Lucas (Luke) Williams

Luke Williams is a scholar, artist, organizer, and critic of twentieth and twenty-first century Black performance and visual cultures. His work, which spans embodiment, racial capitalism, and the aesthetics of the Black radical imagination, focuses on Black Diasporic art in the Americas and broader Atlantic world. Luke earned his PhD in Modern Thought & Literature at Stanford University.  His in-progress manuscript, In the Black: Figures of Racial Capitalism examines the practices of four Black emerging artists in the California Bay Area as they navigate the pressures of racial capitalism in the art market.

Currently, he is an assistant professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at The University of Texas at Austin.

Find more information on Luke’s scholarship, artistic work, and educational organizing at LukeWilliamsPhD.com