Shama Rangwala
Assistant Professor
General Education Coordinator
Email: shamara@yorku.ca
Media Requests Welcome
Accepting New Graduate Students
My intermedia and interdisciplinary research focuses on the reproductions of racial capitalism throughout the modern history of settler colonialism and across narrative forms, conceptualizing "ideological adaptation,” which I define as textual adaptations that track the adaptation of ideology itself. My current research examines early-20th-century canonical American novels and their early-21st-century film adaptations in relation to the reproduction of the mythologies that sustain the settler-colonial nation, along with the adaptations of liberalism in our contemporary moment.
My teaching interests include theories of racial capitalist formations; literary and critical theory; film, media, and cultural studies; and 19th- and 20th-century Anglophone literature. I am passionate about teaching students how to take their education outside of the classroom and university.
As the PI of the public humanities project Pedagogy and Praxis, I am developing an outreach project "Progressive Publics: Connecting Scholarship and Media." As part of Pedagogy and Praxis, I also co-host a popular culture podcast (Replay) with journalist Desmond Cole.
My academic writing has appeared in Public, English Studies in Canada, and Canadian Review of American Studies. My public-facing writing has appeared in Jacobin, Public Books, The Star, The Globe and Mail, The Sprawl, and Canadaland. I am the founding editor of Pyriscence, a culture and politics website, was a regular panelist on Alberta Primetime (CTV) from 2018-2022, and am a frequent contributor to news, podcasts, and other media. I served on the Editorial Board of Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Image Studies from 2019-2023 and am currently on the Board of Briarpatch Magazine.
Degrees
PhD, University of AlbertaMA, McGill University
BA Honours, McGill University
Research Interests
- Dept. of Humanities Award for Excellence in Teaching - 2022
- Ernest J. Redekop Essay Prize - 2022
Current Research Projects
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Summary:
Under neoliberal austerity regimes, universities in Canada and around the world are being defunded to neutralize their critical power. At the same time, the public demand for critical analysis and scholarly knowledge is increasing, as evidenced by the use of social media for education and the explosion of webinars and teach-ins during the Black Lives Matter racial justice protests of summer 2020 and the Covid-19 pandemic. In this time of multiple and intensifying crises, Pedagogy and Praxis is rooted in a commitment to social justice and starts from the position that the university has crucial role to play in critical analysis and knowledge mobilization and dissemination.
Description:The broader objective of Pedagogy and Praxis is both to develop pedagogical methods and strategies of public humanities as well as provide a forum for scholars and students to share their work publicly, integrating the research and practice of public pedagogy. Championing the university as a public good, Pedagogy and Praxis involves teaching in public with the university in mutual dialogue with the broader community. We conceive the public of this project to be community members who are looking for rigorously researched historical context and critical analysis for the social justice issues of the present.
Pedagogy and Praxis includes the pop culture podcast Replay, co-hosted by Prof. Shama Rangwala and award-winning journalist Desmond Cole.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/CLTR3100 6.0 | A | Culture, Meaning & Form | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/CLTR4851 6.0 | A | Modernism Across the Arts | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/HUMA1781 6.0 | A | Exploring Culture | BLEN |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/HUMA1781 6.0 | A | Exploring Culture | TUTR |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/CLTR4851 6.0 | A | Modernism Across the Arts | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/CLTR3100 6.0 | A | Culture, Meaning & Form | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/HUMA1781 6.0 | A | Exploring Culture | BLEN |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/HUMA1781 6.0 | A | Exploring Culture | TUTR |
My intermedia and interdisciplinary research focuses on the reproductions of racial capitalism throughout the modern history of settler colonialism and across narrative forms, conceptualizing "ideological adaptation,” which I define as textual adaptations that track the adaptation of ideology itself. My current research examines early-20th-century canonical American novels and their early-21st-century film adaptations in relation to the reproduction of the mythologies that sustain the settler-colonial nation, along with the adaptations of liberalism in our contemporary moment.
My teaching interests include theories of racial capitalist formations; literary and critical theory; film, media, and cultural studies; and 19th- and 20th-century Anglophone literature. I am passionate about teaching students how to take their education outside of the classroom and university.
As the PI of the public humanities project Pedagogy and Praxis, I am developing an outreach project "Progressive Publics: Connecting Scholarship and Media." As part of Pedagogy and Praxis, I also co-host a popular culture podcast (Replay) with journalist Desmond Cole.
My academic writing has appeared in Public, English Studies in Canada, and Canadian Review of American Studies. My public-facing writing has appeared in Jacobin, Public Books, The Star, The Globe and Mail, The Sprawl, and Canadaland. I am the founding editor of Pyriscence, a culture and politics website, was a regular panelist on Alberta Primetime (CTV) from 2018-2022, and am a frequent contributor to news, podcasts, and other media. I served on the Editorial Board of Imaginations: Journal of Cross-Cultural Image Studies from 2019-2023 and am currently on the Board of Briarpatch Magazine.
Degrees
PhD, University of AlbertaMA, McGill University
BA Honours, McGill University
Research Interests
Awards
- Dept. of Humanities Award for Excellence in Teaching - 2022
- Ernest J. Redekop Essay Prize - 2022
Current Research Projects
-
Summary:
Under neoliberal austerity regimes, universities in Canada and around the world are being defunded to neutralize their critical power. At the same time, the public demand for critical analysis and scholarly knowledge is increasing, as evidenced by the use of social media for education and the explosion of webinars and teach-ins during the Black Lives Matter racial justice protests of summer 2020 and the Covid-19 pandemic. In this time of multiple and intensifying crises, Pedagogy and Praxis is rooted in a commitment to social justice and starts from the position that the university has crucial role to play in critical analysis and knowledge mobilization and dissemination.
Description:The broader objective of Pedagogy and Praxis is both to develop pedagogical methods and strategies of public humanities as well as provide a forum for scholars and students to share their work publicly, integrating the research and practice of public pedagogy. Championing the university as a public good, Pedagogy and Praxis involves teaching in public with the university in mutual dialogue with the broader community. We conceive the public of this project to be community members who are looking for rigorously researched historical context and critical analysis for the social justice issues of the present.
Pedagogy and Praxis includes the pop culture podcast Replay, co-hosted by Prof. Shama Rangwala and award-winning journalist Desmond Cole.
Current Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/CLTR3100 6.0 | A | Culture, Meaning & Form | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/CLTR4851 6.0 | A | Modernism Across the Arts | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/HUMA1781 6.0 | A | Exploring Culture | BLEN |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/HUMA1781 6.0 | A | Exploring Culture | TUTR |
Upcoming Courses
| Term | Course Number | Section | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/CLTR4851 6.0 | A | Modernism Across the Arts | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/CLTR3100 6.0 | A | Culture, Meaning & Form | SEMR |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/HUMA1781 6.0 | A | Exploring Culture | BLEN |
| Fall/Winter 2024 | AP/HUMA1781 6.0 | A | Exploring Culture | TUTR |
