Black Feminist Ethnographies in Latin America and the Caribbean
Presented by Barnard Center for Research on Women (BCRW)
📅 Date & Time: Thursday, October 2 · 6:30 – 8:00 PM EDT
📍 Location: James Room, 4th Floor Barnard Hall
Barnard College, 3009 Broadway, New York, NY 10027
About the Event
Join us for a joint book salon with Professors Darlène Dubuisson (University of California – Berkeley) and Prisca Gayles (University of Nevada – Reno) as they discuss their groundbreaking new works:
Reclaiming Haiti’s Futures (Rutgers University Press, 2024)
Pain into Purpose (Cambridge University Press, 2024)
Both scholars bring rich ethnographic research into conversation, examining how Black intellectuals and activists resist colonial displacement and erasure while reclaiming space, shaping belonging, and envisioning futures. Dubuisson traces Haitian intellectuals returning home to rebuild, while Gayles explores Black women’s leadership in Argentina’s resistance movement.
Together, their books illuminate broader global struggles for racial justice, belonging, and social transformation.
The conversation will be moderated by Amelia Simone Herbert (Education and Urban Studies, Barnard) and Maricarmen Hernandez (Sociology and Urban Studies, Barnard).