Announcing This Year's Award Finalists! - Association for Theatre in Higher Education Congratulations to this year's Outstanding Book Award finalists! The final award winners and honorable mentions for all ATHE Awards will be announced on July 21, award winners will speak about their work in online roundtables and interviews shared on ATHE’s YouTube channel.All finalists are listed alphabetically by author last name. The cover image for each book is linked to more information. Outstanding Book Award Finalists

My book is shortlisted for ATHE's Outstanding Book Award! www.athe.org/news/703103/...

#tenured

Ok Academic Bluesky. I'm teaching a workshop to PhD Humanities students on job application materials. Drop your best/worst example of a document you used to get your first academic job in a reply to this post. Bonus points for interdisciplinary scholars.

1 year research fellowship at the University of Michigan focused on the history of performance in Hill Auditorium
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On May 13th I'll be giving a virtual talk from my book Redface at the American Antiquarian Society

www.americanantiquarian.org/node/13055

If you are a member of ATDS please consider nominating a colleague for the Betty Jean Jones Award, which recognizes excellence in teaching and mentorship. Deadline: April 6th

KGOU Readers Club: Redface: Race, Performance, and Indigeneity

If you're not into reading, listen to me talk about my book Redface :) www.kgou.org/show/kgou-re...

This weekend in Ann Arbor, MI. Free symposium on the 50th anniversary of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act and the annual Berkhofer Lecture by journalist Mark Trahant. Trahant's lecture will be available on zoom. Symposium in person only.

I had the chance to write about how Native American women playwrights are using contract riders and negotiations to create networks of care and kinship. So pleased to have my work alongside one of my dissertation committee members and other scholars I have long admired!

Stateside: Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025 In today's episode, we discuss the recent passing of the Laken Riley Act by Congress, how a fisherman’s 1970s surrender to law enforcement has transformed fishing practices in the Great Lakes, and a c...

I recently got to speak about my book, Redface, with Stateside on Michigan public radio. www.michiganpublic.org/show/statesi...

Bethany Hughes's "Redface" Bethany Hughes (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) is a performance scholar and cultural historian interested in how performance constructs cultur...

My book was featured on the Page 99 Test site. It asks authors whether page 99 of their book is a good snapshot of its entirety. Coincidentally, I recently found a typo on page 99 of my book. 😬 page99test.blogspot.com/2025/01/beth...

December 2024 Reads for the Rest of Us - Ms. Magazine The best feminist books written by women, Black, brown, AAPI, LGBTQ, Native, disabled, trans, nonbinary writers in December 2024.

"In her compelling debut, Bethany Hughes investigates the history of “redface” in the US. Thoroughly researched and accessibly written, this volume sheds light on colonial legacies of racial constructions and performativity."
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Overlooked No More: Go-won-go Mohawk, Trailblazing Indigenous Actress In the 1880s, the only roles for Indigenous performers were laden with negative stereotypes. So Mohawk decided to write her own narratives.

NYT cites @bethanyhughes.bsky.social on Native actors...

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If you or someone you love is a librarian, please ask your library to pre-order my forthcoming book

My first book, Redface: Race, Performance, and Indigeneity is coming out this fall from NYU Press. You can see the beautiful cover art by Tom Jones!
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