The 9th Annual Lecture on Multiculturalism
February 13, 2003 at 7:30pm
Chafee Auditorium

Paul Gilroy, Professor of Sociology and African American Studies at Yale University, will present the Annual Lecture on Multiculturalism on Thursday, February 13, 2003 at 7:30 pm in Chafee Auditorium.  He is a leading British cultural theorist and professor of Sociology and African American studies at Yale University. He is an extremely well known figure in cultural studies. His works concern the interaction of race and culture. Prior to Yale, Gilroy was the Professor of Sociology at Goldsmith's College of The University of London; he has contributed a great deal to African Diaspora intellectual and political exchange.

Born in London, England. Gilroy received his Ph.D. from Birmingham University in 1986. His previous scholarly experience includes lecturer in sociology and Lecturer on black British culture. Professor Gilroy's importance in the field of multiculturalism is derived from his writings, which include for The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness. (The Black Atlantic has won the American Book Award in 1994) In addition to his previous publications he is currently completing a book titled Real Time: a story of black music in the second half of the twentieth century, and a survey of the politics of race in modern Britain.

Gilroy's publications are somewhat controversial based on people's reaction to There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack: The Cultural Politics of Race and Nation, in the book he explained what it means to be black in late twentieth-century Great Britain. His work is also conceptually rich, because of his personal writing style. "Gilroy has always been a maverick. His books are difficult in both senses of the word--hard to read (although always rewarding) and highly troublesome," commented Bryan Cheyette.

Gilroy's talk is free and open to the public. No tickets are needed for admission. For more information, call (401) 874-2851. He can be reached at Yale University, 493 College St., P.O. Box 203388, New Haven, CT 06520-3388; fax: 203-432-2102.

WRITINGS BY THE AUTHOR:

• (With others) The Empire Strikes Back: Race and Racism in '70s Britain, Hutchinson (London, England), 1982.
• There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack: The Cultural Politics of Race and Nation, Hutchinson (London, England), 1987, published with new foreword, University of Chicago Press (Chicago, IL), 1991.
• The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness, Harvard University Press (Cambridge, MA), 1993.
• Small Acts: Thoughts on the Politics of Black Culture, Serpent's Tail (New York, NY), 1993.
• (With Iain Chambers) Hendrix, Hip-Hop e l'interruzione del pensiero, Costa & Nolan (Genova, Italy), 1995.
• (Editor, with Lawrence Grossberg and Angela McRobbie) Without Guarantees: In Honor of Stuart Hall, Verso (New York, NY), 2000.
• Against Race: Imagining Political Culture beyond the Color Line, Belknap Press (Cambridge, MA), 2000, published as Between Camps: Race, Identity, and Nationalism at the End of the Colour Line, Allen Lane (London, England), 2000.

FURTHER READINGS ABOUT THE AUTHOR:

PERIODICALS

• African American Review, fall, 1997, Peter Erickson, review of The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness, p. 506.
• Black Issues Book Review, September, 2000, Fred Lindsey, review of Against Race: Imagining Political Culture beyond the Color Line, p. 56.
• Choice, October, 1994, E. A. McKinney, review of Small Acts: Thoughts on the Politics of Black Cultures, p. 329.
• Independent (London, England), May 27, 2000, Bryan Cheyette, "In the Colours of the Future: After the Misery of Ethnic Politics, Can We Imagine a World without 'Race'?, " p. 11.
• Journal of Black Studies, July, 2001, Molefi Kete Asante, review of Against Race, p. 847.
• Kirkus Reviews, February 15, 1994, review of Small Acts, p. 218; February 15, 2000, review of Against Race, p. 224.
• Library Journal, March 15, 2000, Frank H. Wu, review of Against Race, p. 110.
• Listener Review of Books, June 4, 1987, David Edgar, "Racism and Patriotism: Should the Left Be Trying to Recapture the Idea of 'One Nation'?, " pp. 44-45.
• London Review of Books, March 3, 1994, Adam Lively, "Fisticuffs, " p. 16.
• MELUS, winter, 1998, Kenneth Mostern, review of The Black Atlantic, p. 167.
• Nation, May 2, 1994, Eric Lott, "Routes, " pp. 602-604; November 6, 2000, Stanley Aronowitz, "Misidentity Politics, " p. 28.
• New Statesman, December 4, 1987, Jeffrey Weeks, review of There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack: The Cultural Politics of Race and Nation, p. 31; November 5, 1993, Stephen Howe, review of Small Acts and The Black Atlantic, p. 37.
• Observer (London, England), June 4, 2000, Sukhdev Sandhu, "Is Snoop Doggy Dogg Really a Race Warrior?, " p. 11.
• Research in African Literatures, spring, 2002, Isidore Okpewho, "Walcott, Homer, and the 'Black Atlantic, '" p. 27.
• Sociology, November, 1994, Simon Critchley, review of The Black Atlantic, p. 1008.
• Theory, Culture, and Society, Volume 16, number 2, 1999, Vikki Bell, "Historical Memory, Global Movements, and Violence: Paul Gilroy and Arjun Appadurai in Conversation."
• Village Voice Literary Supplement, April, 1992, review of There Ain't No Black in the Union Jack, p. 19; May 2, 2000, Simon Reynolds, "Hybrid Fidelity, " p. 69.
• Washington Post Book World, February 6, 1994, Aldon L. Nielsen, "Caught in a Double Bind, " p. 7.

OTHER   

• Sociology Online, http://www.sociologyonline.co.uk/ (August 29, 2001), "Paul Gilroy: Black Modernism--From Slaveship to Citizenship."
• Zmagazine, http://www.zmag.org/ (April, 1996), bell hooks, "Thinking about Capitalism: A Conversation with Cultural Critic Paul Gilroy."*

Source: Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2002.

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