colonialism

  • A Black Odyssey: Coming from Slaves and Studying Slavery | Society for Classical Studies

    My nephew, Javal Coleman, who studies Classics at UT-Austin just published this reflection. When I began my undergraduate career at the University of North Texas, I was not sure what period of history would keep my attention. I enjoyed American… Continue reading

  • Existentialism Course, Summer 2017

    When I do lectures in this class, I will post the audio files here. Doing this lets students be a little more free to engage in the lecture without worry that they will miss taking notes on something important. It… Continue reading

    Existentialism Course, Summer 2017
  • Memories without rememberers

    Film by Alba Mora and Anna Sanmartí about the disappearing shamanic rituals of the Lanjia Sora Tribe after the arrival of the Christian missionaries in eastern India.   Continue reading

    Memories without rememberers
  • Saartjie Baartman and colonial capitalist obsession

    Baartman’s story is a tragic tale of colonialism, and one of the more egregious examples of the West’s exploitation of black women’s bodies. Her body had value because it was considered exotic, like any other animal housed in a cage at the… Continue reading

  • Still, a Colonial Palestine

    From The New Republic, an overview of Israel as colonial power and Palestinians as the colonized. Colonial regimes breed anti-colonial resistance. It has been happening since Biblical times. Sometimes, the resistance takes an ugly form. Think of the Algerian or Irish… Continue reading

    Still, a Colonial Palestine