English and cultural studies Prof. Marlene Daut receives honorable mention for book on the Haitian Revolution

Marlene Daut, associate professor of English and cultural studies in Claremont Graduate University’s School of Arts and Humanities, received honorable mention for her recent book from the American Publishers Awards for Professional and Scholarly Excellence (PROSE).

Daut’s book, Tropics of Haiti: Race and the Literary History of the Haitian Revolution in the Atlantic World 1789–1865, was recognized in the category of European and World History early this month at the at the annual awards ceremony in Washington, DC. The book examines the connection between eighteenth- and nineteenth-century scientific debates about race and the Haitian revolution in US American, Haitian, and European colonial literatures.

“I am honored by this news, and especially, by the fact that Tropics of Haiti was recognized in this particular category,” Daut said.

The PROSE Awards annually recognize the best of professional and scholarly publishing.

To see a complete list of the winners and honorable mentions in all categories, visit proseawards.com.

Daut specializes in early and nineteenth-century American and Caribbean literary and cultural studies. She’s currently working on a new book exploring Haitian author and politician Baron de Vastey; an anthology of Haitian prose, poetry, and plays; and a monograph, which seeks to resituate writing about Haiti in the nineteenth century. She serves as the director of the Africana Studies Certificate Program, and is an affiliate for the Claremont Colleges’ Intercollegiate Department of Africana Studies Program.