To capture some of the spirit of gathering together in the AHA exhibit hall, we offer this virtual space, showcasing our new authors, award-winning books, and highlights from the last year of History at SUP.
New in Stanford Digital Projects
Events
January 11th, 12 PM (ET)
Prose and the Prosaic: Historians Writing about Historical Experiences, Including Their Own »
Panelists: Fabio Lanza (Chair), Xenia Cherkaev, Susan Crane, Ananya Chakravarti
"How do historians craft historical narratives that adequately witness the experience of historical research? How much “sausage making” does the reader of a historical narrative deserve – or desire? Today’s historians have a rich variety of options for writing histories that may reach an audience beyond academia and sharing with readers the choices they made in the production of their narratives. This panel will address recent innovations in historical writing through the work of researchers who risk their authorial presence in text: their hesitations and perceived strictures as well as successfully negotiated strategies for overcoming them. Panelists include an anthropologist working on Soviet-era historical thought; a historian of early modern India; and a historian of historical consciousness with a background in modern Europe. Panelists will present papers followed by audience Q&A. This session will not be recorded."
New Books and New SUP Authors
Announcing new books, published in the last year. We’re offering 30% off these and other recent SUP History titles with discount code S21XAHA-FM through our virtual exhibit ».
Caroline H. Yang discusses her book The Peculiar Afterlife of Slavery: The Chinese Worker and the Minstrel Form » with Esther Kim Lee. This discussion was part of the AAAS 2020 Virtual Book Fair.
SUP is proud to present Before Trans:Three Gender Stories from Nineteenth-Century France » author Rachel Mesch in conversation with renowned queer theorist Jack Halberstam. This discussion was posted in May, 2020.
2021 History Catalog
Recent Award Winners
Before Trans: Three Gender Stories from Nineteenth-Century France »
- Finalist in the 2020 American Library in Paris Book Award, sponsored by the American Library in Paris.
Who Owns the News?: A History of Copyright »
- Winner of the 2020 AEJMC History Division's Book Award, sponsored by the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC).
Constructing the Sacred: Visibility and Ritual Landscape at the Egyptian Necropolis of Saqqara »
- Winner of the 2020 Roy Rosenzweig Prize for Innovation in Digital History, sponsored by the American Historical Association (AHA).
- Winner of the 2020 John Whitney Hall Book Prize, sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) - Northeast Asia Council.
Familiar Futures: Time, Selfhood, and Sovereignty in Iraq »
- Honorable Mention in the 2020 AMEWS Book Award, sponsored by the Association for Middle East Women’s Studies.
The Missing Pages: The Modern Life of a Medieval Manuscript, from Genocide to Justice »
- Winner of the 2019 Der Mugrdechian Armenian Studies Book Award, sponsored by the Society for Armenian Studies (SAS).
- Gold Medal (tie) in the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) - History (World) category, sponsored by the Independent Publisher Book Awards.
- Shortlisted for the 2020 Saroyan Prize - Non-Fiction category, sponsored by the Stanford Libraries.
- Winner of the 2020 Ottoman and Turkish Studies Association Book Prize.
Faithful Fighters: Identity and Power in the British Indian Army »
- Winner of the 2020 Pacific Coast Branch Book Award, sponsored by the American Historical Association (AHA) Pacific Coast Branch.
- Honorable Mention in the 2020 Best International Security Book by a Non-Tenured Faculty Member Award, sponsored by the American Political Science Association (APSA) - International Security Section (ISS).
- Winner of the 2020 Stansky Book Prize, sponsored by the North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS).
Arab Routes: Pathways to Syrian California »
- Winner of the 2020 Alixa Naff Prize in Migration Studies, sponsored by the Moise Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies.
Defending the Public's Enemy: The Life and Legacy of Ramsey Clark »
- Silver Medal in the 2020 Independent Publisher Book Awards (IPPY) - Biography category, sponsored by the Independent Publisher Book Awards.
A World Trimmed with Fur: Wild Things, Pristine Places, and the Natural Fringes of Qing Rule »
- Winner of the 2019 Joseph Levenson Pre-1900 Book Prize, sponsored by the Association for Asian Studies (AAS).
When the War Came Home: The Ottomans' Great War and the Devastation of an Empire »
- Winner of the 2018 Choice Award for Outstanding Academic Title, sponsored by the American Library Association.
- Winner of the 2019 The Tomlinson Book Prize, sponsored by the World War One Historical Association (WW1HA).
The Proper Order of Things: Language, Power, and Law in Ottoman Administrative Discourses »
- Winner of the 2019 M. Fuat Köprülü Award, sponsored by the Turkish Studies Association.
Nisei Naysayer: The Memoir of Militant Japanese American Journalist Jimmie Omura »
- Gold in the Autobiography/Memoir III (Personal Struggle/Health Issues) category in the 2019 Independent Publisher Book Awards
Mandarin Brazil: Race, Representation, and Memory »
- Winner of the 2019 Antonio Candido Prize – Best Book in the Humanities, sponsored by the LASA Brazil Section.
Homes Away from Home: Jewish Belonging in Twentieth-Century Paris, Berlin, and St. Petersburg »
- Shortlisted for the 2019 Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards, sponsored by the Koffler Centre of the Arts.
Risky Shores: Savagery and Colonialism in the Western Pacific »
- Co-winner of the 2019 Stansky Book Prize, sponsored by the North American Conference on British Studies (NACBS).
Categorically Famous: Literary Celebrity and Sexual Liberation in 1960s America »
- Winner of the 2019 AUHE Prize for Literary Scholarship, sponsored by Australian University Heads of English.
Black Quotidian: Everyday History in African-American Newspapers »
- Winner of the 2019 Garfinkel Prize in Digital Humanities, sponsored by the American Studies Association (ASA) - Digital Humanities Caucus.
Empire of Guns: The Violent Making of the Industrial Revolution »
- Winner of the 2019 Jerry Bentley Prize, sponsored by the American Historical Association.
- Winner of the 2019 Wadsworth Prize, sponsored by the Business Archives Council.
New in Stanford Digital Projects
Constructing the Sacred: Visibility and Ritual Landscape at the Egyptian Necropolis of Saqqara »
Utilizing 3D technologies, Constructing the Sacred addresses ancient ritual landscape from a unique perspective to examine development at the complex, long-lived archaeological site of Saqqara, Egypt. Sullivan focuses on how changes in the built and natural environment affected burial rituals at the temple due to changes in visibility. Flipping the top-down view prevalent in archeology to a more human-centered perspective puts the focus on the dynamic evolution of an ancient site that is typically viewed as static.
Sullivan considers not just individual buildings, but re-contextualizes built spaces within the larger ancient landscape, engaging in materially-focused investigations of how monuments shape community memories and a culturally-specific sense of place, thus incorporating the qualitative aspects of human perception.
3D models promise to have great potential for research in a broad range of artifact- and object-based research, yet current technology does not allow for a robust environment of engaging with complex objects that change over time. This publication is among the first to push the boundaries to include interactive 3D models that can be navigated both spatially and temporally.
Black Quotidian: Everyday History in African-American Newspapers »
Black Quotidian explores everyday lives of African Americans in the twentieth century. Drawing on an archive of digitized African-American newspapers, Matthew F. Delmont guides readers through a wealth of primary resources that reveal how the Black press popularized African-American history and valued the lives of both famous and ordinary Black people. Claiming the right of Black people to experience and enjoy the mundane aspects of daily life has taken on a renewed resonance in the era of Black Lives Matter, an era marked by quotidian violence, fear, and mourning.
Framed by introductory chapters on the history of Black newspapers, a trove of short posts on individual newspaper stories brings the rich archive of African-American newspapers to life, giving readers access to a variety of media objects, including videos, photographs, and music. By presenting this layer as a blog with 365 daily entries, the author offers a critique of Black History Month as a limiting initiative and emphasizes the need to explore beyond the iconic figures and moments that have come to stand in for the complexity of African-American history. Themes highlighted include, among others, civil rights, arts, sports, politics, and women's lives.
As a work of digital history, Black Quotidian models an innovative approach to research exploration and scholarly communication. As a teaching resource, it fosters self-driven exploration of primary resources within and beyond the curriculum.
AHA Resources
AHA 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting »
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