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Jose Najar is an Assistant Professor of History at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He specializes in nineteenth and twentieth-century Brazil and Latin America, with a focus on whiteness, non-European diasporas, gender inequality, imperialism, anti-colonial resistance, and transnational/transimperial historical methods.
- Education: B.A. in Sociology and Latin American Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz; Ph.D. from Indiana University Bloomington.
Research Trends: His work explores intersectionality of race, class, and gender across political borders, as seen in his forthcoming book Transimperial Anxieties (University of Nebraska Press, 2023) and ongoing studies of state and everyday violence against Arab-Ottoman immigrants in Brazil.
Publications:
- Transimperial Anxieties (2023) re-examines national narratives through transimperial discourses on white privilege and gender inequality.
Teaching: Prior teaching roles include world history at Indiana University/Purdue University Columbus and Latina/o/x history in Indiana University's Latino Studies program. His pedagogy emphasizes classroom diversity and critical engagement with historical narratives.
