In honor of Black History Month, we’ve put together an Imagine Otherwise playlist featuring conversations with brilliant Black history scholars.
Black studies resources
Nicosia Shakes on Black Women’s Activist Theater
Host Cathy Hannabach interviews scholar and artist Nicosia Shakes about political activism and performance across the African diaspora.
Kristie Soares on Joy in Latinx Media
Cathy Hannabach interviews Kristie Soares about the political power of pleasure, laughter, and joy in Latinx media.
Katie Walkiewicz on Indigenous and Black Freedom
Cathy Hannabach interviews Katie Walkiewicz about the role of states’ rights in US settler colonialism, enslavement, and dispossession.
Jasmine Nichole Cobb on Haptic Blackness
Cathy Hannabach interviews Jasmine Nichole Cobb about haptic blackness and the cultural politics of Black hair in US visual culture.
Erin Durban on the Sexual Politics of Empire
Cathy Hannabach interviews Erin Durban about how the relationship between the US and Haiti shapes the lives of queer and trans Haitians.
Anima Adjepong on Interdisciplinary Intuition
Cathy Hannabach interviews Anima Adjepong about intuition in the research process, intellectual promiscuity, and their book Afropolitan Projects.
Nitasha Tamar Sharma on Recalibration and Balance
Cathy Hannabach interviews Nitasha Tamar Sharma about balance and recalibrating work and life across one’s interdisciplinary career.
Catherine Knight Steele on Black Feminist Extensions of Grace
Cathy Hannabach interviews Catherine Knight Steele about extensions of grace, collaboration, and the future of Black digital studies.
Priya Kandaswamy on Embracing Permanent Change
Cathy Hannabach interviews Priya Kandaswamy about embracing permanent change in our classrooms, communities, and creative endeavors.
Christen A. Smith, Dána-Ain Davis, and Sameena Mulla on Cite Black Women
Cathy Hannabach interviews Christen A. Smith, Dána-Ain Davis, and Sameena Mulla about the Cite Black Women movement.
Mecca Jamilah Sullivan on Cultivating Joy through Queer Black Feminist Art
Cathy Hannabach interviews Mecca Jamilah Sullivan about centering queer Black feminist joy in literature and life.