{"id":65034,"date":"2025-05-06T13:45:02","date_gmt":"2025-05-06T17:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/humanities-institute\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=65034"},"modified":"2025-05-06T13:45:02","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T17:45:02","slug":"humanities-in-the-village-marcus-rediker-in-conversation-with-nadia-nurhussein-and-harris-feinsod","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/krieger.jhu.edu\/humanities-institute\/event\/humanities-in-the-village-marcus-rediker-in-conversation-with-nadia-nurhussein-and-harris-feinsod\/","title":{"rendered":"Humanities in the Village: Marcus Rediker, in conversation with Nadia Nurhussein and Harris Feinsod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute will launch its fall 2025 programming with a special additional edition of Humanities in the Village, an event series dedicated to making scholarship publicly accessible.<\/p>\n<p>This event features Marcus Rediker, author of most recently <em>Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea<\/em>. We&#8217;ll celebrate this new volume by hearing from the author about the project of the book, which provides a definitive, sweeping account of the Underground Railroad&#8217;s long-overlooked maritime origins. A leading scholar of maritime history, Rediker puts his command of archival research on full display in this luminous portrait of the Atlantic waterfront as a place of conspiracy, mutiny, and liberation. Freedom Ship is essential reading for anyone looking to understand the complete story of one of North America&#8217;s most significant historical moments.<\/p>\n<p>We are delighted that Nadia Nurhussein and Harris Feinsod will join Rediker in conversation.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"https:\/\/www.theivybookshop.com\/book\/?ean=9780525558347\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theivybookshop.com\/book\/?ean=9780525558347\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-msys-clicktrack=\"0\">Order FREEDOM SHIP: THE UNCHARTED HISTORY OF ESCAPING SLAVERY BY SEA here<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Marcus Rediker<\/strong>\u00a0is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. His \u201chistories from below,\u201d including The Slave Ship: A Human History, have won numerous awards, including the George Washington Book Prize, and have been translated into nineteen languages worldwide. He has produced a film, Ghosts of Amistad, with director Tony Buba, and written a play, The Return of Benjamin Lay, with playwright Naomi Wallace. His new book, \u201cFreedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea,\u201d will be published by Viking-Penguin May 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Register <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/marcus-rediker-author-of-freedom-ship-the-uncharted-history-of-escaping-s-tickets-1351534178109?aff=oddtdtcreator\">here<\/a> to attend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Alexander Grass Humanities Institute will launch its fall 2025 programming with a special additional edition of Humanities in the Village, an event series dedicated to making scholarship publicly accessible. 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