Trenchant, beautiful opening words by @zwingham in his inaugural lecture for the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) Social Justice Lecture Series

This talk had SO much. @zwingham connected internationalism & the Black radical tradition, critique of liberal multiculturalism, TONS of critical theory, & best of all, a sketch of the Black Mediterranean as geographic & political paradigm. Here he uplifts names we should know:

Generous, thoughtful Q&A that’s moving so fast. I am sitting w @zwingham’s invitation to think critically about the field & who is “conferred full mastery” (w everything that can mean) vis-a-via language proficiency & more. Thank you so much for the talk, Ostad