“Still Mining the Forgotten: Black Catholic Nuns in United States History” Lecture by Shannen Dee Williams
The Cultures of American Religion group – with co-sponsorship from the Center for Research on Global Catholicism – is excited to announce that Dr. Shannen Dee Williams Associate Professor of History at the University of Dayton, will give a talk on November 11th, 2021, at 6pm CST entitled “Still Mining the Forgotten: Black Catholic Nuns in United States History.” All are invited and encouraged to attend.
Dr. Williams chose to speak on November 11th in celebration of Black Catholic History month, and in honor of the fourth anniversary of the death of Sister Mary Antona Ebo, FSM.
Dr. Williams is a noted scholar of African American history, who has published work in the Journal of African-American History, the Journal of Africana Religions, and American Catholic Studies, as well as popular articles in America, the National Catholic Reporter, and Religion Dispatches, among others. Her talk will draw on the research for her forthcoming book, Subversive Habits: Black Catholic Nuns in the Long African American Freedom Struggle (Duke, 2022).
This talk will be presented as a webinar: all attendees can register in advance here.
Also, Dr. Williams is also hosting a Zoom mentoring lunch with any interested students. The lunch will take place on November 11th, at noon CST. Please email kate.moran@slu.edu to receive an invitation.