Save the Date: “Then You Don’t Want Me”: Canonizing Gayl Jones
“Then You Don’t Want Me”: Canonizing Gayl Jones
Virtual Symposium- May 13-15, 2022
“Then You Don’t Want Me”: Canonizing Gayl Jones will more clearly and publicly carve out a space for Jones’ storytelling. The symposium promises to deepen and trouble the canon of African American women’s literature and Black feminism.
Bringing together folks across disciplines, this symposium constitutively values interdisciplinarity and the mixed methods of these fields. As Gayl Jones has intervened into Black women’s literature through challenging representations of Black womanhood, the symposium strives to present divergent perspectives that press the boundaries of Black feminism.
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Co-sponsors:
Boston University Center for the Humanities
BU Office of CAS Associate Dean for Diversity & Inclusion
BU Learn More Series AY 21-22
BU African American Studies
BU American and New England Studies
BU Center for Latin American Studies
BU English
BU Howard Thurman Center
BU Libraries: Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center
BU Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
CSUF English, Comparative Literature, and Linguistics
CSUF Liberal Studies
CSUF American Studies
CSUF Pollak Library
UCSD Ethnic Studies
UCSD African American Studies