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Farewell to Lauren Berlant
We are deeply sorry to learn of the death of theorist Lauren Berlant following a long illness. Berlant was the author or editor of six books with us. They were also a founding editor of the series...
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Farewell to Greg Tate
Photo by Nisha Sondhe We were deeply saddened to learn yesterday of the death of music and cultural critic Greg Tate, author of Flyboy 2: The Greg Tate Reader (2016). He was 64. After attending...
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Mourning the Death of Enrique Dussel
We are sad to learn that philosopher Enrique Dussel passed away on November 5 at the age of 89. Dussel taught philosophy at the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Iztapalapa, and at the Universidad...
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Farewell to Gary Okihiro
We are sorry to learn of the death of Gary Y. Okihiro, a leading scholar in Asian American and ethnic studies, on May 20 in New Haven. He was 78 years old. Okihiro was visiting professor of American...
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Farewell to Elizabeth Freeman
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of American studies scholar Elizabeth Freeman. She had been battling cancer and was 57 years old. Freeman was Professor of English at University of...
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Farewell to Fredric Jameson
We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of literary critic Fredric Jameson on September 22, 2024. Jameson was Knut Schmidt Nielsen Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature at Duke...
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Farewell to Orrin H. Pilkey
Orrin Pilkey We are very sorry to learn that Orrin H. Pilkey passed away on December 13, 2024 at the age of ninety. He was the author of more than a dozen books with Duke University Press. In 1988,...
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Farewell to Sandra Harding
We were sorry to learn of the death of philosopher Sandra Harding on March 5, 2025 at the age of 89. She was Distinguished Research Professor Emerita at the University of California, Los Angeles....
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Farewell to Linda Williams
We are sorry to learn of the death of Linda Williams, Professor in Film & Media and Rhetoric at University of California, Berkeley. She passed away March 12, 2025 at the age of 79 following a long...
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Farewell to Jonathan Sterne
We are very sad to learn of the death of communication scholar Jonathan Sterne, after a long battle with cancer. He was 54 years old. Sterne was James McGill Professor of Culture and Technology at...
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