Laura O’Brien assesses recent work on his life and legacy.
Two hundred years after his death, what more is there to say about Napoleon Bonaparte? He remains a perennially popular subject for works of history aimed at the general reader, whether conventional biographies or more specialised studies on aspects of his life, regime and cultural legacy. If, as the Napoleonic historian Philip Dwyer suggests, writing a biography is like holding up a mirror for a contemporary readership, who is the Napoleon that is reflected back at us in 2021?
The work of Napoleonic biographers has been made somewhat easier in the past two decades thanks to the publication, with the support of the Fondation Napoléon, of 15 volumes of Napoleon’s correspondence (the final volume appeared in 2018). This material underpins many of the biographies published in recent years. Chief among these are the multi-volume works by Philip Dwyer, whose final volume in his trilogy,
Exhibit opening at Missoula Art Museum showcases entirely new work by Aaniiih artist, first in over a decade
Sean Chandler: New Works is on view at Missoula Art Museum from May 7 to August 8
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Sean Chandler: New Works is on view at Missoula Art Museum from May 7 to August 8
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Sean Chandler, Aaniiih, presents his first solo exhibition at a Montana museum and first significant exhibition in over a decade. His work infuses experiences from his childhood in Eastern Montana, including his love of Major League Baseball, and the history of Native assimilation into white culture, as well as teachings from his father. His father, Al Chandler, grew up on an Indian Residential School near Pierre, South Dakota, and was later the focus of a 1983 PBS documentary short called
Yesterday, after months of speculation, the
LA Times appointed its next executive editor. The paper has given the job to Kevin Merida, the editor in chief of
The Undefeated, an arm of ESPN that reports on the intersection of sports, race, and culture; prior to working there, he spent twenty-two years at the
Washington Post, including as a managing editor, and also worked as a reporter at the
Dallas Morning News and
Milwaukee Journal. Merida, who is Black, will be just the third top editor of color in the history of the
LA Times; his hiring follows a public promise that Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner, made last year to diversify the paper’s ranks. Merida will be tasked with growing the paper’s digital-subscriber base, which currently lags those of bigger rivals, as well as its own goals. “I see nothing but opportunity,” he told Meg James, an
Bad Love Strikes, the first book in his
Bad Love Gang series. Festival activities start on Thursday, May 6 with the screenings of feature films at the AMC Magic Johnson Theater. This will be followed by recorded readings of scenes from screenplay finalists which are posted on the festival website at https://harlemfilmfestival.org/ beginning Friday, May 7. They will remain online until the festival s closing night of Sunday, May 9.Â
For 16 years the Harlem International Film Festival has celebrated the art of cinema in the home of the Harlem Renaissance. It inspires and entertains by honoring dynamic films by anyone about anything under the sun. Conceived from the belief that we all have unique experiences and perspectives to share, the Festival actively seeks and exhibits fresh and urgent work. The Harlem Intl. Film Festival is committed to exemplifying the eminence that Harlem represents and is dedicated to bringing attention to the finest filmmakers from Harlem to Hong Kong.
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The Los Angeles Times has named veteran journalist Kevin Merida as its top editor and tasked him with transforming the storied 139-year-old newspaper into a digital powerhouse that thrives for decades to come.
Monday’s announcement by the paper’s owners, Dr. Patrick and Michele Soon-Shiong, caps a five-month search for an executive editor to lead the roughly 500-person newsroom and accelerate its digital shift as readers increasingly get news on their phones and social media feeds instead of a newspaper tossed in the driveway.
Since 2015, Merida has been editor in chief of the Undefeated, the award-winning ESPN division that plumbs the intersection of race, culture and sports. During his tenure at ESPN, Merida also oversaw the sports behemoth’s investigative/news enterprise unit, the TV shows “E:60” and “Outside the Lines,” and was chairman of ESPN’s Editorial Board.