Dai Ho Chun Distinguished Chair
Marcus Rediker is Distinguished Professor of Atlantic History at the University of Pittsburgh. His “histories from below” have won numerous awards and been translated into nineteen languages worldwide. He is the author of fifteen books, including The Many-Headed Hydra (with Peter Linebaugh) and The Slave Ship: A Human History (2007), which won the George Washington Book Prize. He produced a prize-winning documentary film, Ghosts of Amistad (2013), directed by Tony Buba, and a prize-winning play, The Return of Benjamin Lay, co-written with Naomi Wallace. His latest book, Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea, will be published by Viking Penguin in May 2025.
Public Conversation
Resistance to Tyrants: A Long History of Hope
Thursday, November 7, 2024, 6:30 PM
Art Auditorium (ART132)
UH Mānoa campus
Speakers: Marcus Rediker, Charles Lawrence (moderator), Professor of Law Emeritus and UHM Centennial Professor
Lead Sponsor: Dai Ho Chun Distinguished Chair in the College of Arts, Languages & Letters
