Publications
Abolitionist University Studies Residency
April 10th, 2023 - April 14th, 2023
Queer & Trans Artists of Color: Volume Three Book Launch
Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 from 6-8pm on Zoom
Transnational Solidarities, Diplomatic Endeavors, and International History
A Roundtable on Researching and Writing Histories that Cross Borders
A Conversation with Jennifer Doyle and K. Wayne Yang
On AT BERKELEY and public higher education in California and beyond
At Berkeley: A Timeline
What happened before, during, and after Frederick Wiseman's documentary about UC Berkeley
A Conversation with Tristan Ahtone and Robert Lee
On extractive industries and higher education
Projects + Programs
Race, Racism, and the Liberal Arts
We are investigating and assembling work on underrepresented histories of how Black people, institutions, and ideas have existed outside of, pushed against, or reshaped from within the ideas and institutions of the liberal arts.
Scholarly Promotion
The Aydelotte Foundation and Swarthmore College Libraries can help you plan a launch event for the Swarthmore community, your extended disciplinary interlocutors, and/or the wider public.
Courses
Courses and the curriculum as a whole are at the heart of the Aydelotte Foundation’s mission.
Curricular Grants
Curricular Grants support Swarthmore faculty developing assignments, projects, or entire courses that include research, writing, discussion, and reflection on topics related to the history, present, and future of liberal arts and/or higher education.
Public Writing
The Aydelotte Foundation was charged at its creation with encouraging faculty and administrators to enter more vigorously and creatively into public conversations about liberal arts education and its future.
Aydelotte Consultancy
We are exploring the creation of a consultancy practice that will draw upon the institutional knowledge and insight of experienced faculty across academia.
Get Involved
Are you publishing a new book or other significant work? Read how the Aydelotte Foundation and Swarthmore Libraries can support a launch event.
Are you teaching a course with faculty or students from other institutions? Let us know.
Events
Thursday, March 23, 2023, 6 – 8pm
Queer & Trans Artists of Color, Volume Three Book Launch
A night of art and interviews featuring the following artists:
Anthony James Williams is a Black queer abolitionist writer and sociologist. Their work on Blackness, gender identity, sexuality, and disability has been published in Hazlitt, California Magazine, Electric Lit, and The Outline. antjwilliams.com.
Joamette Gil is an Afro-Cuban cartoonist, editor, and letterer for hire. She’s the publisher of such award-winning titles as Power & Magic: The Queer Witch Comics Anthology and Heartwood: Non-binary Tales of of Sylvan Fantasy.
Kamal Al-Solaylee is an award-winning author of three nonfiction books: Intolerable, Brown, and Return. He is the director of the School of Journalism, Writing, and Media at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver.
Osa Atoe is an artist, teacher, and ceramicist operating Pottery by Osa, producing small-batch handmade ceramics. Osa wrote Shotgun Seamstress and performed in numerous bands, including VHS, New Bloods, and Firebrand.
Venus Kii Thomas is a Black trans femme multidimensional artist & sex worker based in Baltimore, Maryland. Support Venus at bit.ly/venuskiithomas.
Nia King and Maliha Ahmed are the co-hosts of this event and the co-editors of Queer & Trans Artists of Color, Volume 3. Buy the book at bit.ly/buyQTAOC3.
Sponsored by the Aydelotte Foundation, Black Studies, Film & Media Studies. ASL INTERPRETATION PROVIDED by the Libraries at Swarthmore College.
This is a ZOOM event. Register here.
Timely event! Would love to hear these folks talk about austerity and Wiseman’s world tonight but I have to miss most of it. You should go. https://twitter.com/hinesaj/status/1592539513603096576
K. Wayne Yang and Jennifer Doyle will be in conversation tomorrow at 7pm ET. They'll talk about AT BERKELEY and the austerity conditions it registers in the UC past and present. This means, of course, the strike will be a topic. @Jill will moderate.
https://swarthmore.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jcQRIhcwRJaINKYhC8YdDg
Tonight at 7pm!
Register here: https://swarthmore.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jcQRIhcwRJaINKYhC8YdDg
On 11/16 at 7pm ET on Zoom, we host Jennifer Doyle and K. Wayne Yang for a discussion that considers Frederick Wiseman's AT BERKELEY as a springboard for examining the social, political, and economic dimensions of public higher education.
Register: http://bit.ly/DoyleYang
K. Wayne Yang and Jennifer Doyle will be in conversation tomorrow at 7pm ET. They'll talk about AT BERKELEY and the austerity conditions it registers in the UC past and present. This means, of course, the strike will be a topic. @Jill will moderate.
https://swarthmore.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jcQRIhcwRJaINKYhC8YdDg
I'll be moderating what promises to be a really interesting conversation on Wednesday. Join us! https://twitter.com/AydelotteFound/status/1587794022256771073
On 11/16 at 7pm ET on Zoom, we host Jennifer Doyle and K. Wayne Yang for a discussion that considers Frederick Wiseman's AT BERKELEY as a springboard for examining the social, political, and economic dimensions of public higher education.
Register: http://bit.ly/DoyleYang
