Jeffrey Conrad Stewart (born 1950 in Chicago) is an American Professor of Black Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[1] He won the 2018 National Book Award for Nonfiction and the 2019 Pulitzer Prize for Biography for his book The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke, described as "a panoramic view of the personal trials and artistic triumphs of the father of the Harlem Renaissance and the movement he inspired".[2][3][4][5][6]
Jeffrey C. Stewart | |
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| Born | Jeffrey Conrad Stewart 1950 (age 73–74) |
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| Academic background | |
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| Thesis | A Biography of Alain Locke (1979) |
| Academic advisors | John W. Blassingame |
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| Discipline | Black studies |
| Institutions | University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Notable works | The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke (2018) |
Career
editIn 2002-03 Stewart was awarded a Fulbright grant at the Roma Tre University. He founded Jeffrey's Jazz Coffeehouse in 2015. He coordinates jazz performances in Isla Vista, the local community adjacent to UC Santa Barbara's campus, in conjunction with his History of Jazz course.[7] In 2019 UC Santa Barbara alumni declared him an honorary alumnus as they recognized his achievements, notably his comprehensive biography of Alain LeRoy Locke.[8]
Stewart has been Visiting Senior Lecturer at the Terra Foundation's affiliate in Giverny, France; Residential Fellow at the Charles Warren Center in American History (Harvard); Fellow at the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute (Harvard); curator of exhibition To Color America: Portraits by Winold Reiss at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery; curator of Paul Robeson: Artist and Citizen at Rutgers University; and curator of conference entitled North Hall 50 Years After: A Black Vision of Change at UC Santa Barbara for the weekend of October 12–14, 2018.
Selected publications
edit- Jeffrey C. Stewart (2018). The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195089578. LCCN 2017026626., which was a finalist for the 2018 Museum of African American History Stone Book Award.
- Jeffrey C. Stewart (2015). "Beyond Category: Before Afro-Futurism there was Norman Lewis". Procession: The Art of Norman Lewis., winner of the 2017 Alfred H. Barr Award of the College Art Association.
- Jeffrey C. Stewart (2014). "Bartleby, Foucault, De Tocqueville: contradictions of individualism". In Dominique Marçais (ed.). Modes and facets of the American scene : studies in honor of Cristina Giorcelli. Palermo: ILA Palma. ISBN 9788877047649. LCCN 2014429933.
References
edit- ^ "Jeffrey Stewart". The Department of Black Studies. University of California, Santa Barbara. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
- ^ "The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke, by Jeffrey C. Stewart (Oxford University Press)". The 2019 Pulitzer Prize Winner in Biography – The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
- ^ Jaschik, Scott (April 16, 2019). "Scholars Win Pulitzer Prizes". Inside Higher Ed. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
- ^ "Jeffrey C. Stewart". National Book Foundation. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
- ^ Scott, Rappaport (April 16, 2019). "UC Santa Cruz philosophy alumnus Jeffrey Stewart wins 2019 Pulitzer Prize for biography". UC Santa Cruz. Retrieved December 4, 2019.
- ^ "Jeffrey Stewart". Altadena Heritage. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
- ^ Kocis, Emily (February 20, 2020). "Jeffrey's Jazz Coffeehouse: Making Music Instrumental to the Isla Vista Community". Daily Nexus. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
- ^ Estrada, Andrea (September 30, 2019). "Alumni Awards Honor Graduates, Friends For Their Achievements And Service to UCSB". Noozhawk. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
Further reading
edit- Jeffrey C. Stewart, 1001 Things Everyone Should Know About African American History, Three Rivers Press; 59668th edition (May 4, 1998) ISBN 978-0385485760
- Jeffrey C. Stewart, Paul Robeson: Artist and Citizen, Rutgers University Press ISBN 978-0813525112
- Jeffrey C. Stewart and Alaine Locke, Race Contacts and Interracial Relations: Lectures on the Theory and Practice of Race, Howard University Press ISBN 978-0882581583
- Zack, Michele, Altadena: Between Wilderness and City. Altadena, California: Altadena Historical Society, 2004. ISBN 0-9747257-0-6