Friday podcast! Natanya Duncan in conversation about her work on women in UNIA, gender in African American and diasporic history writing, and the tasks and responsibilities for Black Studies in our present moment. Great listen, here and most streams: go.umd.edu/NatanyaDuncan

Natanya Duncan - Department of Africana Studies, Queens College

Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · October 9 · 1h

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Logan Shanks on Black Studies and the importance of language for understanding the multiple histories and meanings of colonial legacies (at 28:00) #blackstudies #blackstudiespodcast Full episode: go.umd.edu/LoganShanks

Logan Shanks on the intellectual and spiritual aspects of recuperative work in Black Studies (at 44:40) #blackstudies #blackstudiespodcast Full episode: go.umd.edu/LoganShanks

New episode! Logan Shanks talking about language and diaspora, gender and meaning making, and the place of vernacular life in Black Studies. Fantastic conversation, listen here and most streams: go.umd.edu/LoganShanks

Logan Shanks - Department of African American Studies and African Diaspora Studies, University of California, Berkeley

Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · October 7 · 58m

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Charrise Barron on the sacred and political meaning of music and why the study of music requires deep care #blackstudiespodcast #blackstudies Full episode: go.umd.edu/CharriseBarron

Charrise Barron talking about how Black Studies research methods made it possible for her to study the full cultural and historical complexity of gospel music #blackstudiespodcast #blackstudies Full episode: go.edu.edu/CharriseBarron

New episode to start the week! Charrise Barron in conversation about religious studies and the African American tradition, sacred music, and the expansive possibilities of Black Studies. Very much worth your listening time, here and most streams: go.umd.edu/CharriseBarron

Charrise Barron - Department of Music, Harvard University

Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · October 5 · 51m

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Alessandra Raengo on writing and study as a practice of hospitality #blackstudiespodcast #blackstudies Full episode: go.umd.edu/AlessandraRaengo

On the way this week! Monday (10/5) Charrise Barron, Harvard University Wednesday (10/7) Logan Shanks, University of California, Berkeley Friday (10/9) Natanya Duncan, Queens College

Friday podcast! Alessandra Raengo in conversation about African American cinema, cultural studies, and the place of aesthetics and media studies in Black Studies. Here and on most streams: go.umd.edu/AlessandraRa...

Alessandra Raengo - School of Film, Media, and Theater, Georgia State University

Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · October 2 · 1h 1m

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Alex Gil on the Black Bibliography project and the Black Studies archive inside and outside the written record #blackstudiespodcast #blackstudies Full episode: go.umd.edu/AlexGil

Samantha Pinto on how Black Studies impacts students beyond the field and intervenes in the wider social and political world #blackstudies #blackstudiespodcast Full episode: go.umd.edu/SamanthaPinto

Alex Gil on the multilingual dimensions of the Black intellectual tradition #blackstudies #blackstudiespodcast Full episode: go.umd.edu/AlexGil

Fabulous new episode for your midweek! Alex Gil on the podcast talking about Caribbean studies, the black Americas, and how digital tools and methods expand the possibilities of Black Studies. A great listen, here and most streams: go.umd.edu/AlexGil

Alex Gil - Department of Spanish and Portuguese, Yale University

Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · September 30 · 1h 22m

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Samantha Pinto on culture as knowledge production and as Black Studies intellectual work #blackstudiespodcast #blackstudies Full episode: go.umd.edu/SamanthaPinto

Amazing new episode to start the week! Samantha Pinto talking about expressive culture, literary studies, and the complexity of building Black Studies as a multidisciplinary field. A great listen, here and at most streams: go.umd.edu/SamanthaPinto

Samantha Pinto - Department of English, University of Texas, Austin

Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · September 28 · 47m

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Zahra Caldwell on how Black Studies has shaped her administrative work as department chair #blackstudiespodcast #blackstudies Full episode: go.umd.edu/ZahraCaldwell

Another phenomenal week for the podcast. Check out what’s on the way: Monday (9/28) Samantha Pinto, University of Texas, Austin Wednesday (9/30) Alex Gil, Yale University Friday (10/2) Alessandra Raengo, Georgia State University

Your Friday podcast! Zahra Caldwell in conversation about political history, art and activism, and the wide-ranging significance of performance studies in Black Studies. Listen in here and most streams: go.umd.edu/ZahraCaldwell

Zahra Caldwell - Department of Ethnic and Gender Studies, Westfield State University

Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · September 25 · 45m

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Will Mosley on how Black Studies changed the idea of education and why its boundary pushing is a legacy worth maintaining #blackstudiespodcast #blackstudies Full episode: go.umd.edu/WillMosley

Amazing conversation on the Wednesday podcast! Will Mosley talking about Black feminism, cultural studies, and the place of gender and sexuality in the past and future of Black Studies. Worth your listening time for sure, tune in here or on most streams: go.umd.edu/WillMosley

Will Mosley - Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies, University of Maryland

Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · September 23 · 1h

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Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh on reading, study, and listening as spiritual practice and ancestral work #blackstudiespodcast #blackstudies Full episode: go.umd.edu/AWO

Fantastic podcast episode to start your week. Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh in conversation about Africana religious traditions, gender and history, and the place of religious study in Black Studies. Here and most streams: go.umd.edu/AWO

Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh - Department of Religious Studies, Stanford University

Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · September 21 · 1h 27m

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Such great stuff this week on the podcast! Monday, 9/21 Alexis Wells-Oghoghomeh, Stanford University Wednesday, 9/23 Will Mosley, University of Maryland Friday, 9/25 Zahra Caldwell, Westfield State University

Earl Brooks on how his great grandmother’s home library impacted his curiosity and sense of identity #blackstudiespodcast #blackstudies Full episode: go.umd.edu/EarlBrooks

End of week episode! Earl Brooks on the podcast talking about literature, African American rhetorical practices, and the place of music in the Black intellectual tradition. Great listen, here and most streams: go.umd.edu/EarlBrooks

Earl Brooks - Department of English, University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · September 18 · 1h 35m

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Yveline Alexis on Haiti as the “Dean of Black liberation” #blackstudiespodcast #blackstudies Full episode: go.umd.edu/YvelineAlexis

Mid-week podcast! Fantastic episode with Yveline Alexis, in conversation about political and cultural history writing, memory studies, and the place of Haiti and Haitian resistance in the Black Studies imagination. Listen here and on most streams: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Yveline Alexis - Department of Africana Studies, Oberlin College

Podcast Episode · The Black Studies Podcast · September 16 · 53m

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Jimmy James West@ejwestuk.bsky.social · 4w ago

For anyone not familiar I strongly recommend @blkstudies-podcast.bsky.social - in just the last few weeks they've hosted conversations with Marcia Chatelain, Mabel Wilson, Brandon Byrd, and Shana Redmond, among others. Truly a wonderful resource.

Shana L. Redmond on how insight and curiosity demand multidisciplinary work #blackstudiespodcast #blackstudies Full episode: go.umd.edu/ShanaRedmond