Article: The Sundown Town Vote in Wisconsin: Race-ing the Trump Victory
November 29, 2016
New article with Kathryn Robinson on Wisconsin sundown towns and the 2016 election.
Read it here!
Seizing Freedom shortlisted for Deutscher Memorial Prize
November 1, 2015
Seizing Freedom: Slave Emancipation and Liberty for All has been shortlisted for the Deutscher Memorial Prize, to be awarded at the Historical Materialism 2015 conference on November 6. For the full announcement, click here.
VIDEO: American Studies Association 2015 Presidential Address
October 16, 2015
David Roediger’s presidential address from ASA 2015 is now available on YouTube.
Interview: “Shades of White” on KCUR
October 15, 2015
David Roediger recently sat down with Gina Kaufmann at Kansas City’s NPR station to discuss his work. Click here to listen to the full interview via KCUR.
Interview in Los Angeles Review of Books
October 8, 2015
An interview by Sarah Mesle was recently published in the Los Angeles Review of Books ahead of the ASA 2015 conference in Toronto. Read it at the link below! https://lareviewofbooks.org/interview/miserablism-and-resistance-at-the-american-studies-association
David Roediger wins the 2015 Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award for Seizing Freedom
August 31, 2015
From Verso Books: “David Roediger, Foundation Distinguished Professor of American Studies/History at the University of Kansas received the 2015 Byron Caldwell Smith Book Award for his radical new history of Emancipation, Seizing Freedom: Slave Emancipation and Liberty for All.” Read more here: http://www.versobooks.com/blogs/2215-david-roediger-wins-the-2015-byron-caldwell-smith-book-award-for-seizing-freedom
VIDEO: “Thinking Through Slavery” @ Brown University
July 22, 2015