Kris Manjapra
Kris Manjapra works at the intersection of global history, the critical study of race and colonialism, and the ‘action humanities.’ His research connects the Caribbean and Indian Ocean worlds. His books include Black Ghost of Empire: The Long Death of Slavery and the Failure of Emancipation (Scribner and Penguin, 2022), a comparative study of global emancipation processes and the implications for reparations movements today, which was shortlisted for the 2022 New England Book Award and the 2023 British Academy Book Prize. His previous book, Colonialism in Global Perspective (Cambridge, 2020), contributes to the emerging field of global race, colonialism, and diaspora studies. Age of Entanglement: German and Indian Intellectuals across Empire (Harvard, 2014) won the 2019 International Merck-Tagore Prize. Professor Manjapra is a general editor of The Cambridge History of Colonialism and Decolonization. He is the founder of a site-based nonprofit, Black History in Action, dedicated to the restoration and reactivation of a Black cultural heritage center in Cambridge, MA. Professor Manjapra directs the Social Action Lab at Northeastern University. Professor Manjapra is a Guggenheim Fellow, and has held fellowships at the Radcliffe Institute and the Berlin Academy of Advanced Study.