Creolistes, a loose-knit, affiliation of writers, artists, folklorists, activists and would-be politicians in Martinique and Guadeloupe, engages the dissertation of Lucien Taylor, a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Anthropology. In a study entitled Creolite: The Anatomy of an Antillean Intellectual Movement, Taylor explores the notion of the “postcolonial intellectual,” a category he sees as invented in the met ropolis rather than the (post-) colony and one whose authority and authenticity are rarely challenged. The dissertation will be an “unsparing study” of the Creoliste’s own practices and powers, as well as an examination of how they are perceived by others. Lucien Taylor will hold the Irving and Jean Stone Fellowship at the Townsend Center.