Inaugural Lecture: Professor Kate Dossett
- Date: Wednesday 23 October 2024, 17:30 – 19:30
- Location: Clothworkers Centenary Concert Hall, Music
- Type: Inaugural lectures
- Cost: Free
The School of History invites you to join us for Professor Dossett's inaugural lecture, entitled 'Changing the Script: Women as History Makers'.
If you were unable to attend the live event, you can watch the recording on Youtube.
About the event
This talk considers the history of women who built archives and forged creative new ways to become history makers. Reflecting on the history of the institutions that shaped my own learning experiences as a young white woman researching Black women’s history in predominantly male, white History departments in the early 2000s and, in conversation with some of the brilliant women I’ve worked with, we’ll explore how, together, we can change the script which positions those marginalized by gender, sexuality, race and class on the sidelines of history.
This event will be introduced by Professor Andrea Major, and in conversation with Nicole Butler, Dr Laura King, Dr Claire Martin and Dr Olivia Wright.
About Professor Dossett
Kate is Professor of American History at the University of Leeds where she researches and teaches Women’s History and Black Studies. She is the author of two prize-winning monographs: Radical Black Theatre in the New Deal (University of North Carolina Press, 2020) and Bridging Race Divides: Black Feminist, Nationalism and Integrationism, 1896-1935 (University Press of Florida, 2008). You can find out more about her work here.
Image credit
Image copyright Jacky Fleming, used with permission of the author.