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First Fridays
Emory College and the James Weldon Johnson Institute present First Fridays: Emory Faculty Scholarship on Race. Emory professors will share their latest research on topics related to race, difference and equity.
Presentations take place at 12pm on the first Friday of each month in Convocation Hall. Lunch is provided and an RSVP is requested.
Schedule of Events
November 3, 2023- "Asia, Asian America, and Emory: The American South in the Transpacific World"
Chris Suh
Assistant Professor, History
December 1, 2023- “Enslaved Archives: Slavery, Law, and the Production of the Past”
Maria Montalvo
Assistant Professor, History
February 2, 2024- “Empty Chairs at the Dinner Table: Racial Inequities in Exposure to Household Member Deaths”
Angela Dixon, PhD
Assistant Professor, Sociology
March 1, 2024- “Afro-Latin Feminism, Fugitive Worldmaking, and Histories of Marronage”
Aisha Finch
Associate Professor, Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
April 26, 2024- “We Are Also Here. Maya Migrant Stories from Turtle Island”
Emil’ Keme (K’iche’ Maya)
Professor, English and Indigenous Studies