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Left of Black S5:E15: Tourism, Race & Historical Memory in New Orleans Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype by Professor Lynnell L. Thomas (@llthoma), who talks about her new book Desire and Disaster in New Orleans: Tourism, Race, and Historical Memory (Duke University Press). Thomas is […]
Left of Black S5:E14: On Family, Ferguson and Art Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype Liana Asim (@LianaAsim) and Jabari Asim (@JabariAsim) to talk about the current protests in response to police shootings, the social role of celebrities and artists, and the importance of family. Liana […]
Left of Black S5:E13: Music and Afropolitan Identities in South Africa Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined in-studio musician and composer Neo Muyanga (@NeoMuyanga) and journalist Khadija Patel (@khadijapatel) in a conversation about contemporary South Africa. Muyanga and Patel were in-residence at Duke University as part of the […]
#WhatDigitalHumanitiesLookLike: Reimagining Michael Jackson’s Scream for #BlackLivesMatter So of course the first question is why a course on Michael Jackson–and why at this time? Why not a course on Jackson?…a course that uses his body of work and his literal body as a vessel to explore the anxieties, fears, apprehensions and violence produce by the […]
Left of Black S5:E12: Curating the Soul Music Archives Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined in-studio by Harry Weinger (@harryweinger), Vice President of A&R for Universal Music Enterprises (UMe) and lecturer at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music at New York University. A two-time Grammy Award winner […]
Left of Black S5:E11: Black Masculinity and the Politics of Passing Left of Black host and Duke University Professor Mark Anthony Neal is joined via Skype by Jeffrey Q. McCune, Jr., (@DrJeffrey2U) Associate Professor of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies and Performing Arts at Washington University in St. Louis. McCune is the author of Sexual […]