Dr. Keisha N. Blain
@KeishaBlain
✨ Award-winning Historian, Writer, and Professor | 📚 Busy finishing a book. On here sporadically.
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Week two of the Black Perspectives forum starts with Dr. Tiana U. Wilson's interview with Dr.Athambile. A candid and wide-ranging discussion of the state of South African society post-1994 and the challenges of navigating a colonial archive
Our forum on the ending of apartheid in South Africa continues w/ an interview w/ the brilliant Dr.Athambile — “People continue to live despite the continued violence and continued gaslighting from the state. In the context of decline and disconnection, there’s an aliveness here.”
Today on Black Perspectives,Dr. Tiana U. Wilson interviews Dr. Athambile Masola (@athambile) on her research interests, methods, and her thoughts on South Africa since the end of apartheid. @aaihs
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'For the South African government, its national airline had long been integral to its efforts to promote apartheid overseas,' writes @nicholasgrant today at Black Perspectives. Read the full essay: aaihs.org/the-fight-agai….
Today Jessica Ann Levy argues, 'Some of the partners sought out by the ANC...have been more surprising than others and raise questions about the ANC’s claim as the primary heir to the anti-apartheid struggle.' Read the full essay today at Black Perspectives: aaihs.org/galvanizing-th….
We commemorate the 30th anniversary of the first democratic elections in South Africa with an online forum. Check out our first essay of the roundtable. Amanda Joyce Hall 🔥🔥
#APBspeaker & award-winning historian Dr. Keisha N. Blain has a new book: #WakeUpAmerica . Blain brings together the voices of major progressive Black women politicians & others to offer critical insights on how we can create a more equitable political future bit.ly/3PMP7Bu
General Editor Karen Cook Bell is looking for contributors for the Cambridge University Press History of Black Women in the US (h/t AAIHS):
aaihs.org/the-cambridge-…
Check out a recent interview with CRRES Affiliate and Ruth N. Halls Associate Professor of IU History (B'ton) Amrita Chakrabarti Myers given by Dr. Dr. Keisha N. Blain (@PublicBooks) on her book, The Vice President’s Black Wife: The Untold Life of Julia Chinn.
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Are you looking for somewhere to publish your research? Check out the Black Women's Studies Association Calls for Papers List at blackwomensstudies.com/calls-for-pape…! New additions include CFPs on Black motherhood; race in Latin America & the Caribbean; slavery; Black feminisms; and more.
✨Please save the date! We're excited to announce the dates and location of #AAIHS2025 . More details coming soon.
What a beautiful first day of the GLOBAL VISIONS OF FREEDOM symposium, convened by Drs. Dr. Keisha N. Blain and Shaun Armstead! Day 2 on deck!
