“The Art of Recovering Black History”; Discussion with P. Gabrielle Foreman, 2021 Watson Professor
P. Gabrielle Foreman, the 2021 Jeannette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities, will participate in a virtual discussion with Petrina Jackson, Director of Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center, on Friday, October 22 from 1 to 2:30 p.m. on the topic “Go Back and Get It: The Art of Recovering Black History.” Those interested in attending can register in advance.
The conversation will be organized around relevant images of Black activism and women in the 19th century from objects in Syracuse University Libraries’ Special Collections Research Center. Approaching these historical materials from both sides of the desk–as an archivist and a researcher– Foreman and Jackson will examine archival silences and possibilities for uncovering and documenting Black activism over time.
This discussion is one in a series of Syracuse University Humanities Center planned public activities for Fall 2021. Other events featuring P. Gabrielle Foreman this fall include:
- September 29: “Poetic Vessels: Dave the Potter and The Arts of Black History”
- October 8: “Know Your Value/s: Strategies for Success and Sustenance in Higher Education”
- December 2: “A Declaration of Our Wrongs and Rights: Syracuse’s Star-Studded 1864 National Convention and a New Era of Black Organizing”
Foreman has a long-standing commitment to the intersection of Black digital humanities, race, and public history. She is co-director of the Center for Black Digital Research/#DigBlk, professor of English, African American Studies and History, and Paterno Family Chair of Liberal Arts at Pennsylvania State University. She is also founding director of The Colored Conventions Project and senior Library Fellow and affiliate faculty at The University of Delaware.
The Jeannette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities was established by the Watson family to support on-campus residencies of prominent humanities scholars, writers and artists.
This year’s residency is hosted by Dorri Beam, Director of Graduate Studies and Associate Professor of English; Joan Bryant, Associate Professor of African American Studies; Petrina Jackson, Director of the Special Collections Research Center; and Patricia Roylance, Associate Professor of English. It is supported by the Jeannette K. Watson Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities initiative of the Syracuse University Humanities Center.