The Transnational Studies Reading and Working Group (TSRWG)

The Transnational Studies Reading and Working Group (TSRWG) facilitates scholarly exchange between faculty members of our Department of English and those of other departments on the history, directions, and potentials of the field of transnational studies. The group intends to reach these objectives through meetings and conversations on bibliographies, articles, books, films, music, and other resources that will expand our knowledge of the cutting-edge field of transnational studies and allow us to better help our students, who have similar interests, take part in the conversations.

While it will be housed in the English Department, the TSRWG intends to be an inclusive group and will, thus, invite faculty and students of various departments and disciplines from across Kent State University, who do research on or are interested in transnational studies, to join the research collective. Moreover, instead of being a top-down model with ideas and directives coming from any singular entity, the TSRWG will be a bottom-up model of inquiry in which faculty members themselves define the meaning of transnational studies and the objectives and orientations of the group.

Please address any questions to Dr. Babacar M'Baye, who is one of the group's facilitators, at the following email address:

bmbaye@kent.edu

The group’s address is:

http://tsrwg.blogspot.com/

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Babacar M'Baye, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Department of English and Department of Panafrican Studies
(Office Address)
113 Satterfield Hall
Kent State University
Kent, OH 44240
Tel: 330-672-1742
Fax: 330-672-3152
bmbaye@kent.edu