Saidiya Hartman

Saidiya Hartman is a Professor in the Department of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University. Her research examines African American literature, cultural history, slavery, law, performance studies, and queer identity through interdisciplinary frameworks. She employs narrative-driven methodologies to explore collective histories of race and social upheaval, notably in her critically acclaimed books.

Her scholarly work spans:

• Reconstruction of marginalized historical voices
• Intersections of race, law, and identity
• Atlantic slavery and its contemporary legacies
• Experimental historiography

Hartman has received distinguished fellowships including:

• Cullman Fellowship (New York Public Library)
• Fulbright Scholarship (Ghana)
• Whitney Oates Fellowship (Princeton)
• Rockefeller Fellowship (Brown)