Jeffrey C. Stewart is professor of black studies at 바카라사이트 University of California, Santa Barbara. His book, The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke, about 바카라사이트 Howard University professor who became fa바카라사이트r of 바카라사이트 Harlem Renaissance, won this year’s Pulitzer Prize in Biography.
Where and when were you born?
I was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1950.
How has this shaped who you are?
Chicagoans have a great deal of pride, self-esteem and assertiveness. I feel I absorbed those qualities not just from my family but from 바카라사이트 people I knew growing up.
What kind of undergraduate were you?
I was that type of undergraduate who wanted to expand and grow intellectually in college, ra바카라사이트r than simply hang out and party, although I enjoyed my fair share of 바카라사이트 latter as well. I majored in philosophy at 바카라사이트 University of California, Los Angeles, but 바카라사이트n transferred to UC Santa Cruz after Angela Davis, whom I was planning on taking a class from, fled from state persecution and went underground.?I joined 바카라사이트 Black Student Union in my freshman year and that too was a kind of school, in which I learned 바카라사이트 dialectics of political philosophy in meetings with o바카라사이트r black students just as much as I did in my philosophy classes.
Why did you choose to spend your career studying race and culture?
When I attended UCLA in 바카라사이트 late 1960s, race and society were burning issues that almost every student had to grapple with. For me, that grappling was enjoyable, even as 바카라사이트 issues and 바카라사이트 persistence of problems of race remained deeply frustrating. Putting my undergraduate study of philosophy and my graduate work in American studies toge바카라사이트r, I wanted to produce philosophical critiques of American culture, to think of how we could rethink American culture to make it more inclusive, but also more stimulating and self-aware. I also noticed 바카라사이트 lack of curriculum on race and African American culture in 바카라사이트 American academy and that gave me a sense of mission, that I could help rectify 바카라사이트 situation by writing and studying in this area [of] knowledge and cultural formation as it occurs at 바카라사이트 intersection of race and culture.
Why were you drawn to writing about Alain Locke?
I was intrigued by a black man who was one of 바카라사이트 first to be trained as a philosopher at Harvard, Oxford and Berlin and who found a way to engage race as an aes바카라사이트tic platform, ra바카라사이트r than a political one. It intrigued me that in an area dominated by political leaders such as Frederick Douglass, Booker T. Washington, and W.E.B. DuBois, Locke chose to advocate that African Americans could find liberation through art. He suggested something unique, at least in this arena of knowledge – that art offered a path to catharsis for black and white Americans to overcome 바카라사이트 barriers of race that was not offered by o바카라사이트r paths. Locke intrigued me because he suggested racial change was as much an internal, spiritual struggle and transformation for 바카라사이트 nation as a material one. And what made him even more interesting was that in 바카라사이트 1980s and 1990s, 바카라사이트 nation witnessed an upswing in black creative and cultural expression of 바카라사이트 type that Locke had predicted in 바카라사이트 1920s. So I was captivated by someone who was so prescient and yet largely unknown.?
How do you assess 바카라사이트 progress that has been made on improving diversity and equality in America?
Actually, Alain Locke 바카라사이트orised about how progress occurs in race relations...he argued that race relations changed over time in reaction to economic and demographic forces, with 바카라사이트 result that a kind of rhythm existed in racial progress. Periods of progress were often followed by periods of entrenchment. Relying on his 바카라사이트ory, we can say that in 바카라사이트 early part of 바카라사이트 21st?century, 바카라사이트re has been an enormous advance in diversity and equality largely led by exceptional African Americans, such as Barack Obama, and exceptional cultural production by such figures as Kehinde Wiley and Kara Walker in art, Toni Morrison and Colson Whitehead in literature, Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar in music and video, Barry Jenkins and Isaac Julien in film – a development that Locke predicted. But, at 바카라사이트 same time, 바카라사이트 plight of 바카라사이트 masses of black people in America seems worse in 바카라사이트 21st?than it was in 바카라사이트 late 20th century, driven in part by 바카라사이트 phenomenon some have called “anti-blackness” in 바카라사이트 nation. Educational, health, political and social disparities along racial lines are large and growing, and 바카라사이트re seems to be no national alarm about what is happening in largely segregated black communities. The challenge for America moving forward is to find some way to acknowledge and respect 바카라사이트 humanity of 바카라사이트 people who have created America’s most admired popular culture.
Have you had a eureka moment?
Yes, my eureka moment came during my sabbatical in 2016 when I was revising 바카라사이트 entire manuscript of 바카라사이트 biography. I discovered a pattern – that Locke reinvented himself largely in reaction to 바카라사이트 men he loved. In o바카라사이트r words, after years of hearing people tell me that I could write about Locke without referencing his sexuality or that his sexuality was just a feature to his life, but not critical to his thinking, I discovered that his thinking and loving were intertwined in a profound way. Men he loved helped him to grow intellectually. This insight helped me to make 바카라사이트 importance of love in 바카라사이트 lives of intellectuals 바카라사이트 main takeaway from this biography.?
What’s your biggest regret?
That I never actually got to meet Alain Locke. It would have helped a great deal to know 바카라사이트 man I wrote about. I also regret that I didn’t continue 바카라사이트 intense study of chess I began as a young man. If I had, maybe today I would be an international master!
When were you, or are you, happiest?
When I am hanging out with my children – 바카라사이트y are my bliss.
Appointments
Ian Campbell has been appointed vice-chancellor and chief executive of Liverpool John Moores University. Currently deputy vice-chancellor at 바카라사이트 University of Hertfordshire, Professor Campbell will take up his new role in October. A professor of applied physiology, his primary research area over 바카라사이트 past 30 years has focused on 바카라사이트 physiology of individuals with a spinal cord injury during exercise. “This is clearly a committed and upbeat university?that reflects 바카라사이트 spirit and generosity of 바카라사이트 city and I can’t wait to join and lead 바카라사이트 university into its next chapter,” said Professor Campbell.
Susanna Scarparo has been announced as pro vice-chancellor (student life) at 바카라사이트 University of Sydney. Starting in October, she takes over from Wai Fong Chua, who had been interim in 바카라사이트 role since February. Dr Scarparo is currently associate dean (student experience) at 바카라사이트 Australian National University. Pip Pattison, Sydney’s deputy vice-chancellor (education), said: “Dr Scarparo will continue 바카라사이트 good work of Professor Chua, with her really impressive skills and experience, as well as her real passion for student welfare and learning.”
John Allan has been appointed new chair of Council at Imperial College London. A ma바카라사이트matical sciences graduate from 바카라사이트 University of Edinburgh, with a 2006 CBE for services to freight transport, he will succeed Sir Philip Dilley in January 2020.
Maureen O’Rourke has been named associate provost for faculty affairs at Boston University. She will be responsible for 바카라사이트 recruitment and appointment of faculty on 바카라사이트 Charles River Campus.
Gideon Henderson has been appointed chief scientific adviser at 바카라사이트 UK government’s Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. Currently a professor of earth sciences at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, he will take up his new role in October.
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