Dr Kodwo Eshun
Dr Kodwo Eshun specialises in Black Studies, Anglophone Pan-Africanisms, the essay film and diasporic futurisms.
Staff details
Dr Kodwo Eshun specialises in critical theories and contemporary artistic practices with particular reference to modern and contemporary Black Studies, Anglophone Pan-African internationalisms, histories, theories and practices of the essay film, militant cinema, experimental documentary, diasporic science fictions and alternative futurisms.
Research interests
Critical theories and research practices with particular reference to modern and contemporary Black Studies, Anglophone Pan-African internationalisms, histories, theories and practices of the essay film, militant cinema, experimental documentary, diasporic science fictions and alternative futurisms.
Publications and research outputs
Book
- More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction (2nd edition) Eshun, Kodwo. 2025. More Brilliant than the Sun: Adventures in Sonic Fiction (2nd edition). London: Verso. ISBN 9781784786724
- Plus Brilliant que le soleil: Aventures en fiction sonore Eshun, Kodwo. 2023. Plus Brilliant que le soleil: Aventures en fiction sonore. Paris: Philharmonie de Paris Editions. ISBN 9791094642627
- Mais brillante que el sol: Incursiones en la Ficción Sónica Eshun, Kodwo. 2018. Mais brillante que el sol: Incursiones en la Ficción Sónica. Buenos Aires: Caja Negra Editora. ISBN 9789871622634
Edited Book
- Arrows of Desire: Peter Wollen Selected Writings 1963-2002 Eshun, Kodwo; Fuke, Oliver and Nicolas, Helm- Grovas, eds. 2026. Arrows of Desire: Peter Wollen Selected Writings 1963-2002. London: Verso.
- Fire and Ice: Peter Wollen Selected Writings 1960-2004 Eshun, Kodwo; Fuke, Oliver and Helm-Grovas, Nicolas, eds. 2026. Fire and Ice: Peter Wollen Selected Writings 1960-2004. London: Verso.
- Knight's Moves: Peter Wollen Selected Writings 1966-2003 Eshun, Kodwo; Fuke, Oliver and Helm- Grovas, Nicolas, eds. 2026. Knight's Moves: Peter Wollen Selected Writings 1966-2003. London: Verso.
Edited Journal
- The Militant Image: A Ciné-Geography Eshun, Kodwo and Gray, Ros, eds. 2011. The Militant Image: A Ciné-Geography, Third Text, 25(1). 0952-8822
Book Section
- 'The Struggle Against This Colonial Barrage': Listening for Black Industrialism in the Theoretical Positions of Black Audio Film Collective circa 1986 Eshun, Kodwo. 2024. 'The Struggle Against This Colonial Barrage': Listening for Black Industrialism in the Theoretical Positions of Black Audio Film Collective circa 1986. In: Marwa Arsanios; Leon Filter and Leire Vergara, eds. A Cut Through The Screen: Struggles Reverberation in Cinema. Berlin: Archive Books and Dutch Art Institute.
- To Release the Unnameable Eshun, Kodwo; Goodman, Steve and Pethick, Emily. 2024. To Release the Unnameable. In: Justin Barton; Myra B. Kronic and Steve Goodman, eds. Sonic Faction: Audio Essay as Medium and Method. Falmouth: Urbanomic. ISBN 9781915103123
- On the Implications of Black Studies for Counter-Forensics and Counter-Forensics for Black Studies Eshun, Kodwo. 2024. On the Implications of Black Studies for Counter-Forensics and Counter-Forensics for Black Studies. In: Ricardo Badano; Tomas Percival and Susan Schuppli, eds. Militant Media. Leipzig: Spector Books, pp. 23-38. ISBN 9783959056878
Article
- It may be useful to assume the policeman’s perspective now and then Eshun, Kodwo and Sagar, Anjali. 2014. It may be useful to assume the policeman’s perspective now and then. Black Collectivities NKA: Journal of Contemporary African Art, ISSN 1075-7163x
- Further Considerations on Afrofuturism Eshun, Kodwo. 2003. Further Considerations on Afrofuturism. CR The New Centennial Review, 3(2), pp. 287-302. ISSN 15396630
Conference or Workshop Item
- Thinking with Dub Cinema: Echoes of Dissent Vol. 3 Eshun, Kodwo; Henderson, Louis and Denise, Lynee. 2024. 'Thinking with Dub Cinema: Echoes of Dissent Vol. 3'. In: Thinking with Dub Cinema: Echoes of Dissent Vol. 3. Courtisane Festival, Ghent, Belgium 27- 30 March 2024.
- Kodwo Eshun in conversation with Marianne Keating. Eshun, Kodwo and Keating, Marianne. 2024. 'Kodwo Eshun in conversation with Marianne Keating.'. In: Kodwo Eshun in conversation with Marianne Keating. The Showroom, London, United Kingdom 10 January 2024.
- The Otolith Group with Denise Ferreira da Silva Eshun, Kodwo; Sagar, Anjalika and Ferreira da Silva, Denise. 2023. 'The Otolith Group with Denise Ferreira da Silva'. In: The Franklin Humanities Institute Climate Change, Decolonisation and Global Blackness Lab. Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, United States 14 September 2023.
Art Object
- We become an ode opening its windows to be recited Eshun, Kodwo. 2024. We become an ode opening its windows to be recited.
- look upon our land through the speech of stars Eshun, Kodwo. 2024. look upon our land through the speech of stars.
- We will alight onto ourselves and return if we should awaken Eshun, Kodwo. 2024. We will alight onto ourselves and return if we should awaken.
Exhibition Catalogue
- The Otolith Group. Xenogenesis Eshun, Kodwo; Sagar, Anjalika and Morley, Megs. 2021. The Otolith Group. Xenogenesis.
- The Otolith Group: Xenogenesis Short Guide Eshun, Kodwo. 2019. The Otolith Group: Xenogenesis Short Guide.
- World 3 Eshun, Kodwo. 2015. World 3.
Film/Video
- What the Owl Knows Eshun, Kodwo. 2022. What the Owl Knows.
- ZONE 2 Eshun, Kodwo. 2020. ZONE 2.
- Peter Wollen - Writing, Politics, Film Eshun, Kodwo; Mulvey, Laura and Russell, Wendy. 2020. Peter Wollen - Writing, Politics, Film.
Show/Exhibition
- What the Owl Knows Eshun, Kodwo and Sagar, Anjalika. 2024. What the Owl Knows. In: "What the Owl Knows", Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy, 19 March - 2 June 2024.
- We will move to the land of birds as a flock of previous humans Eshun, Kodwo and Sagar, Anjalika. 2024. We will move to the land of birds as a flock of previous humans. In: "We will move to the land of birds as a flock of previous humans", greengrassi, London, United Kingdom, 20 January - 2 March 2024.
- ...But There are New Suns Eshun, Kodwo and Sagar, Anjalika. 2023. ...But There are New Suns. In: "...But There Are New Suns.", Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art and Design, United Kingdom, 13 October - 16 December 2023.