Trenchant, beautiful opening words by @zwingham in his inaugural lecture for the Middle East Librarians Association (MELA) Social Justice Lecture Series https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📈" title="Tabelle mit Aufwärtstrend" aria-label="Emoji: Tabelle mit Aufwärtstrend">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📚" title="Bücher" aria-label="Emoji: Bücher">

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 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙏🏼" title="Folded hands (mittelheller Hautton)" aria-label="Emoji: Folded hands (mittelheller Hautton)">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="📚" title="Bücher" aria-label="Emoji: Bücher">