# Ato Quayson
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ato quayson (born 26 August 1961) is a Ghanaian literary critic and Professor of English at Stanford University. He was formerly a Professor of English at New York University (NYU), and before that was University Professor of English and inaugural Director of the Centre for Diaspora Studies at the University of Toronto. His writings on African literature, postcolonial studies, disability studies, urban studies and in literary theory have been widely published.
Africa's Diasporas: a continental longing for form?
Contributor(s): Professor Ato Quayson
Africa's Diasporas: a continental longing for form?
Contributor(s): Professor Ato Quayson
Africa's Diasporas: a continental longing for form?
Contributor(s): Professor Ato Quayson
Africa's Diasporas: a continental longing for form?
Contributor(s): Professor Ato Quayson
Africa's Diasporas: a continental longing for form?
Contributor(s): Professor Ato Quayson
Africa's Diasporas: a continental longing for form?
Contributor(s): Professor Ato Quayson
Africa's Diasporas: a continental longing for form?
Contributor(s): Professor Ato Quayson
Comforting Conversations, pt.1
In troubling, uncertain times, the arts and humanities are more important than ever. Engaging with works of literature can provide both much needed insight into our current struggles and a sense of perspective in a crisis. In what ways do novels or plays help us come to terms with human suffering? …
Tragedy and Postcolonial Literature with Ato Quayson
In this show Robert Harrison and Ato Quayson discuss tragedy and postcolonial literature (the topic of Professor Quayson’s 2021 book of the same title). Ato Quayson is the Jean G. and Morris M. Dolye Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and English at Stanford University, and chair of the Departm…
The complex legacy of the first European 'slave castle'
Elmina is a place in Ghana that poet Sarpong Osei Asamoah describes as a "two-sided wonder." A bustling, lively fishing town in contrast to the painful history of a 400 year old 'slave castle' — a UNESCO World Heritage site. Historically, it's considered 'ground zero' for global economic and racial…
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