Will Pruitt, PhD

Literary and Cultural Historian and Critic.

[Will Pruitt, PhD @willpoweredhope]

Sup Twitter fam! Please check-out my first peer-reviewed research article! I assess the merits and implications of biographies about James Baldwin. I conclude by proposing new directions for studies of his life. Let me know what think! https://t.co/h71tF2O1HA

[Dr. Régine #NoNewUSOccupation Jean-Charles @reineayiti]

The Dismantling of Black Studies https://t.co/HxnPXw0faf

[Tom Koenigs @tomkoenigs]

Scripps College is searching for a tenure-track assistant professor of American Studies. Review of applications will begin 9/11/26. Full ad below. Feel free to reach out to me with any questions about the position. And please share widely!

[Du Bois Review @DuBoisReview]

Call for Papers: https://t.co/RyUBZ5O0gT
Deadline: December 31, 2026

@HarvardSoc @PUSociology @StanfordSoc @berkeleysocio @UMSociology @SociologyUcla @ColumbiaSoc @DukeSociology @UWSoc @UChicagoSoc @YaleSoc @UNCSociology @UTAustinSoc @IuSociology @NYUSociology @LSEsociology

[AAIHS @AAIHS]

✨This special issue of Global Black Thought invites submissions that explore the life and legacy of Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. with a particular focus on his many influences on Black intellectual thought in the United States and globally. @PennPress

https://t.co/7ay8b8wSOk

[Caribbean Philosophical Association @caribphil]

Academic Fellowships, Center for Black, Brown, and Queer Studies (BBQ+): https://t.co/1rVSHwM1Ot

[Josh Shepperd @joshshepperd]

Resonance (UC Press) is looking for humanities research on: Sound in Political Crisis, Sound and Social Justice, Experiments in Sound, Sound Archives and Preservation, and we're convening a series on "Film and Cinema Sound" this Fall. Please circulate! https://t.co/6Owp9FaL8U

[#PettyPendergrass @ashoncrawley]

cover reveal for FROM INFINITE WORLD … very grateful for the design team and everyone at @wwnorton!

also, i am so very grateful for the generous and kind blurbs from @imaniperry, @deeshaphilyaw and sarah schulman! preorder today!

[Stuart Schrader @stschrader1]

BLUE POWER is here! It drops April 14; preorder now!

[Adam X. McNeil, PhD (aka Metaphors & Memes) @CulturedModesty]

The Sexualities Project at Northwestern invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowships in Sexuality Studies. Applications are welcome from scholars who study sexuality from a social science perspective (broadly construed).

https://t.co/jMhE2aB9qn

[Samantha Pinto @samanthanpinto]

Everything is the worst rn. Work keeps on keeping on. Support research in feminist and ethnic studies (not necessarily mine). If you are inclined: PREORDER https://t.co/2J7tQhsQVk Discount code E26PINTO @DukePress

[Samantha Pinto @samanthanpinto]

Black Speculations/Black Futures at MELUS journal with @jmanntweets Full themed issue coming soon! https://t.co/iLUh1jkU7c

[AAIHS @AAIHS]

👉🏾The Department of Africana Studies at Brown University invites applications for a Visiting Assistant Professor in the field of African Studies for the 2026–2027 academic year. Follow the link below for more information.

https://t.co/NDIzl3oQ1p

[Salwa Hoque @SalwaHoque]

[Postdoc Fellowship]
CUNY—Graduate Center: Center for Place, Culture & Politics 
Deadline: March 5
Theme: “Radical Imagination: Temporalities and Geographies of Struggle.”

https://t.co/DY8h5et3zc

[Ana-Maria Dimand @AnaDimand]

The Department of African American and African Diaspora Studies (AAADS) at Indiana University Bloomington invites applications for two Mellon Foundation-funded Postdoctoral Fellowships linked to the newly established Black Humanities in the Midwest (BHIM)

[Dr. Shaonta' Allen @BlkSocWithQTNA]

I am excited to begin recruiting participants for my dissertation research focused on Black Christian Millennials! If you are of Black/African Descent, Christian and between the ages of 22-37, I would love to hear your story! Please see the attached flyer for more information.

[AAIHS @AAIHS]

✨Call for Papers: Transnational Black Feminist Thought

👉🏾Global Black Thought is now accepting submissions for a special issue on Transnational Black Feminist Thought. Edited by Rachel Afi Quinn, Univ. of Houston. @PennPress

Deadline: January 1, 2027

https://t.co/wpZCMxO0In

[Jarvis R. Givens @jarvisrgivens]

Black History Month began as Negro History Week in 1926. It persists because black scholars & communities fought to preserve it. 📕I’LL MAKE ME A WORLD: THE 100-YEAR JOURNEY OF BLACK HISTORY MONTH offers a personal + critical reflection on this legacy while looking to the future.

[ontologoff 🛜 @ontologoff]

https://t.co/txzzuG8QXP

[Adam X. McNeil, PhD (aka Metaphors & Memes) @CulturedModesty]

Professor, Director of the Institute for Native American Studies https://t.co/FMW2OGxBbE

[Adam X. McNeil, PhD (aka Metaphors & Memes) @CulturedModesty]

Grinnell College’s Department of African Diaspora Studies invites applications for a two-year Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship beginning Fall 2026.

https://t.co/VaDqjxxQEJ