Sladja Blažan

Writer and a professor of Anglophone literatures and culture currently based in Berlin and Germany. Author of Ghosts and Their Hosts: The Colonization of the Invisible World in Early America.

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Jun 8, 2025 • 53min

Sladja Blažan, "Ghosts and Their Hosts: The Colonization of the Invisible World in Early America" (University of Virginia Press, 2025)

In this conversation, Sladja Blažan, a Berlin-based professor and author, unpacks the eerie influence of ghost stories in early America. She reveals how these tales shaped political ideologies and racial anxieties while justifying colonialism. Blažan critiques traditional views that see ghosts as symbols of justice, instead arguing they upheld existing hierarchies. The discussion connects cultural exchanges between Europe and America, exploring the role of ghosts in constructing identities and the haunting legacies that still resonate today.

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