Obama and Race

Richard H. King is Professor Emeritus in the Department of American and Canadian Studies at the University of Nottingham, UK. He is author of Race, Culture and the Intellectuals, 1940-1970 (2004) and co-editor of Hannah Arendt and the Uses of History (2007, with Dan Stone). He is currently working on The American Arendt, a study of the influence of Hannah Arendt on American (and contemporary) thought and the impact living in America had upon Arendt and her work.

• 1. Obama and race: culture, history, politics Richard H. King, University of Nottingham, UK 2. The riddle of race Emily Bernard, University of Vermont, USA 3. ‘A curious relationship’: Barack Obama, the 1960s and the election of 2008 Brian Ward, University of Manchester, UK 4. Barack Hussein Obama: the use of history in the creation of an ‘American’ president George Lewis, University of Leicester, UK 5. Becoming black, becoming president Richard H. King, University of Nottingham, UK 6. Two great days in Harlem Carmel King, freelance photographer, UK 7. How to read Michelle Obama Maria Lauret, Sussex University, UK 8. Barack Obama and the American island of the colour blind Peter Kuryla, Belmont University, USA 9. Barack Obama as the post-racial candidate for a post-racial America: perspectives from Asian America and Hawaii Jonathan Y. Okamura, University of Hawaii, USA 10. Barack Obama and the South: demography as electoral opportunity Donald W. Beachler, Ithaca College, USA 11. Teaching Obama: history, critical race theory and social work education Damon Freeman, University of Pennsylvania, USA