Dr. Giusi Russo

The Citizen Recommends: In Pursuit — Philadelphia and the Making of America Sam Katz’s In Pursuit documentary series has been nearly 20 years in the making. See the first episode on February 19

Sam Katz’s History Making Productions is releasing a sweeping Philly documentary series nearly 20 years in the making. See the first episode on February 20.

A vibrant, wide-angle photo of a colorful outdoor mural promoting the "Super Bowl LX Apple Music Halftime Show." The mural is painted on a long blue wall in a sunlit, tropical setting with real palm trees and bright pink bougainvillea flowers cascading over the top. The artwork features a playful, surreal collage of cultural and football-themed elements: Central Text: The Apple Music logo in bold yellow and red 3D lettering is flanked by "SUPER BOWL LX" above and "HALFTIME SHOW" below. Iconic Imagery: Large illustrations of a golden trumpet, pink sunglasses, maracas, dominoes, and a cup of coffee with a musical note in the foam. Football Elements: Brown footballs are depicted growing on palm trees like coconuts and resting on the ground. Foreground: A young girl in a yellow dress walks along the sidewalk in front of the mural, passing a small goalpost illustration where a green parrot is perched. The overall aesthetic is warm, festive, and celebrates a fusion of Latin-inspired culture and American football.

I'm going to do a thread of all the references and context behind Bad Bunny's performance and what it means for Puerto Ricans to see this on the biggest stage.

The opening title screen is a street mural in Puerto Rico that comes to life with footballs as coconuts.

Follow along!

Opinion | A Movie About America Broke My Heart

A Movie About America Broke My Heart www.nytimes.com/2026/02/08/o...

We caught up with one of the kids who sang on 'A Charlie Brown Christmas.' He's 72 now Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history.

Dave Willat was just 11 years old when he showed up for what he thought would be a routine church choir practice in 1965. He and his fellow singers ended up making history.

YouTube video by NPR Music Billy Strings: Tiny Desk Concert

Billy Strings! Tiny Desk Concert
These guys are fantastic!
👏❤️🎶 ☮️☺️

Three books to read if you too are rewatching Mad Men. This week, the internet got a fun little treat when Mad Men, a pinnacle of early prestige TV, landed on HBOMax after a long absence from streaming services. Unfortunately, the new, much-hyped 4K re…

Mad Men has returned to streaming, and these books are ready to compliment your next rewatch.

Congratulations to Antwain K. Hunter, whose book A Precarious Balance: Firearms, Race, and Community in North Carolina, 1715–1865 was published by UNC Press last month!

uncpress.org/978146968989...

Wisdom from Charles Schulz.

Hi Eleanor! The book looks amazing and necessary!

Emergency in Transit by Eleanor Paynter - Paper Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

Hi there! I work on migration & asylum w/ a focus on rights, race, coloniality, & testimony in the Mediterranean & globally.
#CriticalRefugeeStudies via ethnography, media, narrative

My book Emergency in Transit is out this month
@ucpress.bsky.social www.ucpress.edu/books/emerge... 1/

New Methods for New Histories (Online) Workshop 2: Rethinking Internationalisms: Histories and Pluralities

✨Don't forget to sign up to our upcoming ONLINE conference on 'New Methods for New Histories (Online)' - we've structured the whole workshop as a virtual space; benefitting from global speakers, a roundtable structure and regular breaks! Pls get tickets here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-method...

My review of Women, Empires, and Body Politics at the UN, 1946–1975 by @giusirusso.bsky.social is out in Comparativ!
Her research is a vital read for anyone interested in international women's rights–and the roots of the global order.
Hope it inspires you to dive in! ✨
comparativ.net/v2/article/v...

Join us for a May seminar series!
Silvia Federici and Decolonial Topographies of Struggle

Every Wednesday in May from 3 PM - 4:30 PM
Please register via the Making Worlds website.

See you there!

Tan Book cover with green and brown text. Upper right corner has a seventeenth century engraved image of a Black body that looks like classical sculpture with a white head. It is holding a sheaf of cane.

Feels wrong to celebrate while academia is on 🔥, but this week I got the lovely cover for my long overdue book *The Sweet Taste of Empire: Sugar, Mastery and Pleasure in the Anglo Caribbean* forthcoming from UPenn Press!

#RaceB4Race
#RenSA2025
#RSA2025
#Shax2025

drawing of three women on peach background title of exhibition Women of the World Unite: The United Nations Decade For Women and Transnational Feminisms 1975 to Now 10 Feb to 22 Aug.

"Women of the World Unite: The United Nations Decade for Women and Transnational Feminisms 1975 to Now' - new exhibition opening on 10 February.

Women, Empires, and Body Politics at the United Nations, 1946–1975 - Nebraska Press Women, Empires, and Body Politics at the United Nations, 1946–1975 tells the story of how women’s bodies were at the center of the international politics...

If you are teaching a course on gender and internationalism, I'd like to recommend my book, "Women, Empires, and Body Politics at the United Nations," University of Nebraska Press, 2023,

www.nebraskapress.unl.edu/nebraska/978...

I'm returning to teach this summer for a week at the Provincetown Work Center's Queer Week, 6/22-6/27. I'm teaching alongside Andrea Lawlor, Carmen Maria Machado, Catherine Opie, Cameron Awkward-Rich, Celeste Lecesne, Ilanda Savdie, and Miriam Klein-Stahl:
fawc.org/summer-progr...

Andrée Blouin - Africa's overlooked independence heroine Blouin ran in the same circles as liberation icons like Patrice Lumumba, Kwame Nkrumah and Sékou Touré.

bbc.com/news/article... The remarkable life of Andrée Blouin - Africa's overlooked independence heroine.

Two people, a man and a woman, dance on an open air dance floor. The two are close together, their heads almost touching. Both look down, apparently at their feet. This black and white photo conveys a palpable sense of joy

Malick Sidibé, Nuit de Noël (Christmas Eve, Happy Club), 1963 www.moma.org/collection/w...

Women, Empires, and Body Politics at the United Nations, 1946–1975 Published in International Feminist Journal of Politics (Ahead of Print, 2024)

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... a new review of my book!

What does the verdict in the Gisèle Pelicot rape trial mean for France? Our panel responds | Rokhaya Diallo, Anne Bouillon and others All 51 men on trial have been found guilty, a fact that needs to prompt major changes in French society, say Rokhaya Diallo, Anne Bouillon and others

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Nikki Giovanni, Poet Who Wrote of Black Joy, Dies at 81 As a writer, she tackled race, gender, sex, politics and love. She was also a public intellectual who appeared on television and toured the country.

She lives on: Nikki Giovanni, poet who wrote of Black joy www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/o...

@anardozi.bsky.social Angela 😘😘

Reclaiming History: Rebecca Nagle on Native Struggle and Survival "There are historical patterns and political patterns that a lot of people might not be able to recognize," says Rebecca Nagle.

I interviewed @rebeccanagle.bsky.social about her new book, By The Fire We Carry, what Native people will be up against under Donald Trump, and the histories people in the US need to understand if they hope to create a just future.