Dr Ali Meghji

My research in postcolonial and historical sociology empirically takes me to the United States. On the one hand, I am researching the Du Boisian tradition of sociology, analysing how a loose network of Black U.S sociologists formed their sociological analysis in conjunction with one another (and in conjunction with transnational, anticolonial movements). Secondly, I am researching the 'de-Americanisation of Pan-Africanism', examining the extent to which U.S intellectuals' and organisations' roles waxed and waned in the Pan-African movement. I am active in the American Sociological Association, and have acquired various fellowships in the U.S. through my career.  

• Du Boisian sociology after Du Bois: Frazier, St Clair Drake, and the global and comparative study of race and empire. Sociological Forum, 39(4), 361-372. https://doi.org/10.1111/socf.13012

• From Public Sociology to Sociological Publics: The Importance of Reverse Tutelage to Social Theory. Sociological Theory, 42(2), 114-136. https://doi.org/10.1177/07352751241227429 (Original work published 2024)

• “Peace Is Dangerous”: Toward a Du Boisian Theory of Colonial Post-fascism. Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/23326492241288496