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Dr. Jaafar Aksikas

Associate Professor of Cultural Studies Cultural Studies Program

Dept. of Humanities, Hist., & Social Sciences Columbia College Chicago 624 South Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60605


Email: Jaksikas@colum.edu

 

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BOOKS AND PROJECTS:

Practicing Cultural Studies: An Introduction to Cultural Studies Methodologies.  Forthcoming.

Arab Modernities: Islamism, Nationalism, and Liberalism in the Post-Colonial Arab World.  New York: Peter Lang Publishing, 2009. 

The Sirah of Antar: An Islamic Interpretation of Arab and Islamic History. Al Akhawayn University Research Paper Series.  Casablanca: Najah Al Jadida Press, 2002.

ARTICLES, BOOK CHAPTERS, AND BOOK REVIEWS:

“Is Cultural Theory Really Dead?” A Review of Terry Eagleton’s After TheoryReviews in Cultural Theory.  Forthcoming.

 “America’s Primitive Turn: Capital and the “War on Terror” in Post-9/11 America,” A Review of Paul Smith’s Primitive America: The Ideology of Capitalist DemocracyReviews in Cultural Theory.  1:3 (2010).

“Could/Should Cultural Studies be ‘Born Again’? Cultural Studies, Political Economy, and Radical Historicity,” a Chapter in Renewing Cultural Studies: An Anthology.  Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009.

“Editorial Introduction.” With Lisa Brock. Cultural Landscapes: A Cultural Studies Journal.  1:2 (2008): 1-2.

“Prisoners of Globalization: Marginality, Community, and the New Informal Economy in Morocco.” Mediterranean Politics. 12:2 (2007): 249-262.

“Editorial Statement.” With Lisa Brock. Cultural Landscapes: A Cultural Studies Journal.  1:2 (2007): 1-2.

“Colonial and Postcolonial Liberalism in the Middle East.” Reservoir. 6-12 April 2006.
 
“Nation and Nationalism in the Postcolonial Middle East.” Reservoir. 6-12 March 2006.

“Contemporary Islamism in the Middle East.” Reservoir. 6-12 February 2006.
 
“The Histories of Islam.” Reservoir. 6-12 Januray 2006.

“De attitude van Marokkaanse TV-kigkers op de reklame van de Marokkaanse kanalen [The Attitudes of Berber-Speaking Moroccans Towards TV Commercials].” Cultuur en Imigratie: The Dutch Journal of Society and Culture. 17:2 (1999): 53-81.

"The Image of Woman in Greek Drama." AUI News 13 July 1998: 2-3

WORKS IN PROGRESS:

Practicing Cultural Studies: An Introduction to Cultural Studies Methodologies (A textbook on the epistemology of research in Cultural Studies), A Book/Research Project

Culture/Society/Agency: A Journal of Cultural Studies, A Scholarly Journal Project

 

RECENT CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

“Doing Cultural Studies: A Seminar on Cultural Studies Methods and Methodologies,” to be presented at the 2010 Cultural Studies Association Conference, University of California, Berkeley, March 18, 2010.

“Undergraduate Research in Cultural Studies,” a panel to be moderated at the 2010 Cultural Studies Association Conference, University of California, Berkeley, March 19, 2010.

“Globalization and the Politics of Collectivity,” presented in the “All Together Now: The Future(s) of Collectivity” Roundtable at the 2010 Cultural Studies Association Conference, University of California, Berkeley, March 20, 2010.

“Contemporary Cultural Studies: The Way Forward,” presented the MLG Summer Institute On Culture and Society Conference, Portland State University, Portland, June 20, 2009.    

“Cultural Studies, in Practice,” presented in the “Going Pro: What Difference Does Cultural Studies Make?” Seminar at the 2009 Cultural Studies Association Conference, Kansas City, April 17, 2009.

   “Towards a New Cultural Studies: Cultural Studies, Marxism, and Global Capitalism,” presented at the 2008 Association for Cultural Studies Crossroads in Cultural Studies Conference, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Kingston, Jamaica, on July 3, 2008.

"On Teaching Globalization to Undergraduates at Columbia College: New Challenges and New Opportunities," delivered at the MLG Summer Institute On Culture and Society Conference, The University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, on June 10, 2008.  

“Could/Should Cultural Studies be ‘Born Again’? Cultural Studies, Political Economy, and Radical Historicity,” presented at the Cultural Studies Now Conference, University of East London—London, UK, on July 20, 2007.

“Productive Disciplinary Tensions: Looking Backwards and Forwards at Cultural Studies Education” presented at the Cultural Studies Now Conference, University of East London—London, UK, on July 21, 2007.

“Other Trajectories to Modernity: The Middle East and North Africa,” presented at Change in the Middle East Conference, University of Wisconsin – Madison, March 27, 2006.

“Teaching Middle Eastern and North African Studies at American Universities,” presented at Change in the Middle East Conference, University of Wisconsin – Madison, November 5, 2005.
 
“Making the Most of Your EFL Textbook," presented at the Tenth Annual American Cultural Association Conference, Tangier, Morocco, November 15-17, 2001.

 

RECENT INVITED LECTURES AND TALKS

“Jottings on Human Nature as a Historical Phenomenon: A Cultural Studies Intervention,”
presented at the “What is Human Nature?  A Symposium,” Critical Encounters Lecture Series, Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, April 23, 2009.

“Politics, Public Pedagogy, and the Teaching of Cultural Studies,” presented at the Conscious Living Panel, Echoes of Chicago, Chicago, USA, May 24, 2008.

“Inter/Anti/Post/Disciplinary Tensions: A Look at Cultural Studies at Columbia College,” presented at the First Cultural Studies Reunion, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA, March 2, 2007.

“Introducing/Interrogating Truth Serum Blues, a play by Ismail Khalidi and Bassam Jarbawi,” presented at the Illinois Humanities Council, Victory Gardens Theater, Chicago, IL, USA, May 19, 2006.

 “Dialectic of Globalization in the Middle East & North Africa,” presented at Intersections, the Cultural Studies Program Lecture Series, Chicago Cultural Center, April 03, 2006.

“The Problematic of Modernity,” presented at the Cultural Studies Student/Faculty Colloquium, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, USA, December 5, 2003.

“Reflections on the Poetry of Antar Ibn Shaddad,” presented at the First AUI Poetry Symposium, Al Akhawayn University, Ifrane, Morocco, November 10, 1998.   

"The Birth and Death of Greek Tragedy: A Historical Introduction," presented at the Third Annual English Festival, Azemmour, Morocco, April 1-3, 1995.

 

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