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In "…And Bid Him Sing," a novel by David Graham DuBois published in 1975, the author reflects on his experience as an African American intellectual in self-imposed exile in 1960s Cairo, Egypt. DuBois was the stepson of pioneer Black pan-African intellectual and activist-scholar, W.E.B. Du Bois. His sojourn in Cairo marks a metaphoric return to […]

This panel discussion will address the emergence of new progressive governments in the region, with a focus on Brazil and Chile. PLAS has invited Professor Campello and Ambassador Valdés to ask about the most urgent challenges that these new governments currently face amidst a world of increasing nativism and economic distress. If the early 2000s saw […]

Cecire specializes in American literature since 1880 and the theory of minor knowledges. Her book "Experimental: American Literature and the Aesthetics of Knowledge" was published by Johns Hopkins University Press in 2019. Her research areas include history of science, poetics, gender and sexuality, childhood, media, and visual culture.

LeRhonda Manigault-Bryant is Professor of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies at the University of North Carolina, where she serves as the Director of the Sonja Haynes Stone Director for Black Culture and History. She will be in conversation with Princeton University Graduate Student Ariyanne Colston. Whether investigating practices of specific communities, exploring cultural production […]

El Chocó is an lush area of western Colombia with beaches on the Pacific and the Caribbean coast. Many rivers also cross this land, making fishing one of the most important activities in this region. El Chocó has one of the highest rates of rainfall of any place in the world. You can find a […]