CLR James , Modern Politics and the Struggles for Human Freedom

Part of our Informal Colloquium, The Practice of Freedom and Movement Building

Professor Anthony Bogues, Director of the Center for theStudy of Slavery and Justice at Brown University

Professor Anthony Bogues is the renowned Harmon Family Professor of Africana Studies, affiliated Professor of Political Science and Modern Culture and Media, and Director of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice at Brown University. His major research and writing interests are intellectual and cultural history, radical political thought, critical theory, Caribbean and African politics and literature. Professor Bogues is the author of Caliban's Freedom: The Early Political Thought of C.L.R. James (1997); Black Heretics and Black Prophets: Radical Political Intellectuals (2003); and Empire of Liberty: Power, Freedom, and Desire (2010) and many more critical works. He teaches courses on Africana political philosophy, cultural politics, intellectual history and contemporary critical theory and comparative literature of Africa and the African Diaspora as well as courses on the history of Haitian society and art.

• Hull House Museum, 800 S Halsted St RSVP: sjiuic@gmail.com refreshments will be provided

refreshments will be provided

April 183:00 pm

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