Vexed Histories: Rethinking Trajectories of Black Studies, Ethnic Studies, & Women's Studies
Presenter:
Dr. Nick Mitchell, African American Studies
Presenter2:
Ziza Delgado, Ethnic Studies
Date:
Thursday, April 12, 2012 - 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Location:
691 Barrows
VEXED HISTORIES: RETHINKING THE TRAJECTORIES OF BLACK STUDIES, ETHNIC STUDIES, & WOMEN'S STUDIES
Slavery, Gender, and Colonialism
speakers:
Professor Ugo Nwokeji, African American Studies
& Alejandra Dubcovsky, History
History is frequently depicted in textbooks on a macro-scale. For example, the “history” of early colonial America may be interpreted as a power struggle between competing English, French, and Spanish interests (amongst the dominant players of the time) each vying with one another economically and militarily for a controlling stake in the “New World.”
