The Robinson Archive Community
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Community Partners
More than a historical repository, the Robinson Archive Initiative operates as a living archive that connects past and present struggles, encouraging new forms of engagement through creative, participatory, and collaborative processes. Our work is guided by three pillars—accessibility, activation, and archival partnerships—that critically engage the Robinsons’ legacy and support politically aligned organizations to digitize collections and develop pedagogical tools.
We will share more detail about our ongoing community partnerships soon!
Community Partners Include
Visiting Researchers
The Robinson Archive Project also supports visiting scholars and researchers seeking to conduct research in the Cedric J. and Elizabeth P. Robinson Archives at UCSB through the Robinson Archive Visiting Scholar Fellowship. This fellowship aims to provide an opportunity for graduate students, independent researchers, artists, community organizers, and the like to conduct research in the archive and activate the vision of the Black radical tradition through their work.
For more information about the inaugural awardees, click here:
For more information about eligibility, click here:
Meet our Visiting Researchers
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Leah Cowan
UK-based Independent Researcher
Feminist and abolitionist community media since the 1980s with focus on the work of Elizabeth P. Robinson
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Ashley May
Brown University
Exploration of Ethiopian revolution and diasporic movements within the Black Radical Tradition
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Steven Osuna
California State University, Long Beach
Cedric J. Robinson’s analysis of racial capitalism and U.S. imperialism in Central America in the “dirty wars” of the 1980s-1990s
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Mridula Sharma
University of Manchester
Examination of Palestinian liberation struggles and internationalism through South African revolutionary print culture
