Marketus Presswood

Historian of modern China with interests in Sino-Black Relations, Blackness in Asia, Afro-Asian Hist. & Jazz Diaspora in Asia. Love sci-fi movies, jazz & sports

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@MariaRepnikova Grover Washington Jr's "Mister Magic" in Addis! Awesome

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@s_mellors @CambridgeUP Congrats Sarah!

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Shout out to all my colleagues at ISEP Study Abroad for an engaging and informative year in the organization designing the Curriculum Mapping Database for Equity(CMDE). The ACLS fellowship year went by all too quickly and I regret I will not personally be…https://t.co/seApakCLU7

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We seldom think of the African Diaspora and China outside of the often narrow one-way relations of beneficiary/benefactor, but our impact on China was so much more profound. I was happy to continue to explore the still, lesser-know…https://t.co/zEbe5RRAxN https://t.co/RbnWDfUXKC

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I am excited to officially announce that I have accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position in the History Department at Spelman College starting this Fall! This is a great opportunity to work with amazing students and to continue my research on Blackness in Asia.

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@ranwalker To this day, I cannot forgive Dikta for not letting Payton take it to the house! Last Super Bowl I saw with grandfather who was from Jackson, MS. That commercial was meaningful in so many ways!

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@olr_olr Yes, that's me!

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@emilybaumUCI Congrats!

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Four years in the making and filmed on location in Beijing, Shanghai, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, Yellow Jazz Black Music tells the untold story and impact of African American jazz musicians in China from the 1920s to the present.
https://t.co/lFBmo6iETw

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Coming Soon! Yellow Jazz Black Music--the documentary! - https://t.co/MnOFGZA9jm

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Excited to be named one of the 41 recipients of the ACLS Postdoctoral Fellowship for 2021!

https://t.co/JvHDrxPIFX #highereducation #nonprofitwork #internationaleducation

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@adityaramesh11 @UoMhistdept Congrats Aditya!

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The power of Black music is undeniable. Since the 20th century, there is no popular music in the modern world that has not been impacted.

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Met Sidney Rittenberg once at a dinner party in Seattle around 2010. I remember him being very kind towards me and wanting to know my "China story." He invited me out to his house for dinner. The dinner never happened, but his warmness towards me left an positive impression. RIP

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I knew Sidney only online via China-Pol, an academic discussion group where he was, almost to the end, one of the biggest volume + most impassioned commentators. Sidney Rittenberg, Idealistic US Aide to Mao Who Evolved to Counsel Capitalists, Dies at 98. https://t.co/EUQARfsVui

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From the minds of Morehouse men...congrat @ranwalker

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@ranwalker @IndieAuthorProj @BiblioBoard @StMartinsPress @LibraryJournal @IngramSpark @WritersDigest @PublishersWkly Big Congratulations!!!

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Can Disney Possibly Succeed With 'Black Panther' In China'? via @forbes https://t.co/lY6Y6JbdKu
Very interested in how this Afro-futuristic film will play there.

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@yiyangli email me at [email protected]

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An open letter to Asian parents about supporting BLM in Chinese. https://t.co/dtA8tI8Wff

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@withoutdoing @MycalFord very 文言ish