Indiana University Press blog

Book review: Love in the Time of AIDS

"This remarkable, readable book uses ethnography and historical analysis to offer a fresh look at the HIV and AIDS pandemic in South Africa. [Love in the Time of AIDS] is rich in ethnographic detail, especially life stories, and very convincing in its analysis... [A]n outstanding monograph from an important new scholar of Southern Africa." —The International Journal of African Historical Studies

Book review: The Politics of Polio in Northern Nigeria

"The Politics of Polio in Northern Nigeria takes an interesting look at a public health issue from a sociological and cultural aspect [and] contains important insight into the Northern Nigerian culture." —The Journal of the American Medical Association

Love in the Time of AIDS selected as finalist for C. Wright Mills Award

Congratulations to Mark Hunter who has been selected as a finalist for the C. Wright Mills Award for his book Love in the Time of AIDS. The award winner will be announced in August at a conference hosted by The Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP). Hunter will also speak at the conference. The award is presented by the SSSP and is given to the work that, amongst other criteria, best brings a "fresh, imaginative perspective" to "an issue of contemporary public importance." The C. Wright Mills Award is one of the most prestigious awards given in the area of social science research.

IU-Kenya Partnership receives $5 million grant

AMPATH, the more than 20-year-old partnership between Indiana University School of Medicine and Moi University School of Medicine to fight HIV/AIDS in Kenya, has received a three-year, $5 million USAID grant.

According to the IU Home Pages, the grant will allow for "the expansion of the network of clinics to provide more comprehensive care to people in western Kenya."

This remarkable partnership, which has been nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize, is the subject of an IU Press book published last year. In Walking Together, Walking Far author Fran Quigley describes how the IU-Kenya partnership demonstrates that medicine and caring can overturn preconceived notions about Africa and help wipe out the world's most devastating pandemic.

For more information on the grant, please visit IU Home Pages.

To learn more about the IU-Kenya Partnership, visit their website, or the Walking Together, Walking Far book page.