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Twenty Years Of Studying Slavery And The University: What Now?
February 17, 2022 @ 6:00 pm
Examining histories of race and racism in the history of higher education has become a necessary act on many college campuses. But after twenty years of these studies, have they transformed the work of our universities? With a deeper understanding of our past, what should be our goals for the future of higher education?
Lecture presented by Leslie M. Harris, professor of history and African American studies at Northwestern University.
A livestream will be available here: https://mediasite.video.ufl.edu/Mediasite/Play/3dfb4bb3272c417390a6adf9240e8e8c1d
Dr. Leslie M. Harris is Professor of History and African American Studies at Northwestern University. A specialist in Pre-Civil War African American history, she has authored or co-edited five books, including In the Shadow of Slavery: African Americans in New York City (2003) and most recently Slavery and the University: Histories and Legacies (2019, with James T. Campbell and Alfred L. Brophy).