David Theo Goldberg (born January 8, 1952) is a South African professor working in the United States, known for his work in

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, the

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, and the state of the university. Goldberg was born and raised in South Africa, and earned degrees in economics, politics, and philosophy from the

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. Moving to the United States, he earned a PhD in philosophy from the

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in 1985. While completing his PhD, he co-founded Metafilms, a film and music-video production company; among other things, it produced an award winning film on Robben Island and the music video for

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's ''

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''. Goldberg pursued a full-time academic career in 1987. From 1990 to 2000, he was professor at

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, where he directed the School of Justice Studies from 1995 to 2000. Since 2000, he has been director of the systemwide

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. He is also Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and Anthropology at the

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Research and projects

Goldberg is a leading scholar of

and has delivered invited lectures on this subject at universities across the world (listen to
KPFA interview
. His work is the subject of "On the State of Race Theory: A Conversation with David Theo Goldberg". Goldberg's extensive research ranges over issues of political theory, race and racism, ethics, law and society, critical theory, cultural studies, digital humanities, and university studies. Together with

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, then of

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, and Kevin Franklin who at that time worked for UCHRI, Goldberg founded the Humanities, Arts, Science and Technology Advanced Collaboratory (

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) to advance partnerships between the human sciences, arts, social sciences and technology and supercomputing interests for advancing research, teaching and public outreach. Davidson and Goldberg have published essays promoting the creative and dynamic use of digital technologies to advance research, teaching and learning in the humanities, arts, and social sciences. Goldberg was the executive director of the MacArthur Digital Media and Learning Research Hub at UC Irvine, and he directed the Digital Media and Learning Competition, an annual international contest awarding up to $2m per year to promote transformative learning practices through the application of digital technology. For this work, he was recognized both by the World Technology Network (with Cathy Davidson) and President Bill Clinton at the Clinton Global Initiative (with the MacArthur Foundation's Connie Yowell, and the Mozilla Foundation's Mark Surman).

Books and publications

Goldberg has authored a number of books, including: ''Are We All Postracial Yet?'' (2015); ''Sites of Race'' (2014); ''The Future of Thinking: Learning Institutions in a Digital Age'' (2009); ''The Future of Learning Institutions in a Digital Age'' (2009); ''The Threat of Race'' (2008); ''The Racial State'' (2002); ''Racial Subjects: Writing on Race in America'' (1997); ''Racist Culture: Philosophy and the Politics of Meaning'' (1993); and ''Ethical Theory and Social Issues: Historical Texts and Contemporary Readings'' (1989/1995). He has edited or co-edited several collections, including ''Anatomy of Racism'' (1990); ''Jewish Identity'' (1993); and ''Multiculturalism: A Critical Reader'' (1995); ''A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies'' (2002); ''Between Law and Culture'' (2002); ''Postcolonialism: A Reader'' (2005); ''A Companion to Gender Studies (2005)''; ''Race Critical Theories'' (2007); and was the founding co-editor of ''Social Identities: Journal for the Study of Race, Nation and Culture''. Goldberg is also the creator of the online digital project Blue Velvet: Re-Dressing New Orleans in Katrina's Wake, an interactive look at the effects of

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on the city of New Orleans based on his article "Deva-stating Disasters: Race in the Shadow(s) of New Orleans."Goldberg, David Theo “Deva-stating Disasters: Race in the Shadow(s) of New Orleans,” Du Bois Review 3:1 (2006).

References

External links

UC Irvine faculty profile''Contemporary Racisms: David Theo Goldberg and Paul Gilroy''

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''Threat of Race website''''Blue Velvet website''
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