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Florin Curta, Medieval Europe, 250-1450 (Routledge, 2025)

Friday October 10, 2025

Philip Janzen, An Unformed Map: Geographies of Belonging between Africa and the Caribbean (Duke UP, 2025)

Monday August 4, 2025

Jeffrey Adler, Bluecoated Terror: Jim Crow New Orleans and the Roots of Modern Police Brutality (Oakland: University of California Press, 2024).

Friday June 14, 2024
Natalia Aleksiun ed. (co-ed with Eliyana Adler), Entanglements of War: Social Networks During the Holocaust (Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 2024).

Natalia Aleksiun ed. (co-ed with Eliyana Adler), Entanglements of War: Social Networks During the Holocaust (Jerusalem: Yad Vashem, 2024).

Friday June 14, 2024
Nancy Hunt, ed. Psychiatric Contours: New African Histories of Madness (Duke University Press, 2024)

Nancy Hunt, ed. Psychiatric Contours: New African Histories of Madness (Duke University Press, 2024)

Friday April 26, 2024
Florin Curta ed., Medieval Eastern Europe, 500–1300: A Reader (University of Toronto Press, 2024)

Florin Curta ed., Medieval Eastern Europe, 500–1300: A Reader (University of Toronto Press, 2024)

Tuesday February 27, 2024

Heather Vrana on Endemic Goiter and El Salvador’s Battle Against Cretinismo in American Historical Review

Friday January 12, 2024

Philip Janzen, Tensions on the Railway: West Indians, Colonial Hierarchies, and the Language of Racial Unity in West Africa, Journal of African History

Monday November 27, 2023
Max Deardorff, A Tale of Two Granadas

Max Deardorff, A Tale of Two Granadas

Friday August 11, 2023
New History of the American South, edited by W. Fitzhugh Brundage, with associate editors Laura F. Edwards and Jon Sensbach

New History of the American South, edited by W. Fitzhugh Brundage, with associate editors Laura F. Edwards and Jon Sensbach

Tuesday April 4, 2023
Seth Bernstein, Return to the Motherland: Displaced Soviets in WWII and the Cold War

Seth Bernstein, Return to the Motherland: Displaced Soviets in WWII and the Cold War

Thursday January 19, 2023
Lillian Guerra, Patriots and Traitors in Revolutionary Cuba, 1961–1981, University of Pittsburg Press

Lillian Guerra, Patriots and Traitors in Revolutionary Cuba, 1961–1981, University of Pittsburg Press

Thursday January 19, 2023

Philip Janzen, “Linga’s Dream? Interpreters, Entextualization, and Knowledge Production in Central Africa” in American Historical Review

Monday September 26, 2022
Florin Curta, ed., The Routledge Handbook of East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1300

Florin Curta, ed., The Routledge Handbook of East Central and Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages, 500-1300

Tuesday August 23, 2022
Norman Goda, The Holocaust: Europe, the World, and the Jews, 1918-1945 (Second Edition)

Norman Goda, The Holocaust: Europe, the World, and the Jews, 1918-1945 (Second Edition)

Tuesday August 23, 2022
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Published in 2020

The Sacred Cause: The Abolitionist Movement, Afro-Brazilian Mobilization, and Imperial Politics in Rio de Janeiro

Book cover for "The Sacred Cause" by Jeffrey D. Needell, with the subtitle "The Abolitionist Movement, Afro-Brazilian Mobilization, and Imperial Politics in Rio de Janeiro," above a historical photo of a large crowd in front of a building.

Author: Jeffrey D. Needell
Publisher: Stanford University Press

Published in 2019

Democracy’s Capital: Black Political Power in Washington D.C. 1960s-1970s

Book cover for "Democracy's Capital: Black Political Power in Washington, D.C., 1960s-1970s" by Lauren Pearlman, featuring a black and white photo of a man leaning from a car.

Author: Lauren Pearlman
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

Murder in New Orleans: The Creation of Jim Crow Justice

Book cover for "Murder in New Orleans: The Creation of Jim Crow Policing" by Jeffrey S. Adler. The cover features a black and white photograph of several African American men, some in striped uniforms, outdoors.

Author: Jeffrey S. Adler
Publisher: University of Chicago Press

On the Word of a Jew: Religion, Reliability, and the Dynamics of Trust

Book cover for "On the Word of a Jew: Religion, Reliability, and the Dynamics of Trust, Edited by Nina Caputo and Mitchell B. Hart". It features a historical painting of multiple figures in a court-like setting, including a robed man on a throne, a man presenting a document, and a woman kneeling.

Editors: Nina Caputo and Mitchell Hart
Publisher: Indiana University Press

Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages (500-1300), two volumes

Book cover for "Eastern Europe in the Middle Ages (500-1300)" by Florin Curta, from the Resources for Medieval Studies series by Brill. It features a black and white image of a Gothic-style church and a separate tower.

Author: Florin Curta
Publisher: Brill

The Velestino Hoard: Casting Light on the Byzantine ‘Dark Ages’

Book cover for "The Velestino Hoard: Casting Light onto the Mycenaean 'Dark Ages'". The upper part features hands working with light-colored material on a dark surface. Authors are Rodney J. S. Webb, Andrea G. Vasilakis and Vassiliki Adrachtou.

Authors: Florin Curta and Bartlomiej Szmoniewski
Publisher: Palgrave McMillan

Published in 2018

Heroes, Martyrs, and Political Messiahs in Revolutionary Cuba, 1946-1958

Book cover for "LILLIAN GUERRA Heroes, Martyrs & Political Messiahs in Revolutionary Cuba, 1946-1958," featuring a sepia-toned photograph of Fidel Castro in military fatigues holding a rifle.

Author: Lillian Guerra
Publisher: Yale University Press

An African American and Latinx History of the United States

Book cover for "An African American and Latinx History of the United States" by Paul Ortiz. The cover features black and white images of African American protestors at the top and Latinx protestors at the bottom, separated by the title and a quote: "Ambitious, original, and enlightening." -IBRAM X. KENDI, author of Stamped from the Beginning.

Author: Paul Ortiz
Publisher: Beacon Press

Published in 2017

Book cover for "The Gulf: The Making of an American Sea" by Jack E. Davis, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, featuring illustrations of birds and a coastal landscape.The Gulf: The Making of An American Sea

Author: Jack Davis
Publisher: Liveright/W.W. Norton

Book cover for "The Cambridge History of Judaism, Volume Eight: The Modern World, 1815-2000," edited by Mitchell B. Hart and Tony Michels.Cambridge History of Judaism, Vol. 8: The Modern World, 1815-2000

Editors: Mitchell B. Hart and Tony Michels
Publisher: Cambridge University Press

A book cover features black and white images of a street protest with smoke and a person spray-painting "Estudiante que Escuchas Organízate y Lucha" on a wall. The title is "THIS CITY BELONGS TO YOU: A HISTORY OF STUDENT ACTIVISM IN GUATEMALA, 1944-1996" by Heather Vrana.This City Belongs to You: A History of Student Activism in Guatemala, 1944-1996

Author: Heather Vrana
Publisher: University of California Press

Published in 2016

Book cover for "Great Events in Religion, Vol. 1: Prehistory to AD 600," edited by Florin Curta and Andrew Holt, featuring an illustration of figures in a chariot.Great Events in Religion

Editors: Florin Curta and Andrew Holt
Publisher: ABC-CLIO

Book cover titled "DEBATING TRUTH: THE BARCELONA DISPUTATION OF 1263 A GRAPHIC HISTORY" by Nina Caputo and Liz Clarke, featuring two medieval figures in an architectural setting.Debating Truth: The Barcelona Disputation of 1263, A Graphic History

Author: Nina Caputo and Illustrated by Liz Clarke
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Book cover for "Robert Nixon and Police Torture in Chicago, 1871–1971" by Elizabeth Dale, featuring an illustration of a historic building.Robert Nixon and Police Torture in Chicago, 1871-1971

Author: Elizabeth Dale
Publisher: NIU Press

Book cover for "A Nervous State: Violence, Remedies, and Reverie in Colonial Congo" by Nancy Rose Hunt. It features a vintage black and white photo of seven Congolese individuals, some in uniforms, with one wearing a Red Cross symbol and holding a book, standing outdoors.A Nervous State: Violence, Remedies, and Reverie in Colonial Congo

Author: Nancy Rose Hunt
Publisher: Duke University Press

Published in 2015

Book cover for "Unpopular Sovereignty: Rhodesian Independence and African Decolonization" by Luise White, featuring a historical photograph of a white man speaking into a microphone, with several black men in suits standing behind him and to his right.Unpopular Sovereignty: Rhodesian Independence and African Decolonization

Author: Luise White
Publisher: University of Chicago

Book cover for "Defining Duty in the Civil War" by J. Matthew Gallman, with the subtitle "Personal Choice, Popular Culture, and the Union Home Front." It features a caricature of a man in uniform and a smaller paper titled "THE DRAFT" with caricatures.Defining Duty in the Civil War: Personal Choice, Popular Culture, and the Union Home Front

Author: J. Matthew Gallman
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press

Book cover for CITIZENS AND COMMUNITIES, edited by J. Matthew Gallman, from the CIVIL WAR HISTORY READERS series. The cover art shows a historical illustration of a diverse crowd, a flag, a horse statue, and a capitol building in the background.Citizens and Communities: Civil War History Readers, vol. 4

Editor: J. Matthew Gallman
Publisher: Kent State University Press

Book cover for "LENS OF WAR: EXPLORING ICONIC PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CIVIL WAR," edited by J. Matthew Gallman and Gary W. Gallagher. The cover features a black and white photo of five soldiers sitting on a hill, looking at a large military encampment.Lens of War: Exploring Iconic Photographs of the Civil War

Editors: J. Matthew Gallman and Gary W. Gallagher
Publisher: University of Georgia Press

Published in 2014

Book cover for "HOME FIRES: HOW AMERICANS KEPT WARM IN THE 19TH CENTURY" by SEAN PATRICK ADAMS, featuring a sepia-toned illustration of an ornate, antique iron stove. A banner in the top right corner reads "HOW THINGS WORKED.Home Fires: How Americans Kept Warm in the Nineteenth Century

Author: Sean Patrick Adams
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Book cover for "Coxsackie: The Life and Death of Prison Reform" by Joseph F. Spillane, featuring a prison window with light rays and a group of smiling young Black men.Coxsackie: The Life and Death of Prison Reform

Author: Joseph P. Spillane
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press

Published in 2013

Book cover for "ATLANTA Cradle of the New South" by William A. Link, with subtitle "RACE AND REMEMBERING IN THE CIVIL WAR'S AFTERMATH". The cover features a sepia-toned historical photograph of a destroyed railway and cityscape under a red sky.Atlanta, Cradle of the New South: Race and Remembering in the Civil War’s Aftermath

Author: William A. Link
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press, 2013

Book cover for "The Holocaust Europe, the World, and the Jews 1918 – 1945" by Norman J.W. Goda, featuring a black and white photograph of railway tracks leading into a concentration camp.The Holocaust: Europe, the World, and the Jews, 1918 – 1945

Author: Norman J.W. Goda
Publisher: Pearson, 2013