Dean, School of Liberal Arts, Tulane University | Author of After the American Century (Columbia) | literary and cultural critic
New Orleans, LA
Joined April 2009
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“Little League baseball is a very good thing because it keeps the parents off the streets." In honor of the #WorldSeries, @sewaneereview lifted the paywall on my essay "Last At Bat" till Nov 7. It's about baseball, toxic parenting & aging w cameo by Covid thesewaneereview.com/article…
Job alert in New Orleans: combines research, grant writing, and administrative work - perfect for PhDs/ABDs in hum/soc sci w lang skills (Arabic, French, Wolof, Vietnamese esp welcome), research experience, grant writing, public humanities @tulanesla #job jobs.tulane.edu/position/IRC…
Happy Juneteenth! There is a lot of learning and unlearning still to be done. For #highered that includes re-examining the #liberalarts disciplines we teach and that organize our knowledge. Check out Hortense Spillers’ brilliant lecture, personal and provocative. Not to be missed
We created a bonus episode of our #AntiRacism & the Disciplines #podcast for #Juneteenth, featuring the remarkable final symposium keynote address by Hortense Spillers, #BlackStudies #feminist icon and @VanderbiltU prof. Listen at bit.ly/42Lbegm with Dean @briantedwards.
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The #Classics are the oldest subject of study, but how are they applied today? Tune in to hear Dan-el Padilla Peralta (@platanoclassics), Associate Professor @Princeton, address how texts from 2,000 years ago can inform #antiracist action: bit.ly/42Lbegm. @briantedwards
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How did #politicalscience come to be a discipline? Listen to the #AnitRacismAndTheDisciplines #podcast episode with expert @AlvinBTilleryJr, Professor @NorthwesternU, to hear how African Americans made waves in the pre #CivilRights era: bit.ly/42Lbegm. @briantedwards
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As technology evolves, Dean @BrianTEdwards & Associate Professor Kim Gallon (@BlackDigitalHum), #africanastudies @BrownUniversity, discuss the impact of #antiracist work in the #digitalhumanities & #highered. Episode: bit.ly/42Lbegm #AntiRacismAndTheDisciplines #podcast
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In a discipline that studies human society, how is #sociology related to #antiracism? Where do problems appear? @NorthwesternU Professor Mary Pattillo discusses this and more in #podcast episode 4 with Dean @BrianTEdwards. Listen: bit.ly/42Lbegm #TulaneARD #highered
Baseball school…. Congrats @GreenWaveBSB!! #AAC baseball champions!!
#tulane #baseball #ncaabaseball #RollWave
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How can #portcities mobilize their creative economy for positive change? Join #TulaneLiberalArts Dean @briantedwards as he discusses the Global Port Cities initiative on the latest episode of @Tulane's On Good Authority #podcast: bit.ly/3Oi6Kcx. #TheMagicOfPortCities
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Brian Edwards, dean of @TulaneSLA, is leading an initiative exploring the idea that port cities are centers for creativity, culture, and vibrancy.
🎙️ Listen here: tulane.it/3ppcOoX
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Ever wanted to challenge Dean @briantedwards to a cornhole match? Now's your chance! He'll be on the JL Quad tomorrow afternoon playing yard games & answering questions from students & faculty. Come enjoy a sweet treat & take a mini break before spring break. #CatchUpWithTheDean
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Some great & thoughtful conversations here, across disciplines #AcademicTwitter
Anti-Racism & the Disciplines is now live! I interviewed leading Black scholars about the vexed histories of the liberal arts—to imagine better educational futures #antiracism @sjjphd @BlackDigitalHum @PlatanoClassics @AlvinBTilleryJr @GaryAHoover @tulane
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Anti-Racism & the Disciplines is now live! I interviewed leading Black scholars about the vexed histories of the liberal arts—to imagine better educational futures #antiracism @sjjphd @BlackDigitalHum @PlatanoClassics @AlvinBTilleryJr @GaryAHoover @tulane
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.@TulaneSLA, helmed by Dean @briantedwards, has released a new podcast miniseries, Anti-Racism & the Disciplines.
The podcast explores the complex histories of liberal arts majors with the aim of identifying more effective practices in higher education.
news.tulane.edu/pr/tulane-de…
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Thrilled to announce our new #podcast, #AntiRacism & the Disciplines. Host @BrianTEdwards invites top Black scholars to explore the complex histories of #liberalarts majors. All 8 episodes drop Tuesday, 3/21/23 ➡️ liberalarts.tulane.edu/antir….
@Tulane #TulaneLiberalArts #FightRacism
Tulane’s location in New Orleans—a global port city where humanities and arts thrive on the highest levels—fuels our commitment to affecting positive social change through liberal arts education. Honored to join the @ACLS1919 consortium! #highered news.tulane.edu/news/tulane-…
A global liberal arts education is the best preparation for the challenges of a complex international landscape. I am proud that @TulaneSLA is taking the lead in bringing these at-risk scholars from #Afghanistan and #Egypt to #Tulane news.tulane.edu/news/tulane-…
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Thrilled to introduce our new Sr. Dir. of Development, Miles Garrett, in a newly elevated role reflective of his #fundraising experience and @briantedwards vision for enhanced #alumni #engagement & expansion within #tulaneliberalarts.
Meet Miles via 📹 at bit.ly/3WAZhpx!
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Global Port Cities—a panel & roundtable hosted by #TulaneLiberalArts Dean @briantedwards & @ksikes11—will focus on creating multinational, intersectional networks to find creative solutions for challenges common in #portcities.
Speakers + Registration: bit.ly/3VzJqXP 🎟️
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#ICYMI, today's November Newsletter featured several #TulaneLiberalArts updates from Dean @BrianTEdwards, from #Wave22 to the Bobby Yan Lectureship in Media & Social Change.
A fall semester to be thankful for!
@FrederickBell @Tulane @tulanealumni
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Calling all alums, parents, students + friends of #tulaneliberalarts: come by the quad outside Newcomb Hall tomorrow from 2-3pm to Play Ball (or cornhole) with @briantedwards, ask him questions, enjoy some frozen drinks & get in the #gameday spirit with us! #RollWave #wave22
