GUSP Workshop 09/13/2019

Fri, September 13, 2019 3:00 PM - Fri, September 13, 2019 4:00 PM at 457 Berkey Hall

Mapping Black Imaginaries and Geographies: African-American Visions of Freedom and Property in the United States

Professor Julian Chambliss
 
Julian Chambliss
Professor of English
Core Faculty in the Consortium for Critical Diversity in a Digital Age Research (CEDAR)

Date: Friday, September 13th
Time: 3:00pm-4:00pm
Location: 457 Berkey Hall
 
ABSTRACT
In the presentation, Julian Chambliss, Professor of English and Core Faculty in the Consortium for Critical Diversity in a Digital Age Research (CEDAR) will discuss public digital humanities projects exploring African-American community’s development after Reconstruction United States. In this crucial period, African-American visions of property citizenship shaped crucial decisions that resonate in contemporary debates about the displacement.