Curator of Literature Melina Moe interviewed current Edward W. Said Research Study Award recipient Robert P. Jackson about his research for their News from Columbia's Rare Book & Manuscript Library blog.

"Research at the RBML | Robert P. Jackson explores connections between Edward Said, Antonio Gramsci and Italian thought"

"Dr. Robert P. Jackson visited the RBML last year as part of his Edward W. Said Research Study Award. Editor of a recent volume on Gramsci’s Notebooks, Jackson brings his expertise on the Italian theorist to bear on the papers of late scholar and public intellectual Edward Said. Below, Jackson discusses some of the archival finds he made for his project, entitled ‘Edward Said as Reader of Antonio Gramsci: Postcolonial and Critical Thought in Counterpoint.’

"What brings you to Columbia’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library?"

"I was very fortunate to receive an Edward W. Said Study Award 2024 from The Society of Fellows and Heyman Center for the Humanities for my project investigating Said’s sustained engagement with the ideas of the Italian thinker Antonio Gramsci, their multi-faceted influence on Said’s work, and Said’s role in transforming contemporary understandings of Gramsci’s contributions to critical thinking...."

Read the article and full interview here.