Ryan Cecil Jobson
@ryanceciljobson.bsky.social
assistant prof @uchicago. black study. caribbean anthro. yaadie. anarcho-zesser. author of the petro-state masquerade ⛽️👑🎭🇹🇹 http://bit.ly/3z2Geyk. yankees. nets. jets. chelsea fc.
Kinda like this lowkey
December 1, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Kinda like this lowkey
“Radiation and the Question of Power: C.L.R. James and the Struggle for Chaguaramas” - Small Axe
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“Rumors of a War: Radar and Power in Trinidad and Tobago” - Clash! Voices for a Caribbean Federation from Below
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“Rumors of a War: Radar and Power in Trinidad and Tobago” - Clash! Voices for a Caribbean Federation from Below
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December 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
“Radiation and the Question of Power: C.L.R. James and the Struggle for Chaguaramas” - Small Axe
read.dukeupress.edu/small-axe/ar...
“Rumors of a War: Radar and Power in Trinidad and Tobago” - Clash! Voices for a Caribbean Federation from Below
medium.com/clash-voices...
read.dukeupress.edu/small-axe/ar...
“Rumors of a War: Radar and Power in Trinidad and Tobago” - Clash! Voices for a Caribbean Federation from Below
medium.com/clash-voices...
When I wrote this article on CLR James’s coverage of a radiation controversy at the US base in Trinidad, I couldn’t imagine that we’d find ourselves in another this week. Links below to my essays in Small Axe and Clash!
read.dukeupress.edu/small-axe/ar...
medium.com/clash-voices...
read.dukeupress.edu/small-axe/ar...
medium.com/clash-voices...
December 1, 2025 at 12:08 AM
When I wrote this article on CLR James’s coverage of a radiation controversy at the US base in Trinidad, I couldn’t imagine that we’d find ourselves in another this week. Links below to my essays in Small Axe and Clash!
read.dukeupress.edu/small-axe/ar...
medium.com/clash-voices...
read.dukeupress.edu/small-axe/ar...
medium.com/clash-voices...
And the brilliant cover image features the work of Zenaéca Singh whose work examines the “complex history of the sugar economy in South Africa and its entanglement with migration, colonialism, labour exploitation, and the dynamics of the domestic sphere.”
November 25, 2025 at 7:25 PM
And the brilliant cover image features the work of Zenaéca Singh whose work examines the “complex history of the sugar economy in South Africa and its entanglement with migration, colonialism, labour exploitation, and the dynamics of the domestic sphere.”
For friends headed to New Orleans for the AAAs, mark your calendars for our roundtable on Trouillot’s Peasants and Capital, a book discussion with Christien Tompkins, and a video installation on militarism in the southern Caribbean that I curated with Brent Crosson. #ABAxTA_NOLA
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
For friends headed to New Orleans for the AAAs, mark your calendars for our roundtable on Trouillot’s Peasants and Capital, a book discussion with Christien Tompkins, and a video installation on militarism in the southern Caribbean that I curated with Brent Crosson. #ABAxTA_NOLA
An open-access download of Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s Peasants and Capital: Dominica in the World Economy is now available. This new edition features an introduction by yours truly and an afterword by Schuyler Esprit.
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October 15, 2025 at 9:22 PM
An open-access download of Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s Peasants and Capital: Dominica in the World Economy is now available. This new edition features an introduction by yours truly and an afterword by Schuyler Esprit.
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At long last, the new edition of Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s Peasants and Capital is slated for a November print release. An open access PDF will be made available after the initial print run, so please recommend to your library or purchase a copy if you can. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
September 24, 2025 at 11:02 PM
At long last, the new edition of Michel-Rolph Trouillot’s Peasants and Capital is slated for a November print release. An open access PDF will be made available after the initial print run, so please recommend to your library or purchase a copy if you can. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
Perfect timing if you’re still looking for a (digital) copy of my book. 🙏🏽
August 13, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Perfect timing if you’re still looking for a (digital) copy of my book. 🙏🏽
The spring issue of @transformanthro.bsky.social —and debut issue with my coeditor Christen Smith—is out! Read for articles on Black geographies, state violence in Haiti/Quisqeya, and queer hip hop genealogies. Thanks to Madjeen Isaac for the cover art! www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/tra/2025...
June 4, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The spring issue of @transformanthro.bsky.social —and debut issue with my coeditor Christen Smith—is out! Read for articles on Black geographies, state violence in Haiti/Quisqeya, and queer hip hop genealogies. Thanks to Madjeen Isaac for the cover art! www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/tra/2025...
My T&T 🇹🇹 election recap, “Red Wedding,” is up @CaribbeanClash. I reflect on the Dragon Gas fiasco, disaffected workers, and organized labor’s failure to chart an independent course beyond the two-party duopoly and the old politics of racial chauvinism. medium.com/clash-voices...
May 6, 2025 at 9:30 PM
My T&T 🇹🇹 election recap, “Red Wedding,” is up @CaribbeanClash. I reflect on the Dragon Gas fiasco, disaffected workers, and organized labor’s failure to chart an independent course beyond the two-party duopoly and the old politics of racial chauvinism. medium.com/clash-voices...
Tomorrow at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie. Upstate fam—come through for a book talk and a T&T election debrief fresh from today’s polls.
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April 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Tomorrow at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie. Upstate fam—come through for a book talk and a T&T election debrief fresh from today’s polls.
⛽️👑🎭🇹🇹
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Me and Kartel go way back. 🙌🏽
April 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Me and Kartel go way back. 🙌🏽
Thank you, World Boss, for ranking me on your list of favorite Caribbean intellectuals. 🙏🏽
April 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thank you, World Boss, for ranking me on your list of favorite Caribbean intellectuals. 🙏🏽
My father’s story about class, color, currency, and (anti)communism in the Jamaican 1970s is now the subject of a Storyworth podcast episode. Grateful for the opportunity to be in conversation with my Dad on this chapter in Caribbean history. t.co/157jzXndk1
February 26, 2025 at 7:46 PM
My father’s story about class, color, currency, and (anti)communism in the Jamaican 1970s is now the subject of a Storyworth podcast episode. Grateful for the opportunity to be in conversation with my Dad on this chapter in Caribbean history. t.co/157jzXndk1
Two events coming up in Bloomington, March 10-11. See you soon at IU and Red Bud Books!
February 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Two events coming up in Bloomington, March 10-11. See you soon at IU and Red Bud Books!
An unforgettable moment. Thanks again to my comrades Michael Watts and William Balan-Gaubert!
February 22, 2025 at 12:56 AM
An unforgettable moment. Thanks again to my comrades Michael Watts and William Balan-Gaubert!
Next Thursday, Chicago!
February 14, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Next Thursday, Chicago!
Me at the energy studies working group
February 8, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Me at the energy studies working group
Blessed by the love for The Petro-state Masquerade in the Bocas Lit Fest book bulletin for today’s Trinidad Express. The reception from friends and comrades in T&T has been nothing short of incredible.
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February 2, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Blessed by the love for The Petro-state Masquerade in the Bocas Lit Fest book bulletin for today’s Trinidad Express. The reception from friends and comrades in T&T has been nothing short of incredible.
⛽️👑🎭🇹🇹
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Chicago friends—we officially launch of The Petro-state Masquerade on Thursday, February 20 @SeminaryCoop. I’ll be joined in conversation by oil scholar par excellence, Michael Watts, and Caribbean philosopher (and Hyde Park legend) William Balan-Gaubert. www.semcoop.com/event/ryan-c...
January 28, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Chicago friends—we officially launch of The Petro-state Masquerade on Thursday, February 20 @SeminaryCoop. I’ll be joined in conversation by oil scholar par excellence, Michael Watts, and Caribbean philosopher (and Hyde Park legend) William Balan-Gaubert. www.semcoop.com/event/ryan-c...
Catch me at Rice Anthropology this Thursdsy in snowy H-Town!
January 22, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Catch me at Rice Anthropology this Thursdsy in snowy H-Town!
Rockers is a certified classic! Second only to my late cousin Dickie’s film, Countryman, in my book. 😉
December 4, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Rockers is a certified classic! Second only to my late cousin Dickie’s film, Countryman, in my book. 😉
Happy publication day to this book! After working on this project for a decade plus, I’m grateful for the opportunity to share this work with the world (and with it the wisdom of working people in Trinidad and Tobago).
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@UChicagoPress
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@UChicagoPress
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…
December 4, 2024 at 3:09 PM
Happy publication day to this book! After working on this project for a decade plus, I’m grateful for the opportunity to share this work with the world (and with it the wisdom of working people in Trinidad and Tobago).
⛽️👑🎭🇹🇹
@UChicagoPress
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…
⛽️👑🎭🇹🇹
@UChicagoPress
press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…