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Robin Kelley

Robin D.G. Kelley is a professor of history and American studies and ethnicity at the University of Southern California. From 2003-2006, he was the William B. Ransford Professor of Cultural and Historical Studies at Columbia Univeristy. From 1994-2003, he was a professor of history and Africana Studies at New York University as well the chairman of NYU's history department from 2002-2003. One of the youngest tenured professors in a full academic discipline--at the age of 32--Kelley has spent most of his career exploring American and African-American history with a particular emphasis on African-American musical culture, including jazz and hip-hop.

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RELEASE: A NOVEL PAIRING CHRISTIE’S NEW YORK TO HOST BACK-TO-BACK SALES OF RARE FRENCH WINES AND FRENCH FINE ART ON JANUARY 25
Christie's, January 19, 2012
...m. sale, led by top selections from Bordeaux and Burgundy, as well as the Rhône and Champagne regions. Robin Kelley O’Connor, Head of Wines for the Americas at Christie’s, comments: “We are honored to co-host this salute to France with our Old...
Jimmy Owens New CD The Monk Project (IPO Recordings)
Nestor, November 15, 2011
...Owens – The Monk Project (IPO Recordings 1022 Street Date January 12, 2012). Liner notes will be by Robin Kelley, who wrote the prize-winning biography: "Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original." Jimmy Owens – The Monk Project...
Work of Chinese American Activist Documented in New Book
Diverse, May 19, 2011
...actor and activist Danny Glover, the book already has won acclaim among scholars such as Black historian Dr. Robin Kelley, who calls it "groundbreakingâ¦the best of any radical, visionary thinking." Kelley also praised a volume by Boggsâ late husband...
Acclaimed Author Robin D.G. Kelley Lectures on "The 'Un-Years': Thelonious Monk in the 1950s" at the Kimmel Center
All About Jazz, April 12, 2011
...at the initiation of All About Jazz writer Vic Schermer, Robin Kelley, author of Thelonious Monk: The Life and Times of an American Original visited Philadelphia and delivered a lecture on Monk. Kelley's 60 minute talk focused on a turbulent...
Writer Walter Mosley to discuss racial equality
Arizona State University, March 29, 2011
...Louis Gates Jr., Roger Wilkins, Michael Eric Dyson, Mary Frances Berry, Johnnetta Cole, Ray Suarez, Christopher Edley Jr., Robin Kelley, Darlene Clark Hine, Leonard Pitts Jr., Julianne Malveaux and Kimberlé Crenshaw. Additional information about the A....
Everything But the Burden: What White People Are Taking from Black Culture
Enotalone.com, March 23, 2011
...Tate's own introductory essay "Nigs 'R Us." Other contributors include: Hilton Als, Beth Coleman, Tony Green, Robin Kelley, Arthur Jafa, Gary Dauphin, Michaela Angela Davis, dream hampton, and Manthia diAwara. "Have you forgotten how when we were brought...
The Gospel of the Working Class: Gellman/Roll Interview, Part II
RELIGION IN AMERICAN HISTORY, August 11, 2011
...at the grassroots generated powerful new ideas and put them into action—we both build on the work of Robin Kelley and Paul Harvey, in particular, in doing this. Telling the story of Whitfield and Williams in the same narrative seemed like a great way...
David Kastin: Putting a Life into the Context of History - Author Author
Articles - JazzTimes, July 22, 2011
...the story? How did that affect you writing your book? First of all, I have tremendous respect for Robin Kelley. I think his book on Thelonious Monk is one of the great jazz biographies. There was such amazing scholarship, but he also had great...