Christopher Chen’s scholarly interests include theories of comparative racialization, racial capitalism and the black radical tradition, and debates over what Charles Taylor and others have called the “politics of recognition.” Christopher is currently working on a book-length comparative study of contemporary African-American and Asian-American experimental or “avant-garde” writing. He is Assistant Professor of Literature at UC Santa Cruz.

Winter 2015 Colloquium Series

January 14 : Maya Peterson

January 21: Naveeda Khan

January 28: Carolyn Dean

February 4: Madhavi Murty

February 11: Kris Alexanderson

February 18: Jennifer Horne

February 25: Gayle Salamon

March 4: Christopher Chen