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Los intelectuales africanos ante el fenómeno de las dictaduras
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A menudo me preguntan para qué sirve la literatura en las sociedades africanas. Desde fuera, resultan incomprensibles tantas horas de…
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Curated Group: Global Blackness
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This curated set of think pieces features six reflections on global blackness.
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African Intellectuals in the Face of the Phenomenon of Dictatorship
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Given the current political climate, this paper insists that we recognize the work of Africans who strove to counter totalitarianism throughout the twentieth century. Starting with the Fifth Pan-African Conference in 1945, it brings to light the contributions of African thinkers, writers, and artists who dedicated themselves to resistance in the form of creative production.
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Thinking "Global Blackness" Through the Frame of Angelus Novus: An Exploration of Racial Aporias and the Politics of Modern Power, Sovereignty, and Temporality
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In this exploratory essay, I would like to offer a way of thinking about the generative processes inherent in the formation of modern power that bring about and sustain a globalizing "blackness."
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The Black Outdoors: Humanities Futures After Property and Possession
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Carter and Cervenak recap the multiple meditations (including providing summaries of talks of invited speakers for the series) carried out throughout the year on what "the black outdoors" means for social thought, even as they also theorize and question that very concept.
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Almost Citizens: Racial Translations, National Belonging, and the Global "Immigration Crisis"
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The article examines some of the ways in which racialized immigrants and their descendants translate hegemonic ethnoracial terms to assert belonging and citizenship in the nation.
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Afro-Pessimism and the End of Redemption
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This essay addresses the tenets of Afro-Pessimism in relation to the condition of slavery, Blackness, and Black nonexistence.
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Symposium on Race & Transgender Studies
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Transgender Studies + Humanities Series Symposium on Race and Transgender Studies, at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke…
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Rethinking Slavery: 21st Century Research of Slavery, Sex & Gender
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This one and half-day symposium examined the archival and popular representation of chattel slavery, as altered by the cultural and…
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Rethinking Slavery in the 21st Century: Representing Slavery
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This one and half-day symposium examined the archival and popular representation of chattel slavery, as altered by the cultural and…
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Latest Blogs
- Transgender Studies: Course Listings & Sample Reading List October 15, 2019
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- Announcing new cohort of FHI-NCCU Digital Humanities Fellows (2017-18) August 19, 2017
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Latest Papers
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Latest Media
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