Marlene L. Daut, professor of French and African diaspora studies at Yale University, is receiving an honorable mention for “Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution,” published by the University of North Carolina Press.
Read MoreYale Announces 2024 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Winners →
Daut’s “Awakening the Ashes” recovers a voluminous body of scholarship produced by Haitian political figures, historians, and other writers.
Read More
Yale Announces Additional 2024 Frederick Douglass Book Prize Finalist →
At the request of the jury, the Board of the Frederick Douglass Book Prize has agreed to add a fourth book to the pool of finalists for the 2024 Frederick Douglass Book Prize: Marlene L. Daut for Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution (UNC Press, 2023).
Read More"Awakening the Ashes" shortlisted for MAAH Stone Book Award →
The following fourteen books were chosen from 118 eligible submissions. Books are judged based on their scholarship and accessibility, with an eye toward identifying exceptional works that spark dialogue within and across social and racial groups. These books also represent the Museum’s core belief that understanding the history of African Americans is integral to understanding our collective American history.
Read More"Awakening the Ashes" awarded Honorable Mention in the category of History for the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year →
Awakening the Ashes was awarded Honorable Mention in the category of History for the Foreword INDIES Book of the Year
Read More"Awakening the Ashes" awarded Honorable Mention/Prix Honorable for the Boucher Prize →
My book, Awakening the Ashes: An Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution (UNC Press, 2023), was awarded an honorable mention for the Mary Alice and Philip Boucher Book Prize at the 48th annual conference of the French Colonial Historical Society.
"Awakening the Ashes" selected as a finalist for the Foreword INDIE Book Prize in the Category of History →
"Awakening the Ashes: an Intellectual History of the Haitian Revolution" Selected as a Finalist of Foreword Indies
Read More