Join the People's Archive for an author talk featuring Author Ras Dr. Wayne A. Rose in conversation with Dr. Robbie Shilliam.
Scholarship on Black internationalism has experienced a revival. Whilst this scholarship has increasingly turned towards examining Du Bois’s thoughts on the “color line” in a global rather than national context, none do so by centering his Ethiopian-centered perspective. Join the People's Archive at DC Public Library for a conversation with Ras Dr. Wayne A. Rose about his book W.E.B. DuBois, Ethiopianism, and Black Internationalism: A New Interpretation of the Global Color Line. This book uncovers W.E.B. Du Bois’s affinity for Ethiopia, identifies ways he served the cause of Ethiopia, and in recovering these intellectual and political links to the African continent provides a novel framing of his Black internationalism. Dr. Rose will be joined in conversation by Robbie Shilliam, Professor of International Relations in the Department of Political Science at Johns Hopkins University.
Dr. Wayne A. Rose (Ras Wayne) is a native of Kingston, Jamaica and Baltimore, Maryland. He holds a Ph.D. in African Diaspora History, with additional specializations in African American and Early American History from Morgan State University. He also holds an Undergraduate degree in Africana Studies and a Master of Arts in History from the University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC). His Dissertation is titled: "Your Majesty's Obedient Servant: A Case Study of W.E.B. Du Bois and Pan Africanism within the Context of Ethiopianism." Ras Dr. Wayne Rose is a co-convener of the School of Sacrament Ras Tafari University (SOSACRU), and a former Fellow at Johns Hopkins University Center for Social Concerns. He currently works as a Lecturer at Morgan State University and a Graduate Adjunct professor of History at Jackson State University. He lectures on American History, African Diaspora History, and Afro-Caribbean spirituality. His previous teaching institutions include the Johns Hopkins University and the University of Maryland Baltimore County. Ras Wayne also worked as a Cultural Expert and Ras Tafari Resource with the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision (DOCCS). In DOCCS, he provided cultural, spiritual, and life skills counseling to incarcerated men and women, and to local community members. He is a Notary Public in Baltimore County, Maryland.
Robbie Shilliam is a scholar of postcolonial politics and racial politics in the field of International Relations. He is co-editor of the Manchester University Press book series, Postcolonial International Studies (previously Kilombo: International Relations and Colonial Question). Robbie is a long-standing active member of the Global Development section of the International Studies Association, and has served as the association's Vice President.
Robbie works with community and academic intellectuals and elders of the Rastafari movement to examine its impact on global affairs. Based on original, primary research, he helped to co-curate a history of the Rastafari movement in Britain, which was exhibited in Ethiopia, Jamaica and Britain and now enjoys an online presence as a teaching aid: www.rastafari-in-motion.org. Robbie is also a member of the grassroots initiative: School of the Sacrament Rastafari University (SOSACRU), which co-curates with community members webinars, summer schools and more.
Currently, Robbie is working on two strands of inquiry: firstly, a collective project to rethink the discipline of Political Science as to expose its abiding racial logics, and, alternatively, to retrieve and build alternative approaches to the discipline that more adequately explain racial politics; secondly, a critical consideration of the "free thinkers" of the Black radical tradition - especially Rastafari intellectuals - and their contributions to what we in academia call "political economy". A book - Move Outta Babylon: Rastafari Reason, Black Marxism and the Struggle for Global Justice - will be published with Penguin Books.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is encouraged but not required. To request a reasonable accommodation for this program, please contact the Center for Accessibility at DCPLaccess@dc.gov , or call The People's Archive at (202) 727-1213.
AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Special Collections | Author Talk |
