#  Department Life 

 



##  Department Life 

 

 

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##  Recent Publications 

 



  [### People as Protection

 ](https://www.pennpress.org/9781512828979/people-as-protection/)by Daniel E. Agbiboa (2026)

Explores the complex and underappreciated role of civilian self-defense groups in northeastern Nigeria during the Boko Haram insurgency



 

   ![People as Protection: Civilians Countering Terror in Northeast Nigeria](/sites/g/files/omnuum8896/files/styles/hwp_1_1__360x360_scale/public/2026-04/people%20as%20protection%20jpg.jpg?itok=qVKYDjmB) 

 

 

 

  [### The Invention of the Future

 ](https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691246550/the-invention-of-the-future?srsltid=AfmBOor1r4bO7cUJmc3hN_OXXhyy8tKjFenwv87igIkuuHlJcI9ixeZo)by Bruno Carvalho (2026)

A kaleidoscopic and original new history of urbanization - from Lisbon to New York, Paris to Rio de Janeiro, and Buenos Aires to Lagos



 

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  [### Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope

 ](https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674271289)by Brandon M. Terry (2025)

A landmark reinterpretation of the civil rights movement that challenges reductive heroic narratives of the 1950s and 1960s and invigorates new debates and possibilities for the future of the struggle for liberation



 

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  [### The Unseen Truth: When Race Changed Sight in America

 ](https://www.sarahelizabethlewis.com/publication/the-unseen-truth)by Sarah Lewis (2025)



 

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  [### Black in Blues: How a Color Tells the Story of My People

 ](https://www.harpercollins.com/products/black-in-blues-imani-perry?variant=42431649218594)by Imani Perry (2025)



 

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  [### Freeman's Challenge

 ](https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/F/bo213968137.html)by Robin Bernstein (2024)



 

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##  Recent News 

 



  [### AAAS Professor Henry Louis Gates Jr. Awarded Vilcek Prize for Excellence

 ](/news/aaas-professor-henry-louis-gates-jr-awarded-vilcek-prize-excellence) February 03, 2025 

 Dr. Henry Louis Gates Jr. has been awarded the Vilcek Prize for Excellence. The Vilcek Prize for Excellence is awarded by the Vilcek Foundation in recognition of intellectual and cultural leaders who have had a profound impact on society and contribute a... 

 

 

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   [### AAAS Professor Jacob Olupona Interviewed by Harvard Divinity School

 ](/news/aaas-professor-jacob-olupona-interviewed-harvard-divinity-school) December 09, 2024 

 The Harvard Divinity School recently sat with AAAS Professor and Department Chair Jacob Olupona to discuss his work and legacy at Harvard. The full interview can be read here. 

 

 

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   [### AAAS Professor Daniel Agbiboa Publishes New Article in Political Science and Politics Journal

 ](/news/aaas-professor-daniel-agbiboa-publishes-new-article-political-science-and-politics-journal) December 09, 2024 

 AAAS Professor Daniel Agbiboa recently had his article entitled Deep Waters: The Flooding and Climate of Suffering in Nigeria published in the journal PS: Political Science and Politics, by Cambridge University Press. The article can be accessed here. 

 

 

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