Empire of Rubber: Firestone’s Scramble for Land and Power in Liberia
Historian Mitman delivers an account of U.S. tire manufacturer Firestone’s exploitation of Liberian workers in the 20th century.
News
Call for RCC Landhaus Fellows 2022
RCC launches a new residential fellowship based in Herrmannsdorf.
Melanie Arndt receives a Translation Grant
Prof. Melanie Arndt received a translation grant for her study on Chernobyl.
Liz Hennessy wins Mellon Foundation Grant
RCC Alumna Liz Hennessy wins a $5 million dollar grant as part of a Mellon Foundation humanities initiative/grant.
Potential Fundraiser for RCC events
Fundraising idea for the film ‘The Land of Azaba’ by Greta Schiller.
New Book from Alumna Grace Karskens
A new book titled, “People of the River: Lost Worlds of Early Australia” has been published by Alumna Grace Karskens
Two Forthcoming Volumes by Alumnus Sigurd Bergmann
Two volumes by Alumnus Sigurd Bergmann titled Eschatology as Imagining End (Routledge) and Arts, Religion, and the Environment (Brill), coedited with Forrest J. Clingerman have been published.
New Book by Alumna Teresa Spezio
Alumni fellow Teresa Sabol Spezio has recently published an in-depth history of the 1969 Santa Barbara oil spill. This event was a transformative moment in pollution control and for the nascent environmental activist movement.
Shane McCorristine with a New Book
Shane McCorristine’s The Spectral Arctic (University College London Press), looks at the importance of dreams and ghosts in narratives of John Franklin’s attempt to navigate the Northwest Passage.
New Book by Alumna Anitra Nelson
A new book has been launched by Alumni Anitra Nelson titled, “Small Is Necessary” (Pluto Press)
