Office Location: 118 Gray Building, Durham, NC 27708
Office Phone: +1 919 423 1911
Email Address: joseph.winters@duke.edu
Web Page: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UGt-_gLPIE&list=PLgBIp6MpvvCNr6moOHOuN54db_xB3kV_5&index=4

Teaching (Spring, 2024):

• Aaas 499s.01, Senior seminar Synopsis

  Friedl bdg 216, M 10:20 AM-12:50 PM

• Aaas 602s.01, Blackness,social death,sacred Synopsis

  Friedl bdg 240, W 03:20 PM-05:50 PM

Education:

Ph.D., Princeton University

Specialties:

Religion
Culture
American Religious History

My research interests lie at the intersection of modern religious thought, African American religious thought, and critical theory. My work contributes to recent endeavors to re-imagine and expand our understanding of black religion, black piety, and black cultural practices. Using a dialogical approach, I examine black religious and literary thought in conversation with critical theory and continental philosophy. My research also draws from theories and approaches to religious studies. My first book, Hope Draped in Black: Race, Melancholy, and the Agony of Progress (Duke UP, 2016) challenges racial progress narratives by examining the relationship between remembrance, loss, and hope in black literature and aesthetic practices.

Curriculum Vitae

Representative Publications

1. Zamalin, A; Winters, JR; Olson, A; Njoya, W. Toni Morrison and political theory.  Contemporary Political Theory 19.4 (December, 2020): 704-729. [doi]