Manisha Sinha

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ISBN 9780807825716, OCLC 469742367
  • The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition, New Haven: Yale University Press, 2016. ISBN   9780300181371, OCLC   1039313848 [15] [16] [17] [18]
  • The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic: Reconstruction, 1860-1920, Liveright, 2024. ISBN   9781631498442, OCLC   1379265882 [19]

    • Articles and Essays

    "A Prophet and a Warrior: The Religious Roots of a Famous Slave Revolt," Times Literary Supplement, January 10, 2025 [20]

    "The Second Abolition," The Nation, November 19, 2024 [21]

    "As an American Historian, I Urge All My Countrymen to Vote for the First Desi President," American Kahani, September 1, 2024 [22]

    "How the Supreme Court got things so wrong on the Trump ruling," CNN March 4, 2024 [23]

    "What Made Early America?" William and Mary Quarterly 81 (January 2024): 65-72 [24]

    "The Beautiful Struggle," The New York Review of Books, April 20, 2023 [25]

    "Why I Hope 2022 will be another 1866," CNN October 12, 2022 [26]

    "The Perils of Public Engagement," Modern American History, July 2022 [27]

    "The Case for a Third Reconstruction," The New York Review of Books, February 3, 2021 [28]

    "What this 18th Century Poet Reveals About Amanda Gorman's Success," CNN February 1, 2021 [29]

    "Why Kamala Harris Matters to Me," The New York Times, August 12, 2020 [30]

    "The 2020 Election Surpasses all Before It, Except One," CNN, October 28, 2020 [31]

    "Donald Trump, Meet Your Precursor," The New York Times, November 29, 2019 [32]

    "The Long History of American Slavery Reparations," The Wall Street Journal, September 20, 2019 [33]

    "The New Fugitive Slave Laws," The New York Review of Books, July 17, 2019 [34]

    "The Problem of Abolition in the Age of Capitalism," American Historical Review, 124 (February 2019): 144-163 [35]

    Awards and Fellowships

    John W. Blassingame Award for Distinguished Scholarship and Mentorship in African American History, Southern Historical Association, 2024

    John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship in the Humanities, US and Canada, 2022–2023

    James W.C. Pennington Award, University of Heidelberg, Germany, 2021

    Mellon Distinguished Scholar-in-Residence, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester 2020–2021

    Kidger Award for excellence in teaching, research and writing, and service to the profession, New England History Teachers' Association, 2018

    Top 25 Women in Higher Education and Beyond, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, March 9, 2017

    National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, Massachusetts Historical Society, 2016–2017

    Distinguished Graduate Mentor Award in Recognition of Outstanding Graduate Teaching and Advising, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2016

    Exceptional Merit Award, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2013

    Chancellor's Medal and Distinguished Faculty Lecture, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2011

    Howard Foundation Fellowship, Brown University, 2009–2010

    Faculty Fellowship, Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, Harvard University, 2007–2008

    Elected Member, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, 2006-

    National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, 2004–2005

    Appointed to Distinguished Lecture Series, Organization of American Historians, 2003-

    References

    1. ↑ "Manisha Sinha | Department of History".
    2. ↑ "No, Kanye, That's Not How It Happened". UConn Today. January 24, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
    3. ↑ Holden, Charles J. (2001). "Review of The Counterrevolution of Slavery: Politics and Ideology in Antebellum South Carolina". The South Carolina Historical Magazine. 102 (4): 364–366. ISSN   0038-3082. JSTOR   27570532.
    4. ↑ Calhoon, Robert M. (December 1, 2001). "The Counterrevolution of Slavery: Politics and Ideology in Antebellum South Carolina (review)". Civil War History. 47 (4): 353–354. doi:10.1353/cwh.2001.0052. ISSN   1533-6271. S2CID   144141998.
    5. ↑ O'Donovan, Susan E. (November 1, 2001). "The Counterrevolution of Slavery: Politics and Ideology in Antebellum South Carolina (review)". Journal of Interdisciplinary History. 32 (3): 490–491. doi:10.1162/002219502753364533. ISSN   1530-9169. S2CID   142226445.
    6. ↑ Startup, Kenneth M. (2001). "Review of The Counterrevolution of Slavery: Politics and Ideology in Antebellum South Carolina". The Arkansas Historical Quarterly. 60 (3): 315–317. ISSN   0004-1823. JSTOR   40023065.
    7. ↑ Ford, Lacy K. (2003). "Review of The Counterrevolution of Slavery: Politics and Ideology in Antebellum South Carolina". The Journal of Southern History. 69 (1): 159–161. doi:10.2307/30039860. ISSN   0022-4642. JSTOR   30039860.
    8. ↑ "Ten Books on Slavery You Need to Read". Politico Magazine. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
    9. ↑ "'The Slave's Cause' wins the 19th annual Frederick Douglass Book Prize". YaleNews. November 7, 2017. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
    10. ↑ "Manisha Sinha | Department of History". January 14, 2022.
    11. ↑ "The Slave's Cause".
    12. ↑ "The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic".
    13. ↑ Phillips, Kimberly (May 10, 2022). "History Professor Manisha Sinha Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship". UConn Today. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
    14. ↑ "Manisha Sinha – John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation…". www.gf.org. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
    15. ↑ "Editors' Choice". The New York Times. March 3, 2016. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved January 9, 2017.
    16. ↑ "The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition, by Manisha Sinha". Times Higher Education (THE). May 19, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2017.
    17. ↑ Rothman, Adam (April 2016). "The Truth About Abolition". The Atlantic. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
    18. ↑ Berlin, Ira (February 26, 2016). "'The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition', by Manisha Sinha". The New York Times. Retrieved July 29, 2018.
    19. ↑ Bordewich, Fergus M. "'The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic' Review: The Dream That Died". The Wall Street Journal, April 4, 2024.
    20. ↑ "A Prophet and a Warrior: The Religious Roots of a Famous Slave Revolt"
    21. ↑ "The Second Abolition"
    22. ↑ "As an American Historian, I Urge All My Countrymen to Vote for the First Desi President"
    23. ↑ "Opinion: The Supreme Court just made it harder to defend democracy". CNN . March 4, 2024.
    24. ↑ Sinha, Manisha (2024). "What Made Early America?". The William and Mary Quarterly. 81 (1): 65–72. doi:10.1353/wmq.2024.a918186.
    25. ↑ Sinha, Manisha (April 20, 2023). "The Beautiful Struggle". The New York Review of Books. 70 (7).
    26. ↑ "Opinion: Why I hope 2022 will be another 1866". CNN . October 11, 2022.
    27. ↑ Hemmer, Nicole; Kendi, Ibram X.; Kruse, Kevin M.; Lee, Erika; Sinha, Manisha (2022). "The Perils of Public Engagement". Modern American History. 5 (2): 209–219. doi:10.1017/mah.2022.11.
    28. ↑ "The Case for a Third Reconstruction". February 3, 2021.
    29. ↑ "Opinion: What this 18th century poet reveals about Amanda Gorman's success". CNN . February 2021.
    30. ↑ Sinha, Manisha (August 12, 2020). "Opinion | Why Kamala Harris Matters to Me". The New York Times.
    31. ↑ "The 2020 election surpasses all before it, except one". CNN . October 28, 2020.
    32. ↑ Sinha, Manisha (November 29, 2019). "Opinion | Donald Trump, Meet Your Precursor". The New York Times.
    33. ↑ Sinha, Manisha (September 20, 2019). "The Long History of American Slavery Reparations". The Wall Street Journal.
    34. ↑ "The New Fugitive Slave Laws". July 17, 2019.
    35. ↑ Review of The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770–1823, by David Brion Davis
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