About
T.J. Tallie is an Assistant Professor of History in the Department of History at the University of San Diego. He completed his PhD in history at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign under the direction of Dr. Antoinette Burton. His research interests include imperialism, settler colonialism, indigeneity, African history, gender studies, queer theory, and religion.
Current Work:
Dr Tallie's work examines questions of gender, belonging, and indigeneity in nineteenth-century settler colonial contexts. His book, Queering Colonial Natal: Indigeneity and the Violence of Belonging in Southern Africa (University of Minnesota Press, 2019), specifically focuses on the nineteenth-century southern African colony of Natal, a contested space between British settlers, isiZulu-speaking Africans, and Indian migrants. In Queering Colonial Natal, Tallie uses queer theory and critical indigenous studies examine how discourses of European civilization underpinned colonial legislation that policed white settler behavior and attempted to consign indigenous Africans and Indian migrants to subservient positions within Natal.
Research Area Keyword(s):
imperialism; indigeneity; queer studies; settler colonialism; Africa
