Thursday,
January 21:
“Empiricism and Freedom in Early African American Culture”
Britt Rusert holds a Ph.D. in English from Duke University and is an assistant professor in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Currently, she is a visiting associate research scholar and visiting assistant professor in the English Department at Princeton University.
Monday, January 25: “‘Democracy in the Teeth of Fascism’: Total War and the Crisis of the Black Soldier in Ralph Ellison’s War Writings”
Christine Hong holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Berkeley and is currently an assistant professor of literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Wednesday, January 27: “From Borderlands to Harlem: Sites of Convergence in Multiethnic American Literatures”
Emily Lutenski holds a Ph.D. in English and Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan and is currently an assistant professor in American Studies at St. Louis University.
Thursday, January 28: “(Dis)locating ‘Sonny’s Blues’ through Embodied Performance”
Rashida Braggs holds a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University as well as an M.S. in Mass Communications from Boston University and is currently an assistant professor of Africana Studies at Williams College.
Friday, January 29: “John Brown’s Bed: A Queer Historiography”
Lauren Heintz holds a Ph.D. in literature from the University of California, San Diego and is currently a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the English Department at Tulane University.
Monday, February 1: “Outlaws, Hobos, and Radicals: Recovering the Black Marxism of Ralph Ellison’s 1930s Fiction”
Nathaniel Mills holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Michigan and is currently an assistant professor of English at California State University, Northridge.
Britt Rusert holds a Ph.D. in English from Duke University and is an assistant professor in the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Currently, she is a visiting associate research scholar and visiting assistant professor in the English Department at Princeton University.
Monday, January 25: “‘Democracy in the Teeth of Fascism’: Total War and the Crisis of the Black Soldier in Ralph Ellison’s War Writings”
Christine Hong holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Berkeley and is currently an assistant professor of literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Wednesday, January 27: “From Borderlands to Harlem: Sites of Convergence in Multiethnic American Literatures”
Emily Lutenski holds a Ph.D. in English and Women’s Studies from the University of Michigan and is currently an assistant professor in American Studies at St. Louis University.
Thursday, January 28: “(Dis)locating ‘Sonny’s Blues’ through Embodied Performance”
Rashida Braggs holds a Ph.D. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University as well as an M.S. in Mass Communications from Boston University and is currently an assistant professor of Africana Studies at Williams College.
Friday, January 29: “John Brown’s Bed: A Queer Historiography”
Lauren Heintz holds a Ph.D. in literature from the University of California, San Diego and is currently a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in the English Department at Tulane University.
Monday, February 1: “Outlaws, Hobos, and Radicals: Recovering the Black Marxism of Ralph Ellison’s 1930s Fiction”
Nathaniel Mills holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Michigan and is currently an assistant professor of English at California State University, Northridge.
