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Alexander Ghedi Weheliye | |
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| Education | Freie Universität Berlin (BA) Rutgers University (PhD) |
| Occupation(s) | writer, professor |
| Website | https://sites.google.com/site/alexweheliye/publications |
Alexander Ghedi Weheliye (all pronouns) is a writer and professor focusing on Black Studies, Critical Theory, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Social Technologies, and Popular Culture. Currently, they are the Malcolm S. Forbes Professor of Modern Culture and Media[1] and the Brown Arts Institute at Brown University.[2] Weheliye previously held faculty positions in the Black Studies Department at Northwestern University[3] and in the English Department at SUNY Stony Brook.[4]
Early life
[edit]Weheliye was born in Nordhausen, East Germany and grew up in Mogadishu, Somalia and West Berlin, Germany. They attended the Gottfried Keller Gymnasium in Berlin,[5] graduating in 1989. Weheliye received his BA from the Freie Universität, Berlin in 1992 and his MA and Ph.D. from Rutgers University, New Brunswick in 1999.
Fields of interest
[edit]Weheliye's research areas include: Black Studies, Critical Theory, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Social Technologies, and Popular Culture.[6]
They are the author of three books: Phonographies: Grooves in Sonic Afro-Modernity (Duke University Press, 2005), which was awarded The Modern Language Association's William Sanders Scarborough Prize for Outstanding Scholarly Study of Black American Literature or Culture, Habeas Viscus: Racializing Assemblages, Biopolitics, and Black Feminist Theories of the Human (Duke University Press, 2014), and Feenin: R&B Music and the Materiality of BlackFem Voices and Technology (Duke University Press, 2023).
Works
[edit]- Phonographies: Grooves in Sonic Afro-Modernity (Duke University Press, 2005).[7]
- Habeas Viscus: Racializing Assemblages, Biopolitics, and Black Feminist Theories of the Human (Duke University Press, 2014).[8]
- Feenin: R&B Music and the Materiality of BlackFem Voices and Technology (Duke University Press, 2023).[9]
Further reading
[edit]Weheliye has published numerous articles, some of which can be found on their website.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Modern Culture and Media | Brown University". mcm.brown.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ^ "Alexander Ghedi Weheliye | Brown Arts | Brown University". arts.brown.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ^ "Department of Black Studies - Northwestern University". blackstudies.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ^ "English Department | Department of English". www.stonybrook.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ^ "Gottfried-Keller-Gymnasium – DAS Ganztagsgymnasium in Charlottenburg". Gottfried-Keller-Gymnasium. November 25, 2024.
- ^ "Weheliye, Alexander". vivo.brown.edu. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
- ^ Weheliye, Alexander G. (2005-04-29). Phonographies: Grooves in Sonic Afro-Modernity. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-8693-3.
- ^ Weheliye, Alexander G. (2014-07-30). Habeas Viscus: Racializing Assemblages, Biopolitics, and Black Feminist Theories of the Human. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0-8223-7649-1.
- ^ www.dukeupress.edu https://www.dukeupress.edu/feenin. Retrieved 2024-12-17.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Alexander G. Weheliye - Publications". sites.google.com.
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