Jaafar Aksikas is a Moroccan-born American academic, activist, media personality and
cultural critic
A cultural critic is a critic of a given culture, usually as a whole. Cultural criticism has significant overlap with social and cultural theory. While such criticism is simply part of the self-consciousness of the culture, the social positions of ...
. He is currently Professor of
Cultural Studies and Media Studies at
Columbia College Chicago, United States, where he teaches at the intersection of politics, media and culture. He is also President and CEO of the Institute for Global Arab Media, Democracy and Culture. He was also President of the
Cultural Studies Association
The Cultural Studies Association (CSA) was founded in 2003 and is a non-profit membership association for scientific purposes in the field and discipline of cultural studies. Located in Chicago, IL, USA, the CSA is headed by an executive committee ...
(2014-2016). He holds a Ph.D in
Cultural Studies from
George Mason University, an MA in the Humanities from
Al Akhawayn University
Al Akhawayn University ( ar, جامعة الأخوين, Berber: ''Tasdawit En Wawmaten'') is an independent, public, not-for-profit, coeducational university located in Ifrane, Morocco, from the imperial city of Fez, in the Middle Atlas Mou ...
, Morocco, and a B.A. in English Language and Literature from
Chouaib Doukkali University, Morocco. His teaching, research and activism are at the intersection of media, politics, law and culture. His books and edited volumes include:
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His other publications include:
Culture Industries: Critical Interventions (2011) an inaugural special journal issue on the culture and media industries for the journal Lateral.
a special journal issue on engaged and community-based forms of cultural studies scholarship for the journal Lateral.
He is also the Editor of th
Cultural Studies and Marxismbook series for the international publisher Rowman & Littlefield International (2015–present).
His work has appeared in several scholarly journals, including ''
Cultural Studies'', ''Reviews in Cultural Theory'', ''Lateral'', ''
Mediterranean Politics'', and ''Cultuur en Migratie''. Aksikas has taught and published widely in the fields of Cultural Studies, media/culture industry studies, critical legal studies, American Studies, and Middle Eastern Studies. He also serves on the editorial boards of ''Cultural Studies'' and ''Lateral'' journals. He has received numerous awards, including the George Mason University VISION Award (2003) and the Marquis Who is Who in America award (2010). He also holds membership at the
Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars.
He is also the Founding General Editor o
Cultural Landscapes the Founding Coordinator of the Cultural Studies Colloquium Series at Columbia College Chicago, and he serves as a member of the Illinois Network on Islam and Muslim Societies. He also serves as consultant for lawyers and the media on Middle Eastern and North African societies, cultures and politics.
External links
Personal websiteCultural Studies Association siteThe New Project of Cultural Studies
Interview with Liz Andrews
Cultural Studies and Marxism
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Cultural critics
Marxist writers
1974 births
Columbia College Chicago faculty
Living people
Cultural academics
American people of Moroccan descent