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. <a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/professor-kate-dossetts-inaugural-lecture-changing-the-script-women-as-history-makers-tickets-1012625017687?aff=oddtdtcreator">Registration via Eventbrite for in-person or online attendance</a>
The School of History invites you to join us for Professor Dossett's inaugural lecture, entitled 'Changing the Script: Women as History Makers'.
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.
How to attend
This is a free public event and all are welcome. The hour-long lecture will be followed by a buffet reception and drinks.
Registration is not essential, but you are encouraged to sign up via Eventbrite to reserve an in-person place (so we have an idea of numbers for catering purposes) or an online place (so that we can send you the link for streaming).
Online attendees will be able to stream the lecture live on Youtube.
For more information please contact history@leeds.ac.uk
Image credit
Image copyright Jacky Fleming, used with permission of the author.