JOB - Associate Educator, Academic & Research Programs - The Met - NYC "Ph.D. strongly preferred; experience teaching in a university setting strongly preferred" #altac #AcademicChatter #phdchat #adjunct #postdoc #hiring #highered #AcademicTwitter altacjobs.com/j/associate-ed…

A propos of nothing, a major throughline in the work of political theorist Mahmood Mamdani is that the modern imperial state is distinct from earlier empires in its desire not to eradicate difference, but to shape and define it, and then govern through those hierarchies.

‼️ “Almost everywhere in the Caribbean [where] political independence has been “won,” “black people” have won a measure of political, economic and educational influence and power in these societies […] even in the name, God help us, of “black power,”” bostonreview.net/articles/when-…

Vibe won the 2025 Outstanding Book Award for the International Association for the Study of Popular Music. Winning an International popular music studies book award for a book about the American South speaks to how beautiful our lives and stories are.

Most amazing new doctoral school for the arts and humanities at King's - 20 new PhD studentships next year, bright stars be in touch! 🌟kcl.ac.uk/news/kings-lau… King's College London King's History saravanan

It feels like #FantasticFour and #Superman have simultaneously launched a new wave of comic book movie. Unapologetically Comic Booky

“Preorder the book & check out other new work here.” msha.ke/aydeethegreat

A lot of ya’ll are getting your comic knowledge from TikTok and it shows.

If anyone's in the Hampton Roads area in mid-September, please join me for a lecture I will deliver at the Indian River Library! RSVP details below! anc.apm.activecommunities.com/cityofchesapea…

The Department of Africana Studies at the University of Notre Dame announces a search for a senior scholar of Africana Studies, beginning Fall 2026…Particular areas of interest include Black feminism, Black epistemologies, and Caribbean studies. apply.interfolio.com/171257

This is one of the most well written songs ever. To me.

New episode! Tracie Canada discusses her work on race and sports and how it blends cultural anthropological research and questions of gender with Black Studies sensibilities. Great conversation, listen here or at your preferred stream: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Hi everyone! I have a chapter in this book! Officially out TODAY! What an experience it was contributing to this volume. Thank you, Kylie and Courtney, for the invitation and invaluable feedback!

🚨NEW PAPER 🚨 Are police more right-wing and biased against marginalized groups than the general public? If so, why? My new article in PNASNews w/ Reny, Newman, and Sears provides some answers. 🧵1/n

Thrilled to share the cover of my upcoming book, “The Coroner’s Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence,” which will hit the shelves Nov. 11 this year. You can find links to preorder on my website, linked below. ⬇️ Beacon Press

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I can’t let my students get finessed out of their own education. I let them know that when learning feels like a chore it’s not by accident. That feeling is inevitable in a society that undermines critical thinking & rewards complacency. I ask them who benefits from that?

I am excited to slide to Norfolk, VA and deliver a brief lecture, “Afro-Virginian Women's Politics of Belonging in the Era of Dunmore's Proclamation.” Time to celebrate Afro-Virginians escaping bondage in pursuit of military emancipation! eventbrite.com/e/competing-fr…

Been sitting on this one for a minute but I just had a piece on Zora Neale Hurston drop! Check it out! “A Wayward Method: Zora Neale Hurston’s Critical Fabulation.” journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73…

A lot of academia is just folks trying to perform being smart like long irrelevant questions after talks, unnecessarily critical reviews, & sounding like a journal article in social settings when folks just chilling. There are different ways of being interesting in these settings