An Interview with Anthony Joseph: Afrofuturism, Black Surrealism, Sonic Revolution

By Samridhi Aggarwal, Esther de Bruijn and Anthony Joseph

The following interview with Anthony Joseph was conducted by Samridhi Aggarwal (Joint PhD Scholar with the National University of Singapore) on 5 December, 2022 in a seminar for the module Afrofuturism.[1]

The conversation covers several topics, which we’ve divided into sections for those who’d like to dip in and collect gems of insights on Afrofuturism, black surrealism, black stealth, the revolutionary force of music, and practicing writing into being. Anthony talks about his album The Rich Are Only Defeated When Running for Their Lives (2021) and his novel The African Origins of UFOs (2006), and we’ve reproduced the excerpts of the novel that he read on the day. Continue reading An Interview with Anthony Joseph: Afrofuturism, Black Surrealism, Sonic Revolution

FOUCAULT 40 YEARS AFTER: WORKSHOP ON THE CULTURE OF THE SELF (CALL FOR PARTICIPATION)

By Alexander Giesen

As part of the World Congress “Foucault: 40 Years After”, doctoral researcher Alex Giesen is organising a workshop on Michel Foucault’s late ethico-political thought to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his death. Below is the call for participation.

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Opportunity for an hourly-paid teaching role on the Online MA in Global Cultures

7ABLGC07 Creative Leadership for Global Challenges (Online) 

Putting your developing understanding of global cultures into practice, in this module you will learn how the study of leadership through arts and humanities can make a real, beneficial and transformative impact on some of the world’s most pressing problems. Continue reading Opportunity for an hourly-paid teaching role on the Online MA in Global Cultures

Psychosis: Brief Memoir of a PhD Student

By Nell Prince

Previous Creative Writing PhD student Nell Prince reflects on her experience in her first and second year at King’s College London.

I recently read Leonora Carrington’s harrowing account of her descent into madness, Down Below. It made me relive my own bout of psychosis during the second year of a PhD.

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Professor Clare Pettitt’s Valedictory Lecture

White Gold: Clare Pettitt Valedictory

 

Clare Pettitt’s Valedictory Lecture is on Wednesday, the 29th of March, at 6pm in the Edmond J. Safra Lecture Theatre on the Strand and will be followed by a drinks reception at the Terrace Café in the Macadam Building.     All welcome!

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