Zakiyyah Iman Jackson

African Diasporic Literature, Film, and Art; Philosophy; Critical Theory; Science and Biomedicine

Agent: Leslie Shipman @ The Shipman Agency

[Zakiyyah Iman Jackson @ZIJackson]

What a tremendous pleasure to be in conversation with Saidiya Hartman on the 25th anniversary of Scenes of Subjection--a text of such tremendous importance to me as a thinker and to so many of us. Thank you @BOMBmagazine and @benasam for hosting this conversation.

[BOMB Magazine @BOMBmagazine]

"Black pain is the substrate of national fantasy and white pleasure." —Saidiya Hartman

In celebration of its 25th anniversary and republication, Saidiya Hartman and Zakiyyah Iman Jackson revisit the landmark text SCENES OF SUBJECTION (@wwnorton).

https://t.co/Vu7Lu0yT9o

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@dem8z No, but I hope our paths cross soon.

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Join me. I will be discussing the catastrophe of sex/gender as an antiblack mode of perception, logic, and order in relation to Kathleen Collins' indispensable film Losing Ground.

[The English Institute @EI_English]

VERY excited to announce the line-up of extraordinary speakers for the 80th meeting of The English Institute at Yale University, September 22-23, 2023. Our topic is CATASTROPHE. But #EI2023 will be a dream. Put us on your calendar now! And retweet like mad.

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@dem8z Fantastic collection! Hope to see you soon.

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Thank you Tara McPherson (@tmcphers) for convening this program in conjunction with CFR. We are thrilled to have Micha Cárdenas back and experience her new work as a literary writer and artist. If you are in LA, please join us. All are welcome.

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I am grateful that I had the opportunity to spend coronation day with Steve McQueen’s devastating and exquisite meditation. On view for one more week. https://t.co/ITYbbB5fLo

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that is, affirmational and inclusive into pre-existing carceral logics and institutions.

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If you are in LA, please join us.

[USC Dornsife CFR @USC_CFR]

This week! Another incredible speaker joining us: Dr. Hwang visiting from @MountHolyoke. Thurs 4/6 2pm-4pm

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This talk will discuss how coalitional, minoritarian-led, feminist and civil rights-based strategies of the 1980s-1990s, and under the banner of antiviolence, became so dutifully tracked into a vision of winnable goals by way of law and order, and thus the endless multiplications

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have become influenced by pro-carceral practices, the talk will consider what kinds of death-wielding traps are promised by way of a one-dimensional trans politics where “trans'' has become reduced to all things considered gender-responsive/affirming/inclusive--

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strong-armed select representatives(a rainbow coalition of model minoritized subjects) from their respective communities to both form and reform minoritized political identities within the spaces and logics of carcerality. Focusing on the question of how mainstream trans politics

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and thus the endless multiplications of anti-Black criminalization and punishment that has followed-- what I describe largely as carceral coalitions. This concept narrates how racial liberalism or liberal law-and-order strategies of coalitional organizing have only stealthily

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Today! All are welcome

Owen's talk thinks through the cultural value of consent in light of the legal and ideological underpinnings of violence against enslaved women. Unpacking the legal doctrine of rape law which invited sexual contact with black women under any circumstance.

[USC Dornsife CFR @USC_CFR]

Tomorrow! Dr. Owens from @BrownUniversity will share their insightful & incredible work.
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@erichKJr Congratulations, Erich! Fantastic news.

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@JTRoane Thank you! I am so glad the book found its way to you, and it continues to resonate.

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Today!

[Gender & Sexuality Studies Consortium @usc_consortium]

This Thursday! Don't miss @beansvelocci at @USC_CFR's Spring Speaker Series. Their talk: "Impossible to Distinguish": A Trans History of Zoology, Race, and Sexual Dimorphism is happening Feb 9th @ 2:30!

[Patrice D. Douglass @pdouglassphd]

I’m looking forward to offering one of the two keynotes for “Strategies of Care 2023: Care and Cure.” Please share this call widely and apply!

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The contributors to "Crip Genealogies" reorient the field of disability studies by centering the work of transnational feminism, queer of color critique, and trans scholarship & activism. Read the free intro now! #AmericanStudies #DisabilityStudies https://t.co/hYBVXoC2Hs

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Gratitude to my new friends in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Thank you for your generosity, hospitality, and sparkling brilliance. Excited to continue the conversation tomorrow. https://t.co/YjWEXFV7uO

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Looking forward toparticipating in this event.

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Please join us!

[USC Dornsife CFR @USC_CFR]

👀 - We are hosting 3 incredible speakers this spring: mark your calendars! On Thursday afternoons (check flyer for times) Feb 9th, March 30th, & April 6th.