My article "Queering the Color Line within the Color Line: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Transwar Transpacific" released in the journal American Studies! Read the abstract here.
Article here: https://doi.org/10.1353/ams.2022.a913747.
My article "Queering the Color Line within the Color Line: W. E. B. Du Bois and the Transwar Transpacific" released in the journal American Studies! Read the abstract here.
Article here: https://doi.org/10.1353/ams.2022.a913747.
A chapter of my dissertation focuses on W.E.B. Du Bois and the twists and turns of racial capitalism during the interwar, particularly the issue of U.S.-Japan imperial competition. While Du Bois erred in supporting the Japanese Empire, his mistake is not well-understood and his insights concerning racial capitalism in the transpacific and inter-Asian relations remain underanalyzed, but are significant contributions to his global "color line" thesis.
While in Japan this academic year at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, I've been invited to guest lecture at Kanagawa University! (Thanks, James Welker for both the invitation and making the poster! 🙂) A wonderful opportunity and a great springboard for delving into a planned chapter of my dissertation...