Dartmouth Events

#SayHerName: Intersectionality and Violence Against Black Women

Salamishah Tillet Henry Rutgers Professor of African American Studies and Creative Writing, Rutgers University, Newark "Self-Care as an Act of Political Warfare"

Thursday, July 18, 2019
4:30pm – 6:00pm
Filene Auditorium, Moore Building
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Lectures & Seminars

From #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter to #SayHerName: Intersectionality and Violence Against Black Women

Convened by Shatema Threadcraft (Government) and Susan Brison (Philosophy).

 

July 9 at 4:30pm in Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall

  • "Black Feminist Responses to Gender Violence: The Case for Abolition Politics and Praxis"
  • Beth Ritchie (University of Illinois at Chicago)

 

July 9 at 6pm in Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall

  • "From Margin to Center: Our Journeys to Academic Leadership"
  • Laurel Richie (Chair, Board of Trustees, Dartmouth College)

 

July 11 at 4:30pm in 3 Rockefeller Center

  • "The Future of Black Feminism (In Theory)"
  • Brittney Cooper (Rutgers)

 

July 18 at 4:30pm in Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall

  • "Self-Care as an Act of Political Warfare"
  • Salamishah Tillet (Rutgers)

 

July 25 at 4:30pm in Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall

  • "Presente! On black/trans (im)possibilities of proximity, intimacy, and togetherness"
  • Dora Santana (John Jay College, CUNY)

 

August 1 at 4:30pm in Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall

  • "From #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter to #SayHerName: Centering Black Women and Girls"
  • Kimberle Crenshaw (Columbia University and University of California, LA)

 

August 8 at 4:30pm in Filene Auditorium, Moore Hall

  • "Beyond the 'Now': Epistemic Oppression and the 'Common' Sense of Mass Incarceration"
  • Kristie Dotson (Michigan State University)

 

#SayHerName Summer Speaker Series co-sponsored by Office of the President, Office of the Provost, Office of the Dean of Faculty, Leslie Center for the Humanities, Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies, African and African American Studies, Department of Philosophy, Department of Government

For more information, contact:
Kelly Palmer
(603) 646-3378

Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.