Stuart Hall played a central role in shaping the field of contemporary cultural studies; influenced theoretical discussions on multiculturalism, identity, the class/race nexus and representation; and was a founder of the new left. In this talk, Professor Dworkin discusses his work on an intellectual and political study that grapples with the scope and diversity of Hall's life and work. He conceives of the numerous dimensions of Hall’s intellectual and political practice as having their own specificity yet being interrelated. What binds them together is an evolving intellectual style and method, rooted in Hall's experience of the black diaspora, or what Hall described as the “in-between.”

Dennis L. Dworkin is an affiliated scholar at the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies and a professor of history at the University of Nevada, Reno, where he teaches British and Irish history and historical and cultural theory. Among his publications are Cultural Marxism in Postwar Britain: History, the New Left, and the Origins of Cultural Studies (Durham: Duke University Press, 1997), Class Struggles (London: Routledge, 2007), and Ireland and Britain, 1798-1922: An Anthology of Sources (Indianopolis: Hackett, 2012).

Free and open to the public.

This event is part of the Tuesday Talk series of the Eisenberg Institute for Historical Studies. It is made possible by a generous contribution from Kenneth and Frances Aftel Eisenberg.