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Assistant Professor at Howard University. Tracee Ellis Ross impersonator. Views are my own, not my employer or Tracee Ellis Ross. https://t.co/V2sJYkyGdf
Washington, DC
Joined April 2009
My article in Colonial Latin American Review was just published! Here is the link to check out "Mysticism and Black feminist resistance in the Vida of Úrsula de Jesús"
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Úrsula de Jesús’s Vida puts her life story in dialogue with a broader Afrodiasporic feminist tradition and community. Úrsula’s discourse articulates her liberation through eloquent rage, defined by...
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In case you missed it! #earlymodern @RSAorg
📷 If you're working in an archive this summer, you could win a free @RSAorg year-long membership! https://t.co/uGJZd6XJxu
#RenTwitter #earlymodern #twitterstorians
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📷 If you're working in an archive this summer, you could win a free @RSAorg year-long membership! https://t.co/uGJZd6XJxu
#RenTwitter #earlymodern #twitterstorians
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I'm attending Hands Off's event, “Hands Off! Middletown Fights Back” - sign up now to join me!
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**Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them.** We are fighting back! They're taking everything they can get their hands on—our health care, our data, our jobs, our services—and...
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What does the Renaissance mean in early modern Boston? This RSA roundtable brings scholars & curators together to explore its salience for books, art, & materials. Join Renaissance Boston Roundtable 3/20/25, 9–10:30 am: https://t.co/ouD4lWX3Lz
@RSAorg #RenSA25.
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This session prompts conversation about how salient the term Renaissance is in relation to the activities, circulation of cultural products, including literature, artwork, and materials in Boston and...
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How do you write a scholarly book? This RSA roundtable brings authors together to discuss writing, publishing, & the future of academic books. Open to all scholars! How to Write a Book I Roundtable, 3/21/25, 11–12:30 pm: https://t.co/dHFd5XGawM
@RSAorg #RenSA25.
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This roundtable, the first in a series of two, addresses the perennial question of how to write a scholarly monograph. Speakers have written at least two books, and many of those books have won...
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Explore early modern multilingualism with the Writing Bilingually Catalogue by @Warburg_News. This RSA workshop shares new resources on self-translation. Studying & Teaching Renaissance Self-Translation Workshop, 3/21/25, 9–10:30 am: https://t.co/XSXL8jlMcb
@RSAorg #RenSA25
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In this hands-on workshop, participants will join a panel of leading scholars in discussing how the early modern phenomenon of self-translation (the translation of one’s own works) can help us think...
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How can early modernists engage with the public sphere? Join "The Early Modernist as Public Intellectual: A Renaissance in the Public Sphere" on Saturday 3/22 2:30–4:00pm at the Boston Marriott Copley Place (Boylston Room, 1st Floor). For details, see:
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Debates about the roles of history, culture, and higher education in society are rising. The infrastructure of graduate education hiring, promotion, and tenure have traditionally centered academic...
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🎶Step into the soundscapes of 17th-century Istanbul at #RenSA25! Join the DÜNYA Ensemble for "Music from Seventeenth-Century Istanbul" on Saturday 3/22 6:30–8:00pm at the Boston Marriott Copley Place (Salon F, 4th Floor). For details, see:
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In this 90-minute program the DÜNYA Ensemble will perform repertoire from the 17th century Istanbul including examples of classical Ottoman/Turkish music, Sufi music, entertainment and dance music,...
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#RenSA25 session reminder! For @TheHuntington fellowships, please join the @RSAorg roundtable "The Huntington Library: Research and Fellowship Opportunities at the 'Library of Libraries'" on Friday 3/21, 2025 (4:30-6:00pm) in Boston Marriott Copley Place-Arlington Room-3rd Floor:
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Make your voices heard on the history and future of prizes in the #RenSa25 @RSAorg ! On Thursday, March 20th from 12:30-2:00 pm, the RSA membership committee is hosting a member-wide conversation about prizes. https://t.co/XdkhJDwCp3...
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Make your voices heard on the history and future of prizes in the #RenSa25 @RSAorg ! On Thursday, March 20th from 12:30-2:00 pm, the RSA membership committee is hosting a member-wide conversation about prizes. https://t.co/XdkhJDwCp3...
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Make your voices heard on the history and future of prizes in the #RenSa25 @RSAorg ! On Thursday, March 20th from 12:30-2:00 pm, the RSA membership committee is hosting a member-wide conversation about prizes. https://t.co/XdkhJDwCp3...
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As scholars whose period of study arguably gave rise to practices of prize-giving in learned societies, we are well positioned to think about what that history has been and to re-imagine it for the future.
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What would you like to see rewarded? We will have a panel of scholars briefly reflect on the past, present, and future of prizes, but we really want to hear from you. We hope you will join us!
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