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Allison Blakely

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Allison Blakely

Profile

Gender
Male
Nationality
United States
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
historian, educator, author, professor
Active Years
1971-
Affiliations
Howard University, Boston University, Phi Beta Kappa Society

Education

University of Oregon
Country: United States
Listed as one of his undergraduate institutions. Exact graduation year unknown.
University of California, Berkeley
History
Degree: M.A., Ph.D.
Country: United States
Reported to have received an M.A. and Ph.D.; exact years not specified.

Awards

American Book Award
1988
Organization: Before Columbus Foundation
Result: 受賞
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
Result: 受賞
Mellon Fellowship
Result: 受賞
Fulbright-Hays Fellowship
Result: 受賞
Ford Foundation Fellowship
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Blacks in the Dutch World: The Evolution of Racial Imagery in a Modern Society

2001 history / race studies

A scholarly study examining the historical evolution of racial imagery in Dutch society and how representations of Black people were formed.

racecolonialismDutch historyrepresentation

Russia and the Negro: Blacks in Russian history and thought

1986 history / intellectual history

Traces the treatment and perception of Black people in Russian history and thought, analyzing the formation of racial attitudes in Russian society.

raceRussian historyintellectual history

The Socialist Revolutionary Party, 1901-1907: the populist response to the industrialization of Russia

1971 history / political history

An academic study analyzing the Socialist Revolutionary Party (1901–1907) in Russia and popular responses to industrialization.

Russian revolutionsocialismindustrialization

Bibliography

  • Blacks in the Dutch World: The Evolution of Racial Imagery in a Modern Society (2001)
  • Russia and the Negro: Blacks in Russian history and thought (1986)
  • The Socialist Revolutionary Party, 1901-1907: the populist response to the industrialization of Russia (1971)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
scholarly, analytical proseclose examination of primary sources and intellectual-historical texts
Recurring Motifs
race and representationeffects of empire and colonialismcomparative historical perspectives (Europe and Russia)

Legacy

A historian who has contributed to modern race studies and comparative history. Influential through long teaching and research at Howard University, continued teaching at Boston University, and serving as president of Phi Beta Kappa.

Academic Societies

  • Phi Beta Kappa Society

Archives

  • VIAF (Virtual International Authority File) authority records
  • Library of Congress authority records

Trivia

  • Served as president of the Phi Beta Kappa Society from 2006 to 2009.
  • Listed as a 1988 American Book Award winner (specific awarded work not specified here due to source variation).
  • Taught at Howard University from 1971 to 2001 (30 years).