Black Feminist Futures: Jennifer Nash, Samantha Pinto, & Aida Levy-Hussen

915 East Washington Street,,Ann Arbor MI 48109

23 February, 2023

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Jennifer Nash (Duke University) and Samantha Pinto (University of Texas) talk with Aida Levy-Hussen, associate professor of English language and literature, about their book series, Black Feminism on the Edge and about what new and urgent scholarship in Black feminist thought can look like. About Humanities Afrofutures Presented by the Institute for the Humanities, Humanities Afrofutures is a month-long series of events at the University of Michigan bringing together scholars, artists and activists to reexamine the past, explore critical issues in the present, and create a space for imagining possible futures. Speakers include poet-activist Alexis Pauline Gumbs, Black Panther production designer Hannah Beachler, scholars Moya Bailey, Jennifer Nash, and Samantha Pinto, regional community leaders engaging in multi-faceted activist and creative work, U-M faculty, and more. Join us for Humanities Afrofutures in February 2023. All events are free and open to the public.