The Black Studies Podcast is a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - in order to explore the cultural and political meaning of Black Studies as an area of inquiry and its critical methods.
The Black Studies Podcast
Claim This Podcastby Ashley Newby and John E. Drabinski
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The Black Studies Podcast is a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field. Our conversations engage with a wide range of activists and scholars - senior figures in the field, late doctoral students, and everyone in between, culture workers, and political organizers - in order to explore the cultural and political meaning of Black Studies as an area of inquiry and its critical methods.
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Recent Episodes
June 17, 2026
Robert J. Patterson - Department of Black Studies, Georgetown University
Host John Drabinski interviews Robert J. Patterson, a professor at Georgetown University's Department of Black Studies, about curriculum development, historical research, and cultural studies within the field.
June 15, 2026
Shylah Hamilton-Touré - Program in Critical Ethnic Studies, California College of the Arts
Host John Drabinski interviews Shylah Hamilton-Touré about surrealism's role in understanding Black life and decolonial approaches to liberation.
June 12, 2026
W. Lawrence Hogue - Department of English, University of Houston
Host Ashley Newby interviews Emeritus Professor W. Lawrence Hogue about his groundbreaking work on African American literature and critical theory, offering insights into literary production and canon formation.
276 total episodes available with 45 transcripts
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Skye Jackson
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