Opponents warned the policy’s vagueness could push professors to self-censor and leave students less prepared for the workplace.

The new policy prohibits students from recording class without permission but explicitly allows administrators to surveil professors for any “lawful purpose.”

If you are like me, last night’s halftime show performed by Bad Bunny (aka Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio) is still ringing in your head.

On 2nd March at 17:00 (GMT)/12:00 (EST) we will discuss a pre-circulated paper titled “La Negrita”: A History of African Girlhood in the Spanish Caribbean Slave Trade” by Dr. Elise Mitchell (Swarthmor...

Some people thought they say the 5-year-old during the Super Bowl halftime show. But Liam is still in hiding with his family, after he and his father were detained and then released from a Texas deten...

Job Description: The John Carter Brown Library, located on the campus of Brown University, has one of the world’s most significant collections relating to the history of the early Americas, particular...

Published in Slavery & Abolition: A Journal of Slave and Post-Slave Studies (Vol. 46, No. 4, 2025)

NPR's Leila Fadel speaks with Professor Mahmood Mamdani about his new book, "Slow Poison." The book is a firsthand report on the tragic unraveling of Uganda's struggle for independence.

The Declaration of Independence depicted Native Americans as bloodthirsty savages, and from its founding the United States aimed to expand westward by seizin...

Police say multiple people have been shot in the area of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

It’s been a while since we checked in with our friends at the National Park Service.

Cambridge Core - American Studies - Birthright Citizens

An essay by Christina Sharpe on witnessing the unbearable.

An institutional history of the “peculiar institution.”

A decision not to retain a beloved Latinx-studies professor raised questions about the university’s commitment to students of color.

Hard History Hanging on a Museum Wall

Southern Cultures encourages submissions from scholars, writers, and artists for a special issue, Religion, to be published Fall 2026. We will accept submissions for this issue through December 15…