves around the globe, Marion Thain ponders the reasons for “Reading Victorian Poetry as the World Burns”

Read free in the new issue of Victorian Poetry thru 15 September 

We are thrilled to welcome Journal of Indian Ocean World Studies to the Hopkins Press roster as our first platinum open-access journal.

The new issue is out now, including new articles by Mathew Ruguwa and Hans Hägerdal, conversations with associate editor Philip Gooding, and more! 

Read all about it at the Newsroom blog. 

From the first issue: Campbell sets out what’s at stake in Indian Ocean World Studies, including the ability to contest Eurocentric framing devices. Here, he tackles temporal paradigms, especially the so-called ‘early modern’ period.

Mostern discusses her award-winning book, The Yellow River, in the JIOWS’ Conversations section. Readers learn of the methodological efforts that underpin one of the most celebrated books in environmental history from the last few years.

Vadlamudi centres the ocean itself in an important field of Indian Ocean World Studies: the history of slavery and bondage. He shows how children experienced sea voyages as labourers on ship and in the port.