Faculty Author Series December 6, 2023: Dr. Nicosia Shakes

Faculty Author Series: Dr. Nicosia Shakes

*Co-sponsored by the UC Merced Center for Africana Studies

Please join the UC Merced Library and the Center for Africana Studies for a faculty author talk featuring Assistant Professor of History and Critical Race and Ethnic Studies, Nicosia Shakes. Dr. Shakes' new book, Women's Activist Theatre in Jamaica and South Africa explores the relationship between activism and theater production. Shakes examines how theater intersects with histories and geographies of oppression and resistance, the connections created by movements of people in colonial and settler colonial histories, and the ideas of womanism and feminism.

When: December 6, 2023

Where: UC Merced Library, KL 232

Time: 11am - 12pm with time for Q&A

Light refreshments will be provided.

Registration is encouraged to attend. The first 15 to register and attend will receive a free copy of the book.

For more details about the book visit the Library's event page.

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