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Graduate Student Fellow Rebecca Hanssens-Reed explores the curious case of Carlos Fuentes’ “The Hydra Head,” a provocative standout in the bibliography of translator Margaret Sayers Peden.

When Paul Gauguin died almost 125 years ago, his artistic reputation did not assume the global stature it would later attain. With her current book project, Faculty Fellow Elizabeth C. Childs (Art History and Archaeology) presents the story of how — through dealers, exhibitions, collectors and shifting critical attitudes — Gauguin’s art moved from relative obscurity to a defining position in narratives of European modernism.

The humanities center welcomes Candace Borders to a two-year postdoctoral fellowship. Her current project is a multidisciplinary history of Black women’s public housing activism in mid-20th-century St. Louis.

Through sustained pressure and constant mobilization, Latin American activists have garnered some important feminist and LGBTQ+ victories in recent decades. With on-the-ground trips to Mexico, Argentina and Chile to meet with local changemakers, Stephanie Kirk and colleagues are gathering their stories for an upcoming volume that will recognize their work and offer strategies for their U.S. counterparts.