Alyssa A. L. James, PhD
colibriphd.bsky.social
Alyssa A. L. James, PhD
@colibriphd.bsky.social
postdoc at usc society of fellows. ackee & saltfish black. co-creator of zora's daughters podcast. ☕ 🌱🇲🇶 aquarius. ravenclaw. toronto. etc.

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My essay "Tending to the Future" is out in Small Axe!

Thanks @ryanceciljobson.bsky.social for the invitation to contribute to the Caribbean Keywords project on Heritage!

Read the essay here: read.dukeupress.edu/small-axe/ar...
October 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Excited to kick off Isle of Intellectuals tomorrow🌴📚
A seminar inviting students to think as intellectuals—critically, creatively, grounded—in our times of anti-intellectualism. It's inspired by @agardjones who taught a course by this title, itself coined by @lugicast.
August 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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If you'll be here through Friday #AAG2025 come hang out with me and some fantastic folks researching coffee!! cc + image credit to: @colibriphd.bsky.social
March 24, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Looking forward to the discussion and debate around speculative ethnography at this salon event next week!
February 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Excited to share my latest piece in print on Martinique’s Vie Chère protests—a powerful fight for food justice in the Caribbean.

www.stabroeknews.com/2024/12/16/f...
December 31, 2024 at 5:48 PM