Michel-Rolph Trouillot (1949-2012) was one of the most prominent Haitian scholars working in the United States. He was the director of the Institute for Global Studies in Culture, Power, and History and Krieger/Eisenhower Distinguished Professor in anthropology at Johns Hopkins University. Hazel V. Carby is the Charles C. and Dorothea S. Dilley Professor of African American Studies, professor of American studies, and director of the Initiative on Race, Gender and Globalization at Yale University.
"A sparkling interrogation of the past. . . . A beautifully
written, superior book."
-Foreign Affairs
"Trouillot is a first-rate scholar with provocative ideas. . . .
His work [is] a feast for the mind."
-Jay Freeman, Booklist
"Now that so many grand projects of the past are up for
reappraisal, Michel-Rolph Trouillot interrogates history, to ask
how histories are, in fact, produced. . . . A beautifully written
book, exciting in its challenges."
-Eric. R. Wolf
"An accessible book filled with wisdom and humanity."
-Bernard Mergen, American Studies International
"Aphoristic and witty, [Silencing the Past] shows that the
two senses in which history is made, by doers and by tellers, meet
in moments of evidentiary silence. . . . A hard-nosed look at the
soft edges of public discourse about the past."
-Arjun Appadurai
"Written with clarity, wit, and style throughout, this book is for
everyone interested in historical culture."
-American Historical Review
"[Trouillot was] a transformative presence in multiple fields [who]
redefined the meaning of scholarship. . . . Trouillot taught us all
how to read carefully, argue passionately, and write
responsibly."
-Colin Dayan, Boston Review
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