Lewis d’Avigdor
Lecturer in Indigenous Studies

Lewis d’AvigdorLewis d’Avigdor received his PhD in history at Cornell University in 2023, where his work focused
on the intersection of decolonization and histories of social science. His areas of research include
Colonialism and Decolonization, Indigenous Studies, Black Studies, and the U.S in the World. His
current book project, The Brokers of Culture: Decolonization and Modernization in Black Social Thought,
investigates African American ideological and material investment in Africa in the midcentury. He
has published on global Black Power and Indigenous movements and on participatory democracy.
He previously worked as a lawyer in administrative law in Sydney, Australia.

 

Spring 2025 teaching:

EMR 173: Indigeneity Against Settler-Colonialism | Mondays 3-5:45 PM