Event Highlights: Fela Kuti in America
This lecture by Melani McAlister, Professor of American Studies and International Affairs at George Washington University, took place at Boston University’s Institute on Culture, Religion and World Affairs on Thursday, September 28, 2023, as part of a year-long conversation at CURA on the theme of religion and empire. Quinn Slobodian, Professor of History at Wellesley College, served as discussant.
Melani McAlister specializes in the multiple “global visions” produced by and for Americans. In her writing and teaching, she focuses on the ways in which cultural and political history intersect, and on the role of religion and culture in shaping US “interests” in other parts of the world. Her own interests include nationalism and transnationalism; cultural theory; religion and culture; the rhetoric of foreign policy; and cultural and media history (including television, film, print, and digital).