In tandem with the theme of Black History Month, "Celebrating our Sisters, Saluting our Sisters, and Honouring Matriarchs of Movements", this panel discussion analyses the role of black women in social, cultural and political movements historically and in our times.
Meet our speakers and chair
Mame-Fatou Niang () is Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies at the Carnegie Mellon University. She is the author of Identités Françaises, the co-author of Universalisme, and the founder and Director of the Center for Black European Studies and the Atlantic. She conducts research on economies of the living/living economy, blackness in contemporary France, and French universalism.
SM Rodriguez () is Assistant Professor at the Department of Gender Studies at ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳. They have previously served in appointments at Hoftra University, Stony Brook University, the State University of New York, and as Director of LGBTQ+ Studies at Hofstra University. They are the author of The Economies of Queer Inclusion: transnational organizing for LGBTI rights in Uganda, and the forthcoming, Abolition in the Academy: scholar-activists in the global movement for penal abolition.
Joanna Lewis () is the Chair for the ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ Centre for Women, Peace and Security. She is a historian of Africa. Her latest publication, (2021, Hurst), is a study of resilience after conflict through the experiences of Somali women refugees and their community in the London diaspora.
More about this event
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