ACLS Celebrates Recent Book Releases by Fellows and Grantees

ACLS is pleased to share a select list of books published in the first half of 2022 by ACLS fellows and grantees, many of which developed from ACLS-supported research. These publications represent just a sample of the distinguished works authored by past and current fellows. They reflect a wide array of topics, from Cold War–era suburbanization in the US Pacific to the history and political impact of the LGBTQ+ community in Nicaragua.

Worrier State: Risk, anxiety and moral panic in South Africa by Nicky Falkof F’14 (Manchester University Press)
A Literary Life of Sutton E. Griggs: The Man on the Firing Line by John Gruesser G’19 (Oxford University Press)
Suburban Empire: Cold War Militarization in the US Pacific by Lauren Hirshberg F’12, F’10 (University of California Press)
LGBTQ Politics in Nicaragua: Revolution, Dictatorship, and Social Movements by Karen Kampwirth F’17 (The University of Arizona Press)
America, Goddam: Violence, Black Women, and the Struggle for Justice by Treva B. Lindsey F’20 (University of California Press)
Velorio by Xavier Navarro Aquino F’20 (HarperCollins)
Wounds of Our Past: Remembering Captivity, Enslavement and Resistance in African Oral Narratives by Emmanuel Saboro F’17 (Brill Publishing)
Performing the Kinaidos; Unmanly Men in Ancient Mediterranean Cultures by Tom Sapsford F’16 (Oxford University Press)
Grafted Arts: Art Making and Taking in the Struggle for Western India, 1760-1910 by Holly Shaffer F’20 (Yale University Press)
Engineering Vulnerability: In Pursuit of Climate Adaptation by Sarah Elizabeth Vaughn F’15, F’12 (Duke University Press)
Laughing Histories: From the Renaissance Man to the Woman of Wit by Joy Wiltenburg F’94, F’86 (Routledge)

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Transformative Black Feminism(s) Initiative by Treva Lindsey F’20

For Treva Lindsey F’20, tackling inequalities facing Black women, girls, and femmes continues to be crucial particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic as systemic disparities are revealed or increased. In 2020, Lindsey was awarded the Mellon/ACLS Scholars and Society Fellowship for her project, Transformative Black Feminism(s) Initiative, to partner with Zora’s House, a woman of color-centered co-working and community space and explore these issues.

Read Our Conversation with Treva Lindsey