RIT-GCV&M Lecture Series: dann j. Broyld on migration and identity
Join us for a presentation about migration and identity with dann j. Broyld
dann j. Broyld, Associate Professor in African American History at the University of Massachusetts Lowell, will focus on research from his book Borderland Blacks: Two Cities in the Niagara Region during the Final Decades of Slavery (2022, LSU press). dann completed his doctoral work in Nineteenth Century United States and African Diaspora History at Howard University; his research focuses on transnational migration and identity in the American Canadian borderlands. His talk celebrates the paperback release of the book in February 2025.
dann will be joined by Rochester resident, Shane Wiegand from Our Local History, a non-profit that seeks to support and empower students, teachers, and communities with the tools to engage with and own their local history of civil rights through inquiry, equity, and civic action.
The event is sponsored by the RIT-Genesee Country Village & Museum Partnership which is supported by a gift from Philip K. and Anne Wehrheim.
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6:30 pm – Pre-event refreshments
7:00 pm – Welcome by Dr. Juilee Decker, chair RIT-GCV&M partnership, and Becky Wehle, President & CEO of Genesee Country Village & Museum
7:05 pm — Shane Wiegand on Our Local History project; introduces dann j. Broyld
7:15 pm - dann's presentation via Zoom
8:00 pm - Q&A
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