Coverage of The University of Cape Town’s “Africa Theorises” has arrived – a conversation between our esteemed colleague Anthony Bogues and the renowned scholar Achille Mbembe. Topics include the “redrawing of the global intellectual map,” the “flight from theory” and “scientism,” the waning hegemony of the “Western Archive,” the possibilities of “liberty,” and the “modes of being human.”
Category: Lectures and Talks
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Tony Bogues and Achille Mbembe: Africa Theorises
On August 13th, The University of Capetown hosts a conversation between our esteemed colleague Anthony Bogues and the renowned scholar Achille Mbembe.
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‘Reflections on the Radical Caribbean Intellectual: from Toussaint L’Ouverture to Walter Rodney’
Toussaint L’Ouverture 
Walter Rodney For all our friends in London, NYC, and Western Europe on 19 June, a chance to hear Barrymore Anthony Bogues, an heir to this tradition, discuss the emergence of a new type of intellectual with consequences and influences around the world. University College London (UCL) sponsors this lecture.
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some bounders on Harold Bloom
On the 40th anniversary of Harold Bloom’s Anxiety of Influence, Dan O’Hara organized a one day meeting to discuss the merits and place of the book and Bloom’s theory. Here is link to the audio recording of the days events. Speakers included Dan O’Hara, Jonathan Arac, Susan Balée, and Paul Bové with lots of discussion.
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The American Dream Debate — Don Pease at the Oxford Union
Here is the video of those debates, with Don continuing his long meditations on America and President Obama.
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Joseph Cleary, "The History of the Novel and Empire in the Work of Edward Said and Georg Lukács"
Joe Cleary opens b2‘s Legacies of the Future: The Life and Work of Edward Said. Turn up the volume.
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cover photo: Map of Robinson Crusoe Island
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Aamir Mufti, "The Late Style of Bandung Humanism"
Aamir Mufti brings the historic Bandung Conference into the scope of the conversation. A part of b2‘s series on The Life and Work of Edward Said.
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cover photo: Gedung Merdeka in Bandung
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Slavery and Justice
Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice, Brown University
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Boston b2 discussions
Anyone in the Boston area might want to know about this discussion of b2’s contributions to the legacy of critical thought. Thanks to the Critical Social Theory Cluster at Northeastern for their interest in our enduring record of important work. Here is the link to their web page with list of readings, time, and place. Critical Social Theory Cluster at Northeastern University.
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The MLA and b2
please visit the Duke U P booth for our latest issues and news on forthcoming projects. And find our editors and authors speaking all over Boston these days.
