Recent Books
Radical Roots: Public History and a Tradition of Social Justice Activism
Edited by Denise D. Meringolo
With contributions from the field’s leading figures, this edited collection theorizes and defines public history as future-focused, committed to the advancement of social justice, and engaged in creating a more inclusive public record. It demonstrates the core practices that have shaped radical public history, how they have been mobilized to promote social justice, and how public historians can facilitate civic discourse in order to promote equality.
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The Border of Lights Reader: Bearing Witness to Genocide in the Dominican Republic
Edited by Megan Jeanette Myers and Edward Paulino
A multimodal, multi-vocal space for activists, artists, scholars, and others connected to the Border of Lights movement, this edited volume provides an alternative to the dominant narrative that positions Dominicans and Haitians as eternal adversaries and ignores cross-border and collaborative histories.
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Events
Amherst College Press representatives will be attending the following events. Email us if you'd like to meet up.
Association of Slavic, East European, and Eurasian Studies, November 18-21
ACP attends this year's ASEEES
Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present 2021
ACP attends its first ASAP, October 27-30
CHI Salon: Digital and Open Access Publishing of Native and Indigenous Knowledge
Join us October 20, 2021 at 4:30 for a very special virtual CHI salon
American Musicology Society Conference, November 11-12 & 20-21
ACP will be attending this year's AMS, online