Robin Davis Gibran Kelley (born March 14, 1962)[1] is an American historian and academic, who is the Gary B. Nash Professor of American History at UCLA.[2][3]
Robin D. G. Kelley
Kelley in a 2014 interview
Born
Robin Davis Gibran Kelley (1962-03-14) March 14, 1962 (age 60) New York City, US
From 2006 to 2011, he was Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California (USC),[4] and from 2003 to 2006 he was the William B. Ransford Professor of Cultural and Historical Studies at Columbia University. From 1994 to 2003, he was a professor of history and Africana Studies at New York University (NYU) as well the chair of NYU's history department from 2002 to 2003.[5] Kelley has also served as a Hess Scholar-in-Residence at Brooklyn College. In the summer of 2000, he was honored as a Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College, where he taught and mentored a class of sophomores, as well as wrote the majority of the book Freedom Dreams.
After earning his doctorate, he began his career as an assistant professor at Southeastern Massachusetts University, then to Emory University, and the University of Michigan, where he was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure. He later moved to the Department of History at New York University, where he was promoted to the rank of professor and taught courses on U.S. history, African-American history, and popular culture. At the age of 32, he was the youngest full professor at NYU.[8] He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford.
Kelley has spent most of his career exploring American and African-American history, with a particular emphasis on radical social movements and the political dynamics at work within African-American culture, including jazz, hip-hop, and visual arts.[9][10][11]
Although influenced by Marxism, Kelley has eschewed a doctrinaire Marxist approach to aesthetics and culture, preferring a modified surrealist approach. He has described himself in the past as a "Marxist surrealist feminist who is not just anti something but pro-emancipation, pro-liberation."[12]
Kelley has written several books focusing on African-American history and culture as well as race relations, including Race Rebels: Culture, Politics, and the Black Working Class, and Yo' Mama's DisFunktional!: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America. He is also a prolific essayist, having published dozens of articles in scholarly journals, anthologies, and in the popular press, including the Village Voice, Boston Review, and The New York Times.
His book Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original (Free Press, 2009), received several honors, including Best Book on Jazz from the Jazz Journalists Association and the Ambassador Award for Book of Special Distinction from the English-Speaking Union. It also received the PEN Open Book Award. The family of Thelonious Monk, notably his son T. S. Monk, granted Kelley access to rare historical documents for his biography. No other scholar has ever had such access and support from the Monk family. Kelley's 2012 book, Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times (2012), explores the relationship between jazz and Africa in the era of decolonization and Civil Rights. His works in progress include A World to Gain: A History of African Americans, with Earl Lewis and Tera Hunter and a biography of journalist and adventurer Grace Halsell.[14][15]
Bibliography
Robin Blackburn (right) after giving one of the Oxford Amnesty Lectures, with Robin Kelley (left) who was the chair for the event, 2010.
Co-edited with Sidney J. Lemelle, Imagining Home: Class, Culture, and Nationalism in the African Diaspora (London: Verso Books, 1995).
Into the Fire: African Americans Since 1970 (New York: Oxford University Press, 1996)
Yo' Mama's DisFunktional!: Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America (Boston: Beacon Press, 1997)
with Howard Zinn and Dana Frank, Three Strikes: The Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century (Boston: Beacon Press, 2001)
Freedom Dreams: The Black Radical Imagination (Boston: Beacon Press, 2002)
Co-edited with Earl Lewis, To Make Our World Anew: A History of African Americans (New York: Oxford University Press, 2000). Two-volume edition, 2004.
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original (New York: The Free Press, 2009)
Co-edited with Franklin Rosemont, Surrealism - Black, Brown and Beige: Writings and Images from Africa and the African Diaspora (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2009)
Africa Speaks, America Answers: Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2012)
Co-edited with Stephen Tuck, The Other Special Relationship: Race, Rights and Riots in Britain and the United States (New York: Palgrave, 2015)
Co-edited with Jesse Benjamin, Walter Rodney, The Russian Revolution: A View From the Third World (New York: Verso, 2018)
References
^Boston Review (March 14, 2021). "Happy birthday to BR contributing editor Robin D. G. Kelley!". Twitter. Retrieved March 14, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
^"Robin D. G. Kelley - History (Appointed Fall 2011)", Biography at UCLA College of Letters and Science, Division of Social Sciences.
^"Robin D. G. Kelley - Distinguished Professor of History & Gary B. Nash Endowed Chair in United States History", UCLA Department of History.
^Katie Moore, "Robin D.G. Kelley, Leading African-American Studies Historian, Joins Columbia", Columbia News, June 12, 2003.
^"The Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Visiting Professor of American History". Rothmere American Institute (RAI). University of Oxford. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
^"Robin Kelley, 2014 - US & Canada Competition Humanities - U.S. History", Fellow, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.
^ ab"Robin D.G. Kelley – Professor of African American Studies/Author", APB Speakers international.
^Robin D. G. Kelley, Vijay Iyer (December 2, 2019). "Ally: From Noun to Verb". Boston Review. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
^Kelley, Robin D. G. (March 1, 2016). "Black Study, Black Struggle". Boston Review. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
^"Curriculum Vitae: Robin D. G. Kelley, Ph.D.", Academia.
^Ray, Elaine, "Robin Kelley brings grass-roots movements to history's grand narrative", Stanford Report, July 29, 1998. Stanford News Service. Retrieved March 9, 2009.
^Kelley, Robin D. G. (January 12, 2017). "What Did Cedric Robinson Mean by Racial Capitalism?". Boston Review. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
^"Executive Board". Center for the Study of Racism, Social Justice & Health. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
^"Robin D. G. Kelley". UCLA History. Retrieved December 17, 2022.
External links
Wikiquote has quotations related to Robin Kelley.
UCLA faculty page.
"Profile of Robin D.G. Kelley", Stanford Report, July 29, 1998.
"Race – The Power of an Illusion". Interview with Robin D. G. Kelley, PBS, 2003.
Dr. Robin D. G. Kelley, "Multiculturalism and the Global Youth Culture", February 9, 2004.
Benjamin Holtzman, "An Interview with Robin D.G. Kelley", In the Middle of a Whirlwind, April 21, 2008.
Robin Kelley, "Ain’t But a Few of Us: Black jazz writers tell their story #9", Open Sky Jazz, September 17, 2009.
Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original - Official website.
A New Look At An American Original, Fresh Air, Interview by Terry Gross, December 8, 2009.
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Robin Davis Gibran Kelley born March 14 1962 1 is an American historian and academic who is the Gary B Nash Professor of American History at UCLA 2 3 Robin D G KelleyKelley in a 2014 interviewBornRobin Davis Gibran Kelley 1962 03 14 March 14 1962 age 60 New York City USOccupationHistorianAlma materCalifornia State University Long Beach BA University of California Los Angeles MA PhD GenreHistoryNotable worksRace Rebels Culture Politics and the Black Working ClassFrom 2006 to 2011 he was Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity at the University of Southern California USC 4 and from 2003 to 2006 he was the William B Ransford Professor of Cultural and Historical Studies at Columbia University From 1994 to 2003 he was a professor of history and Africana Studies at New York University NYU as well the chair of NYU s history department from 2002 to 2003 5 Kelley has also served as a Hess Scholar in Residence at Brooklyn College In the summer of 2000 he was honored as a Montgomery Fellow at Dartmouth College where he taught and mentored a class of sophomores as well as wrote the majority of the book Freedom Dreams During the academic year 2009 10 Kelley served as Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Professor of American History at Oxford University 6 the first African American historian to do so since the chair was established in 1922 He was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship in 2014 7 He is also the author of a 2009 biography of Thelonious Monk Kelly has described himself as a Marxist surrealist feminist who is not just anti something but pro emancipation pro liberation Contents 1 Biography 1 1 Early years and education 1 2 Career 2 Writing and publications 3 Bibliography 4 References 5 External linksBiography EditEarly years and education Edit Born in New York City Kelley earned his bachelor s degree from California State University Long Beach in 1983 By 1987 he had earned a master s in African history and doctorate in US history from UCLA 8 Career Edit After earning his doctorate he began his career as an assistant professor at Southeastern Massachusetts University then to Emory University and the University of Michigan where he was promoted to Associate Professor with tenure He later moved to the Department of History at New York University where he was promoted to the rank of professor and taught courses on U S history African American history and popular culture At the age of 32 he was the youngest full professor at NYU 8 He is a Distinguished Fellow of the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford Kelley has spent most of his career exploring American and African American history with a particular emphasis on radical social movements and the political dynamics at work within African American culture including jazz hip hop and visual arts 9 10 11 Although influenced by Marxism Kelley has eschewed a doctrinaire Marxist approach to aesthetics and culture preferring a modified surrealist approach He has described himself in the past as a Marxist surrealist feminist who is not just anti something but pro emancipation pro liberation 12 Kelley has also used the concept of racial capitalism in his work 13 Writing and publications EditKelley has written several books focusing on African American history and culture as well as race relations including Race Rebels Culture Politics and the Black Working Class and Yo Mama s DisFunktional Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America He is also a prolific essayist having published dozens of articles in scholarly journals anthologies and in the popular press including the Village Voice Boston Review and The New York Times His book Thelonious Monk The Life and Times of an American Original Free Press 2009 received several honors including Best Book on Jazz from the Jazz Journalists Association and the Ambassador Award for Book of Special Distinction from the English Speaking Union It also received the PEN Open Book Award The family of Thelonious Monk notably his son T S Monk granted Kelley access to rare historical documents for his biography No other scholar has ever had such access and support from the Monk family Kelley s 2012 book Africa Speaks America Answers Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times 2012 explores the relationship between jazz and Africa in the era of decolonization and Civil Rights His works in progress include A World to Gain A History of African Americans with Earl Lewis and Tera Hunter and a biography of journalist and adventurer Grace Halsell 14 15 Bibliography Edit Robin Blackburn right after giving one of the Oxford Amnesty Lectures with Robin Kelley left who was the chair for the event 2010 Hammer and Hoe Alabama Communists During the Great Depression Chapel Hill University of North Carolina Press 1990 Race Rebels Culture Politics and the Black Working Class New York The Free Press 1994 Co edited with Sidney J Lemelle Imagining Home Class Culture and Nationalism in the African Diaspora London Verso Books 1995 Into the Fire African Americans Since 1970 New York Oxford University Press 1996 Yo Mama s DisFunktional Fighting the Culture Wars in Urban America Boston Beacon Press 1997 with Howard Zinn and Dana Frank Three Strikes The Fighting Spirit of Labor s Last Century Boston Beacon Press 2001 Freedom Dreams The Black Radical Imagination Boston Beacon Press 2002 Co edited with Earl Lewis To Make Our World Anew A History of African Americans New York Oxford University Press 2000 Two volume edition 2004 Thelonious Monk The Life and Times of an American Original New York The Free Press 2009 Co edited with Franklin Rosemont Surrealism Black Brown and Beige Writings and Images from Africa and the African Diaspora Austin University of Texas Press 2009 Africa Speaks America Answers Modern Jazz in Revolutionary Times Cambridge Mass Harvard University Press 2012 Co edited with Stephen Tuck The Other Special Relationship Race Rights and Riots in Britain and the United States New York Palgrave 2015 Co edited with Jesse Benjamin Walter Rodney The Russian Revolution A View From the Third World New York Verso 2018 References Edit Boston Review March 14 2021 Happy birthday to BR contributing editor Robin D G Kelley Twitter Retrieved March 14 2021 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Robin D G Kelley History Appointed Fall 2011 Biography at UCLA College of Letters and Science Division of Social Sciences Robin D G Kelley Distinguished Professor of History amp Gary B Nash Endowed Chair in United States History UCLA Department of History Kirsten Holguin Renowned Scholar Joins USC College USC Dornsife March 1 2006 Katie Moore Robin D G Kelley Leading African American Studies Historian Joins Columbia Columbia News June 12 2003 The Harold Vyvyan Harmsworth Visiting Professor of American History Rothmere American Institute RAI University of Oxford Retrieved December 17 2022 Robin Kelley 2014 US amp Canada Competition Humanities U S History Fellow John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation a b Robin D G Kelley Professor of African American Studies Author APB Speakers international Robin D G Kelley Vijay Iyer December 2 2019 Ally From Noun to Verb Boston Review Retrieved April 27 2020 Kelley Robin D G March 1 2016 Black Study Black Struggle Boston Review Retrieved April 27 2020 Curriculum Vitae Robin D G Kelley Ph D Academia Ray Elaine Robin Kelley brings grass roots movements to history s grand narrative Stanford Report July 29 1998 Stanford News Service Retrieved March 9 2009 Kelley Robin D G January 12 2017 What Did Cedric Robinson Mean by Racial Capitalism Boston Review Retrieved April 27 2020 Executive Board Center for the Study of Racism Social Justice amp Health Retrieved December 17 2022 Robin D G Kelley UCLA History Retrieved December 17 2022 External links Edit Wikiquote has quotations related to Robin Kelley UCLA faculty page Profile of Robin D G Kelley Stanford Report July 29 1998 Race The Power of an Illusion Interview with Robin D G Kelley PBS 2003 Dr Robin D G Kelley Multiculturalism and the Global Youth Culture February 9 2004 Benjamin Holtzman An Interview with Robin D G Kelley In the Middle of a Whirlwind April 21 2008 Robin Kelley Ain t But a Few of Us Black jazz writers tell their story 9 Open Sky Jazz September 17 2009 Thelonious Monk The Life and Times of an American Original Official website A New Look At An American Original Fresh Air Interview by Terry Gross December 8 2009 Appearances on C SPAN Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Robin Kelley amp oldid 1135427679, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
