Charles V. Carnegie is the author of Postnationalism Prefigured: Caribbean Borderlands and Treasurer of Small Axe Inc. His current project on contemporary Kingston has so far yielded a number of essays published in Social and Economic Studies, Small Axe, the online forum, Public Opinion and elsewhere.
Charles V. Carnegie is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Anthropology at Bates College. His work focuses on identity categories and on issues of nationalism and transnationalism. He is the author of Postnationalism Prefigured: Caribbean Borderlands (Rutgers University Press, 2002), co-editor with Samuel Martinez of “Crossing Borders of Language and Culture,” a theme issue of Small Axe no. 19 (2006), and editor of Afro-Caribbean Villages in Historical Perspective (African Caribbean Institute of Jamaica, 1987). Other essays and reviews have appeared in various edited collections and scholarly journals. Professor Carnegie served as director of the African-Caribbean Institute of Jamaica from 1987-1991 and has led several study abroad programs in Jamaica. He serves on the editorial board of as well as essays and reviews in a number of scholarly journals. He has led several study abroad programs in Jamaica and currently serves on the editorial board of Transforming Anthropology.