Prof. Dr. James Tar Tsaaior

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietAllgemeine und Vergleichende Literaturwissenschaft; Kulturwissenschaft,Afrikanistik
Keywordsmodernity, humour/laughter, Nigerian comedy, popular culture, postcoloniality
Auszeichnungen

2010: Leverhulme Trust/Isaac Newton Fellowship, Centre of African Studies, University of Cambridge, UK

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandNigeria
OrtLagos
Universität/InstitutionPan-Atlantic University
Institut/AbteilungSchool of Media and Communication

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Lars EcksteinInstitut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Universität Potsdam, Golm
Prof. Dr. Lars EcksteinInstitut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.03.2019

Programm(e)

2018Humboldt-Forschungsstipendien-Programm für erfahrene Forschende

Publikationen (Auswahl)

2020James Tar Tsaaior: “The Sundiata Epic and the Global Literary Imaginary” . In: Ken Seigneurie et al (eds), A Companion to World Literature. John Wiley and Sons, 2020. 1305-1315
2017James Tar Tsaaior & Francoise Ugochukwu (eds): Nigerian Film Culture and the Idea of the Nation: Nollywood and National Narration. Adonis and Abbey, 2017
2017James Tar Tsaaior “Im/migrant Metaphors in a Postmodern Moment: Politics, Popular Musical Culture and National Re-Invention in Postcolonial Nigeria” . In: Cheryl Sterling (ed)., Transnational Trills: Music and Art in the Africana World. . Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2017. 27-47
2015James Tar Tsaaior: “Imagining Nationhood, Framing Postcoloniality: Narrativizing Nigeria Through the Kinesis of (Hi)Story” . In: Abdelwahab El-Affendi, Genocidal Nightmares Narratives of Insecurity and the Logic of Mass Atrocities . Bloomsbury, 2015. 53-72
2013James Tar Tsaaior: African Literature and the Politics of Culture. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2013
2013James Tar Tsaaior: “Football as Social Unconscious or the Cultural Logic of Late Imperialism in Postcolonial Nigeria” . In: Stephanie Newell and Onokome Okome Popular Culture in Africa: The Episteme of the Everyday.. Routledge., 2013. 275-291
2012James Tar Tsaaior: “Barack Obama and the Literary Dimensions of His Writings” . In: Melvin Rahming, Critical Essays on Barack Obama: Re-Affirming the Hope, Re-Vitalizing the Dream. . Cambridge Scholars Publishing, UK. 2012. 23-40
2011Emevwo Biakolo & James Tar Tsaaior eds.: Journalism and New Media Technologies in Africa.. Centre for Black and African Arts and Civilization, 2011
2010James Tar Tsaaior: Politics of the Postcolonial Text: Africa and Its Diasporas. LinCom Europa, 2010