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Augustus Durham is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English at the University of Toronto. He previously held the position of President’s Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he contributed significantly to the academic discourse on African American literature and critical race studies. His research interests are diverse, focusing on the emergence and representation of blackness in modernity. His monograph, 'Stay Black Die: Melancholy Genius,' examines the complexities of the relationship between black mothers and sons, exploring themes of abstraction and the psychoanalytic affective role of black femininity/maternity. Durham has published works in numerous academic journals, such as Syndicate and the Journal of Religion & Health, focusing on critical literary theories and the cultural implications of race and sexuality in contemporary literature. Currently, he is engaged in new projects that delve into gender and music, as well as the (re)invention of identity within various temporal frameworks.
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