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Jesse Arseneault is an academic specializing in African Cultural Studies, focusing on the representations of the human/animal dichotomy in African cultural texts. His current research manuscript, titled 'Africa's Animalities: Concern for Other-Than-Human in the Age of Empire', delves into the global implications of African concepts of animality and inhumanity. Arseneault's work critiques the anthropocentric logics that equate animality with subhumanity and employs methodologies from critical animal studies, posthumanism, and queer theory. His publications have appeared in various scholarly journals, and he has experience supervising graduate programs in English and Humanities. Additionally, he has held leadership roles in academic associations and contributes to the discourse on postcolonial studies and animal studies through various teaching and research initiatives.
Concordia University • Montreal, QC, Canada
Supervising graduate students in English and Humanities with a focus on research themes in African literature and cultural studies.
Administered by the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema; focuses on cinematic arts practice and research-creation.