Baltimore's drop in homicides - 23% since last year and a staggering 40% from two years ago - should be a national story. Mayor Scott's Group Violence Reduction Strategy, which prioritizes resources to those most at risk and community engagement, should be studied and replicated.
Precisely. "Provincializing Europe" never meant one should stop doing research in European history or social sciences, but that one should stop making European history and societies the standard by which the whole world is measured, and instead ask how they have been entangled.
We must be clear that administrators are inviting police, who are legally authorized to use deadly force, on campuses to respond to what are peaceful protests. It is an unnecessary and dangerous escalation.
I research women and far-right movements in the U.S. and Europe, including why women are increasingly likely to join and how their role has changed. This speech was a masterclass. 1/
It is kind of wild to think that if you are a tenured or tenure-track early American lit prof, you are almost certainly the last person who will have that job in the history of your institution.