African, African-American, Caribbean, Cinema, Postcolonial 23 Aug 2023 Cinema of the Black Atlantic – Syllabus AASD350 - Wednesdays 2-4:30 - fall semester 2023 This course (syllabus: HERE) examines the cinema of the black Atlantic world… John Drabinski
African, African-American, Caribbean, Postcolonial 01 Feb 2022 On the Fecundity of Small Places Here is the pre-print of my essay "On the Fecundity of Small Places," due out in a volume Africana Studies: Theoretical… John Drabinski
African, Postcolonial 08 Feb 2021 New Translation: Mbembe’s Out of the Dark Night I’m so happy the translation of Sortir de la grande nuit is out (with another essay included). This is probably… John Drabinski
African, African-American, Caribbean, Essay Drafts, Glissant, Postcolonial 03 Dec 2020 DRAFT: On the Fecundity of Small Places Here is a draft of an essay entitled "On the Fecundity of Small Places," which I've written for a volume… John Drabinski
African, African-American, Caribbean, European, Middle Passage, Postcolonial 28 Apr 2019 ReBIT19 – Pessimism as Interpretative Frame The second annual symposium under the rubric Re-Thinking the Black Intellectual Tradition was held on March 30th, 2019. We gathered… John Drabinski No Comments
African, African-American, Caribbean, European, Postcolonial, The Profession, Uncategorized, White-American 13 May 2016 Philosophy, Decolonization, #NotAllWhites When I posted this response to Garfield and Van Norden’s piece to my site, I figured it was a small… John Drabinski 2 Comments
African, Postcolonial 17 Jan 2014 Memory of Lumumba Today, 17 January, is the anniversary of the assassination of Patrice Lumumba in 1961. Saying it is the 53rd anniversary… John Drabinski No Comments
African, Postcolonial 06 Dec 2013 Mbembe, democracy, animism Achille Mbembe's talk at Harvard University this past Thursday (4 December) set out the terms of a new project, described… John Drabinski 3 Comments