This edition of our Rights Roundups includes work from Canada, Finland, Italy, Sweden, the United States, and Germany.
Authors represented in this Rights Roundup are, upper row from left, Arianna Papini; Gabrielle Filteau-Chiba; Lynda Rutledge; and Max Seeck. On the lower row from left are David Diop; Viveca Sten; S. Kirk Walsh; and Helga Schubert (image: Renate von Mangolt)
An Art Therapist’s Viewpoint
Taking a look at a book that relates to the coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic,
Felicità è una parola semplice) is off to a start that Bologna Prize winner Camelozampa’s foreign rights team in Monselice feels good about.
As much as I love curling up with a book on a cold, grey day, I much prefer reading outdoors on a spring-like afternoon such as we’ve had lately. Of course, my favorite reading venue is a sunny, breezy beach with salt in my hair and sand under my feet.
Great summer reads are those that keep you up late or miss mealtimes because you want to read “just one more chapter.” My routine was disturbed by a couple of titles recently.
Clare Whitfield’s “People of Abandoned Character,” due out May 1, opens in 1885 with Susannah at her grandmother’s funeral. An orphan, she is now completely alone in the world. Terrified that she will end up as destitute as her mother was, she returns to the filthy slum of Whitechapel where she was born, to train as a nurse at the London Hospital.
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UC Berkeley has decided to reverse its original plans to disband the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, or ISSI, allowing the program to continue social justice research.
The program’s closure was decided by campus last fall due to financial constraints during the COVID-19 pandemic. ISSI community members alleged that the decision undermined UC Berkeley’s commitment to people of color.
After an outcry in defense of the preservation of ISSI and strong member support, campus is now reversing its original decision of shutting down the program, according to Deborah Lustig, ISSI associate director.
“I was shocked when I got the news about the planned closure; it came out of the blue and seemed out-of-step with the university’s commitments to work towards anti-racism,” Lustig said in an email. “We’re an important node on campus for diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging, so I assumed that the university would want to build on the work we are doing.”