by huntera2 | Jun 20, 2018 | Latest Books by Alums
Nathan Perl-Rosenthal immerses us in sailors’ pursuit of safe passage through the ocean world during the turbulent age of revolution. Challenged by British press-gangs and French privateersmen, who considered them Britons and rejected their citizenship claims,...
by huntera2 | Jun 20, 2018 | Latest Books by Alums
Dorothy Henderson, the author of On Blockade, is the grand-daughter of the author, Alexander Henderson. She has always been interested in her family’s background, starting with listening to her father’s stories of his life when he was young. She developed into the...
by huntera2 | Jun 20, 2018 | Latest Books by Alums
“Schwoerer shows how this domestic gun culture influenced England’s Bill of Rights in 1689, a document often cited to support the claim that the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution conveys the right to have arms as an Anglo-American legacy....
by huntera2 | Jun 20, 2018 | Latest Books by Alums
“Hayes contends our country has fractured in two: the Colony and the Nation. In the Nation, we venerate the law. In the Colony, we obsess over order, fear trumps civil rights, and aggressive policing resembles occupation. A Colony in a Nation explains...
by huntera2 | Jun 20, 2018 | Alum Highlights, Diversity News & Profiles
Actors’ Equity Association, the labor union for professional actors and stage managers, has named Lin-Manuel Miranda the recipient of the 2018 Rosetta LeNoire Award for conceiving Hamilton. Presented by Actors’ Equity’s National Equal Employment Committee (EEO), this...
by huntera2 | Jun 20, 2018 | Latest Books by Alums
“Written before the #MeToo Movement burst into American consciousness, this memoir tracks the consequences of sexual harassment, sexual assault and abuse over the lifetime of a successful American journalist and author. The Long Half-Lives of Love and...
by huntera2 | Jun 20, 2018 | Latest Books by Alums
In Ginger Kid, popular comedian Steve Hofstetter ’97 grapples with life after seventh grade . . . . when his world fell apart. Formatted as a series of personal essays, Steve walks his readers through awkward early dating, family turbulence, and the revenge of...
by huntera2 | Jun 20, 2018 | Alum Highlights
After 39 years of teaching Foreign Languages (Latin and French) at her Alma Mater, Hunter College High School, Dr.Audrey Maurer is retiring this year. We invite you to join the reception celebrating the retirement for Dr.Maurer amongst other esteemed faculty at the...
by huntera2 | Jun 20, 2018 | Alum Highlights
Robert Lopez and his wife, Kristen Anderson-Lopez, had struck success again as Academy Award winners. Lopez’s Oscar Award for Best Original Song in Disney Pixar’s Coco (“Remember Me”), though, has placed him in a unique category: that of the...
by huntera2 | Jun 20, 2018 | Alum Highlights
Martha Hodes ICY ’76, Professor of History at New York University, was recently awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship and a fellowship at the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library. The two fellowships will fund...
