Publications
A Conversation with Katherine McKittrick and Nick Mitchell
"To be in relation is to not have control of that which you are related to."
Neither and Both: On Race, Racism, and the Liberal Arts
The goal is not resolution or incorporation; it is the pursuit of new terms that emerge from often obscured, but vital genealogies.
On an Interdisciplinary Story of the World
"Part of our intellectual task is to get in touch with the materiality of our analytical worlds."
A Conversation with Jelani Favors, Part II
"Black archives at HBCUs are some of the most important spaces, some of the most underfunded and understaffed spaces, and some of the most underutilized spaces."
Stuart Hall on What Constitutes a Crisis
Then there is crisis, a break, a ‘ruptural fusion.'
A Conversation with Jelani Favors, Part I
"HBCUs were radically different spaces. We’re not talking just about brick and mortar. HBCUs are about relationships."
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Courses
Courses and the curriculum as a whole are at the heart of the Aydelotte Foundation’s mission.
Faculty Research Seminars
AF workshops aim to develop skills and techniques and to enrich our capacity for collaborative inquiry.
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.
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.
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.
Active Research Projects
Read updates on our research interests, including open questions and difficult problems that we are grappling with.
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Welcome to our new Associate Director, Andy Hines!
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For those who were not able to join us on Tuesday or for those who would like to experience again this incredible discussion, find below a recording of the conversation with Katherine McKittrick and Nick Mitchell moderated by Nina Johnson.
https://aydelotte.swarthmore.edu/publications/conversation-with-katherine-mckittrick-and-nick-mitchell/
TODAY TODAY TODAY! Can't wait to see you at 7pm EST on Zoom for Katherine McKittrick (@demonicground) & Nick Mitchell (@touchfaith) in conversation with Nina Johnson.
You can still register at http://bit.ly/mckittrickmitchell
"Only in reaching for the history that leads us to now and questioning its terms can there be a glimpse of a different horizon that has already been with us, operating in the folds and borders of colleges and universities."
https://aydelotte.swarthmore.edu/publications/neither-and-both-on-race-racism-and-the-liberal-arts/
Tomorrow!! Register here: http://bit.ly/mckittrickmitchell
Join us February 23, 7pm EST on Zoom: Katherine McKittrick (@demonicground) & Nick Mitchell (@touchfaith) in conversation with Nina Johnson on higher ed, racism, and disciplinary knowledge.
Register now! http://bit.ly/mckittrickmitchell
