From “Professor Stuart Hall Week” (24-28 Nov 2014) at Goldsmiths, University of London. Closing Remarks Professor Catherine Hall, University College London from Goldsmiths, University of London on Vimeo. Stuart Hall Interview: Angela Davis from Goldsmiths, University of London on Vimeo. Stuart Hall Interview: Professor Lawrence Grossberg, University of North Carolina from Goldsmiths, University of London […]
None of us are free
I made this mix CD almost a decade ago. The two most recent tracks on it (the first and the last, as it turns out) are from 2002. None of the others are more recent than 1989. The oldest track turned 75 earlier this year. These days, however, the whole mix feels far, far too […]
Last month’s links
I’ve skipped this ritual for a few weeks. So, to make up for it, here’s a small flood of some of the best things I’ve read about Ferguson over the past few weeks (with some side dish on Bill Cosby sprinkled in here and there). Ta-Nehisi Coates Kiese Laymon Tressie McMillan Cottom Nick Mirzoeff Jennifer […]
Who dat? [Rerun Sunday]
One of the most amazing little serendipitous moments of . . . well . . . who knows how long? And way too sweet not to mention here. Was out with a couple of friends, celebrating a birthday (not mine). The Super Bowl was not an official part of anyone’s agenda though, as it turns […]
Miss-iss-ouri goddamn
[photo by Jilly Ballistic] It’s hard to know what else to say about the miscarriage of justice that happened when the grand jury in Ferguson decided that Darren Wilson didn’t need to be indicted for killing Mike Brown. I wish I could say I was surprised. But I’m not. Like a lot of people — […]
No one knows . . . [Rerun Sunday]
My friend Elena likes to tell a story about grading student papers while some Jacques Cousteau special was playing on the TV as background noise. While she was gawking at what her charges had managed to do to logic, reason, and the English language, Cousteau was commenting on one of the eternal mysteries of the […]
Videos of the week
This week, three great tastes that taste great together.
Making conferences worthwhile
It’s the gap in between the 2014 versions of two academic conferences — the American Studies Association and the National Communication Association — that I attend with some regularity. Not this year, though. Seattical is too precious to leave more often than I absolutely have to. But seeing my Twitter and Facebook feeds fill up […]
Crossroads 2008 [Rerun Sunday]
Several people (including many blog-less friends not linked here) have asked me about the Crossroads in Cultural Studies conference in Kingston, Jamaica that wrapped up early last week. And I would be hard-pressed to do better than Melissa Gregg’s summary of the event . . . except, perhaps, to simply say to all those people […]
Call for Proposals: The Life and Work of Stuart Hall
Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association, Another University Is Possible: Praxis, Activism, and the Promise of Critical Pedagogy, Riverside Convention Center, Riverside, Greater Los Angeles Area, California, 21-24 May, 2015 We would like to invite submissions for the 13th Annual Meeting of the Cultural Studies Association, to be held at the Riverside Convention […]