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Chinua Akimaro Thelwell is an American theatre researcher with a special interest in Afro-diasporic history and performance, including [[blackface]] [[minstrelsy]]. Currently Associate Professor, History and Africana Studies at the College of William & Mary in Massachusetts 
Associate Professor, History and Africana Studies
 
Office: Blair 354
 
Email: cathelwell@wm.edu
 
Regional Areas of Research: Ancient to Modern Africa, United States
 
Thematic Areas of Research: African American, Comparative and Transnational, Cultural/Intellectual, Diaspora and Migration, Popular Culture and Media, Race and Ethnicity
 
  
Background
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==Biography==
Dr. Chinua Akimaro Thelwell received his PhD from the American Studies Program at New York University in 2011.  As a result of his interdisciplinary training, and moments of experiential learning outside of classroom settings, Thelwell has developed a wide range of teaching and research interests.  These interests include:  Afro-diasporic history, history of the idea of race, blackface minstrelsy as a popular culture export, performance studies, post-colonial hybridity theory, Asian American history, and hip-hop studies.
 
  
Research & Publication
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Born Chinua Akimaro Thelwell, he received his PhD from the American Studies Program at New York University in 2011.  Having developed a wide range of teaching and research interests, he has published on a wide range of matters.
His research focuses on performance as hegemonic and counter-hegemonic race discourse. His first book, an edited collection titled ''Theater and Cultural Politics for a New World'', was published by Routledge in 2016. His second book, a monograph titled ''Exporting Jim Crow: Blackface Minstrelsy in South Africa and Beyond'', was published by University of Massachusetts Press in Spring 2020. His writing appears in ''The  Drama Review'', ''Safundi: The Journal of South African and American Studies'', ''Miami Herald, and African American Culture: An Encyclopedia of People, Traditions, and Customs''Dr. Thelwell is the recipient of a distinguished graduate student teaching award from New York University, an Emerging Diversity Scholar Award from the National Center for Institutional Diversity at University of Michigan, a pre-doctoral fellowship from Allegheny College, post-doctoral fellowship from the Ford Foundation, and a post-doctoral fellowship from the Mellon Foundation. In 2011, Dr. Thelwell and a number of collaborators, most notably the Hemispheric Institute at NYU, received a grant from the Nathan Cummings Foundation to begin work on Theater and Cultural Politics for a New World.
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==Contribution to South African theatre studies==
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His research focuses on performance as hegemonic and counter-hegemonic race discourse, and his most relevant published work for Southern African studies includes an article in ''The Drama Review''  entitled , and two monographs: an edited collection titled ''Theater and Cultural Politics for a New World'' (Routledge in 2016) and ''Exporting Jim Crow: Blackface Minstrelsy in South Africa and Beyond'' (University of Massachusetts Press, 2020).  
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==Sources==
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https://www.wm.edu/as/history/faculty/Thelwell_c.php
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https://www.diverseeducation.com/latest-news/article/15107966/meet-dr-chinua-akimaro-thelwell-an-interdisciplinary-scholar-on-race-and-place

Revision as of 06:07, 17 December 2021

Chinua Akimaro Thelwell is an American theatre researcher with a special interest in Afro-diasporic history and performance, including blackface minstrelsy. Currently Associate Professor, History and Africana Studies at the College of William & Mary in Massachusetts

Biography

Born Chinua Akimaro Thelwell, he received his PhD from the American Studies Program at New York University in 2011. Having developed a wide range of teaching and research interests, he has published on a wide range of matters.

Contribution to South African theatre studies

His research focuses on performance as hegemonic and counter-hegemonic race discourse, and his most relevant published work for Southern African studies includes an article in The Drama Review entitled , and two monographs: an edited collection titled Theater and Cultural Politics for a New World (Routledge in 2016) and Exporting Jim Crow: Blackface Minstrelsy in South Africa and Beyond (University of Massachusetts Press, 2020).

Sources

https://www.wm.edu/as/history/faculty/Thelwell_c.php

https://www.diverseeducation.com/latest-news/article/15107966/meet-dr-chinua-akimaro-thelwell-an-interdisciplinary-scholar-on-race-and-place