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Souls is a quarterly interdisciplinary journal sponsored by the Center for Contemporary Black History, a scholarly resource center of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University; it is published by Taylor & Francis. Established in January 1999, the journal maps the broad boundaries of scholarship and intellectual debates in the contemporary Black experience: the current studies in recent Black history, politics, socioeconomic research, social theory, and culture. Produced in the spirit of the intellectual activism of W. E. B. Du Bois, Souls presents creative and challenging interpretations of the key issues now being confronted by scholars of modern Black America, Africa, and the Caribbean.

The Center for Contemporary Black History, founded and directed by Manning Marable, was initiated in July 2002, at Columbia University. The Center's mission is to engage in the critical study of the modern Black experience since 1900, through a wide range of methods and approaches. The central focus of this inquiry is the examination of Black intellectuals, leadership, and the relationship between racism, inequality, and power in modern societies.

The Institute for Research in African-American Studies supervises Columbia University's undergraduate major and Master of Arts programs in African American Studies. The Institute's public conferences, colloquia, and lecture series bring together traditional scholars and representatives of public and private institutions, to engage in critical conversations about the meaning and reality of Black life in the United States and beyond.

Phone: (212) 854-4935
Fax: (212) 854-7060
Email: souls at columbia.edu

Mailing Address:
SOULS: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society
Institute for Research in African-American Studies
1200 Amsterdam Avenue, Mail Code 5512
Suite 760 Schermerhorn Ext.
New York, NY 10027


Editor: Manning Marable