Members’ Corner
This is a space where the recent works of HSA scholars are highlighted.
H.S.A. members interested in sharing their highlights can contact us to let us know.
HSA Congratulates Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall
HSA Congratulates Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall!
Cal State San Marcos history professor Alyssa Goldstein Sepinwall has been honored with the most prestigious award that faculty can receive in the California State University system.
Sepinwall was announced Tuesday as one of five winners of the Wang Family Excellence Award. Each year, the CSU recognizes four faculty and one staff member for their “unwavering commitment to student achievement and advancing the CSU mission through excellence in teaching, scholarship and service.”
Louisiana State University Alumni Spotlight: Petrouchka Moïse
Dr. Petrouchka Moïse is the first graduate of the LSU Doctor of Design in Cultural Preservation program, adding to her growing list of “firsts” in her many accomplishments. In the spring of 2020, Dr. Moïse became the first doctoral graduate of the College of Art & Design.
As part of the inaugural Doctor of Design cohort, Moïse’s doctoral research focused on the identity and role of the Haitian artist. Her dissertation and exhibition are titled “Mitan-Morphic: The Evolution of the Contemporary Haitian Artist in Relation to Trauma.” Her work showcased contemporary artists who no longer allow the lens on the Haitian culture to be out of focus or limited in its range.
Being the First Responders: On the 13th Year of Haiti Earthquake
It was an accident. Third-degree burns nestled into the toddler’s limbs, and her anxious caregivers debated over taking her to the hospital. After a few days of the toddler’s blood-curdling screams, they faced their fear of deportation, and took her to the hospital.
As recent migrants from Haiti, they not only fled a three-decade dictatorship financed by the United States, but they also arrived with papers in hand…
HSA Congratulates Nathalie Frédéric Pierre
HSA congratulates Nathalie Frédéric Pierre for earning a National Endowment for the Humanities award! She was the onsite chair for our 34th annual conference.
Military Intervention Will Birth Military Occupation
“Military Intervention Will Birth Military Occupation”
By Cécile Accilien , TRUTHOUT
Fear of a Black Republic: Haiti and the Birth of Black Internationalism in the United States
The emergence of Haiti as a sovereign Black nation lit a beacon of hope for Black people throughout the African diaspora. Listen as Dr. Leslie M. Alexander reveals the untold story of how free and enslaved Black people in the United States defended the young Caribbean nation from forces intent on maintaining slavery and white supremacy.
The Haiti Reader: History, Culture, Politics
A wide ranging discussion with one of my favorite scholars, Dr. Nadève Ménard. [A sprinkle of Kreyol; the rest in English. ] We cover The Haiti Reader and a separate essay (post-2010 earthquake) she wrote to her daughter, “My Dearest Dear Ana”.
While Haiti established the second independent nation in the Western Hemisphere and was the first black country to gain independence from European colonizers, its history is not well known in the Anglophone world. As co-editor, The Haiti Reader is an introduction to Haiti’s dynamic history and culture from the viewpoint of Haitians from all walks of life.
Haitian Creole Maintenance In The Greater Chicago Area
This book examines the question of language maintenance and transmission by Haitian immigrants in the greater Chicago area based on fieldwork conducted in that community for almost two years. Essentially, this book addresses three main questions into which a few others are embedded: (1) Have the Haitian immigrants living in the greater Chicago area been able to successfully maintain Haitian Creole without shifting to English? (2) If so, how have they managed? And (3), if they have not been as successful, what have been the causes?
Haiti’s long and complicated history with international intervention
October 27, 2022: Dr. Robert Fatton “Haiti’s long and complicated history with international intervention” NPR’s Rachel Martin talks to historian Robert Fatton about ill-fated interventions in Haiti, which is now embroiled in a crisis that has the country on the brink of collapse.
More Foreign Intervention Won’t Solve Haiti’s Crises. Decolonization Will.
October 25, 2022: Dr. Cecile Accilien “More Foreign Intervention Won’t Solve Haiti’s Crises. Decolonization Will” on TruthOut.
The Fight for Haiti’s Future
October 21, 2022: Edwige Danticat “The Fight for Haiti’s Future” in the New Yorker.
Interview on Neg Mawon podcast
Dr. Regine O. Jackson (2022) interview on “The Failure of Categories” Neg Mawon podcast Scholar Series #23.
Haiti’s Predatory Republic: The Unending Transition to Democracy
In this 3 part chat with Dr. Fatton, you won’t hear me asking questions. Fatton is the kind of guest that you just hand him the mic and let him do his thang. It’s a master class in polisci 101. Grab pen & pencil. Fatton drops some key terms we all should know and internalize.
