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For The Love of Black Study
A conversation on Black epistemologies, philology, and why reading still matters in an algorithmic age.
Mar 11 • Wendell Marsh, Ph.D
Building a Digital Philology of the Sahel
A new postdoctoral fellowship on Shaykh Musa Kamara’s historical corpus and the future of African Islamic manuscript studies
Mar 6 • Wendell Marsh, Ph.D
Unpacking My Library
Books, Friendship, and the Joy of Thinking Together
Jan 25 • Wendell Marsh, Ph.D
1:09:45
From Concept to Course Design
How, and why, I built "Technologies of the Word" backwards
Jan 18 • Wendell Marsh, Ph.D
Technologies of the Word in Africa and Beyond
Teaching Orality, Literacy, and AI in a Time of Civilizational Transition
Jan 11 • Wendell Marsh, Ph.D
The Veil of Ignorance and the Veil of Expertise
An Object Lesson in African Humanities
Jan 6 • Wendell Marsh, Ph.D
What Should I Write Next?
On research, teaching, and making intellectual process visible
Jan 3 • Wendell Marsh, Ph.D
Mamadou Diouf on History, Generational Struggle, and the African University
Thinking Global Black Studies, Together
Dec 31, 2025 • Wendell Marsh, Ph.D
1:38:33
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