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Caribbean Studies Reading Group: Dr. Judith Madera (Wake Forest) and Dr. Danielle Purifoy (UNC Chapel Hill)

https://www.dukeupress.edu/the-black-geographic

Speaker(s)
Dr. Judith Madera (Wake Forest) and Dr. Danielle Purifoy (UNC Chapel Hill)
Date
Fri December 15th 2023, 10:00 - 11:00am
Event Sponsor
Division of Literatures, Cultures & Languages
The Caribbean Studies Reading Group
Location
Zoom

Please join the Caribbean Studies Reading Group (CSRG) in the sixth meeting of the Graduate Foundations in Black Geographies Series with guest scholars, Dr. Judith Madera (Wake Forest) and Dr. Danielle Purifoy (UNC Chapel Hill), both of whom are contributors to The Black Geographic.

Dr. Judith Madera specializes in African American and Caribbean literatures from the eighteenth century to present. At Wake Forest she teaches classes on the topics of race, critical place studies, and Pan-American intellectual history. She regularly offers seminars in contemporary environmental movements. 

Dr. Danielle Purifoy is an assistant professor in the Department of Geography at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), and a Faculty Project Lead at the UNC Environmental Justice Action Research Clinic.

Reading Expectations:

Meeting 6 -  New Directions in Black Geographies (Dec 1 at 10am PST)

         C. Hawthorne/J.S. Lewis (editors), The Black Geographic

Read the introduction for meeting #6.

Contact Name
Matt Alexander Randolph