Roots of Knowledge Speaker Series: Jenna Nigro

800 West University Parkway,Orem UT 84097

27 January, 2022

Description

Join us for a distinguished presentation by Jenna Nigro in the beautiful Roots of Knowledge stained-glass gallery! Free and open to all. “‘Woman is Born Free’: Women in the French Revolution” - Presented by Jenna NigroThe Roots of Knowledge window depicts several significant people from the revolutionary era of the late 1700s, including Madame Roland, an important figure in the history of the French Revolution. How did she participate in and shape the events of the revolution? How did other French women support the revolution? To what degree were their demands for rights successful? What was their relationship to revolutionary violence—and why did some face the guillotine? This lecture will tell the stories of several women in the French Revolution. It will highlight moments when women—through their ideas or actions—shaped the course of this important event in world history.About Jenna NigroJenna Nigro is an assistant professor of French and West African history at UVU. She has taught in UVU’s history program since 2013, including a course on the French Revolution. Her published work focuses on French imperialism in Senegal in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.______________________ Roots of Knowledge is a stained-glass panorama of history and human drama. The intricate details incorporated into every window represent years of painstaking research on the events and people that shaped humankind from the days of wooly mammoths and cavemen to the iPhone. Created by Holdman Studios and installed at the UVU Fulton Library in 2016, this artistic landmark comprises 80 individual panes and took 12 years to complete.For information on where to park at UVU, please visit https://www.uvu.edu/parking/visitor-parking.html.