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The Black Studies Podcast

The Black Studies Podcast is a Mellon grant sponsored series of conversations examining the history of the field.

Podcast · By Ashley Newby and John E. Drabinski · English · Official site

Indexed episodes, last 90 days
30
Latest publication
Sep 11, 2026
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Jul 6, 2026

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  1. Episode · Sep 11, 2026

    Mabel Wilson - Departments of Architecture and of African American and African Diasporic Studies, Columbia University (opens the original)

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    This is Ashley Newby and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a 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. Today's conversation is with Mabel Wilson, who teache

  2. Episode · Sep 9, 2026

    Brandon Byrd - Department of African American Studies, Vanderbilt University (opens the original)

    Episode notes · Positive tone

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    This is Ashley Newby and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a 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. Today's conversation is with Brandon Byrd, who teache

  3. Episode · Sep 7, 2026

    James Smethurst - Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst (opens the original)

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    This is John Drabinski and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a 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, graduate 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. Today’s conversation is with James Smethurst, who teache

  4. Episode · Sep 4, 2026

    Marcia Chatelain - Department of Africana Studies, University of Pennsylvania (opens the original)

    Episode notes · Positive tone

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    This is Ashley Newby and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a 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. Today's conversation is with Marcia Chatelain, Penn P

  5. Episode · Sep 2, 2026

    Yvonne Chireau - Department of Black Studies, Swarthmore College (opens the original)

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    This is Ashley Newby and you’re listening to The Black Studies podcast, a 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. Today's conversation is with Yvonne Chireau, Peggy Ch

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