LSU Press Blog

John Maxwell Hamilton appears on Worldfocus

John Maxwell Hamilton, author of Journalism's Roving Eye: A History of Foreign Reporting, was recently interviewed on Worldfocus (PBS).  Click the link below to watch the interview.

Analyzing media coverage and embeds in U.S. conflicts (Worldfocus)

Moroccan Households wins Julian Steward Award

David Crawford has won the Julian Steward Award, given by the American Anthropological Association, for his book, Moroccan Households in the World Economy: Labor and Inequity in a Berber Village.  The award will be presented at the annual AAA meeting in Philadelphia in early December.

Associate Professor David Crawford - Winner of the 2009 Julian Steward Award (Fairfield University)

Betty Adcock reviewed and interviewed

Betty Adcock's most recent collection of poetry, Slantwise, was recently reviewed by the online journal Cerise Press.  Ms. Adcock also gave a wonderful interview in which she discusses her craft.  You may read both by following the links below.

Wandering in Earth: Slantwise by Betty Adcock (Cerise Press)

Poetry is a Way of Seeing: A Conversation with Betty Adcock (Cerise Press)

Journalism's Roving Eye to be featured at AP Book Night

John Maxwell Hamilton will give a lecture and participate in a panel discussion at an upcoming Associated Press Book Night event on November 10th.  Click here to read more about this event.

Byrd wins AHA Wesley-Logan Award

Alexander X. Bryd has won the American Historical Association's 2009 Wesley-Logan Prize for his book, Captives and Voyagers: Black Migrants Across the Eighteenth-Century British Atlantic World.  Congratulations, Professor Byrd!