The Harriet Tubman Institute welcomes you to our Annual Holiday Get-Together at 314 York Lanes. Join us for an in-person social gathering with food and drink! Date: January (TBD) Time: 2:00pm – 4:00pm EST Location: Resource Centre (314 York Lanes)
Date: Thursday, November 10, 2022 Time: 1:00PM-2:30PM EST Location: Zoom Register in advance for this meeting:https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAkcuirqD4rH9bhPyaz5cc-uLyhAHs8nkAt Sailing to Freedom: Maritime Dimensions of the Underground Railroad Abstract: Underground Railroad scholarship has focused almost exclusively on interior overland routes used to escape enslavement in the Antebellum South. Largely overlooked, however, is the great multitude of enslaved persons […]
Time: 2:30pm – 4:00pm EST Location: Resource Centre (321 York Lanes) York University 4700 Keele Street Toronto, ON | M3J 1P3 Register here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/tubman-talks-with-ruth-murambadoro-tickets-453877388487. [Re]imagining A Gendered History of Zimbabwe Presenter: Ruth Murambadoro Affiliation: Centre for Feminist Research and Harriet Tubman Institute, York University, Canada Abstract: Zimbabwe’s political trajectory over the past four decades has been ravaged […]
Thursday – 27 October 2022 05:30PM (EST), Zoom Registration Speaker: Lorenzo Serravalle, M.A. student in Anthropology at YorkU Biography: M.A. student at York University in the Social Anthropology program. During his undergraduate career, he assisted Dr. Annie Bunting with her research on forced marriage in conflict situations in various African countries by producing knowledge mobilization […]
Date: Thursday October 27, 2022 Time: 2:30pm-4:00pm EST Location: Virtual Register in advance for this meeting:https://yorku.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEoc–grzosHdHojHn_B84zxOTpY7YjmwgZ After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. The Necessity of Black Educational Space Abstract: Research suggests that for Black students in K-12, Black-led educational spaces equip them with education to succeed in […]
(The English version follows the French version/ La version anglaise suit la présente version française) Conférence internationale de l’insititut Harriet Tubman Les contributions de l’Afrique et ses diasporas à la civilisation du monde Organisée par : Institut Harriet Tubman pour la recherche sur l’Afrique et ses diasporas (Université York, Canada) en collaboration avec l’Institut supérieur des […]
The Harriet Tubman Institute is pleased to announce and congratulate Dr. Agnès Berthelot-Rafford in her participation as an expert in the new documentary “The Myth of Black Women” directed by Ayana O’Shun. Programmer’s notes: In this documentary, Ayana O’Shun tackles the decades-long misrepresentation of Black women in Hollywood-led video productions, where they have been dominantly […]
Our first Tubman Talks of the academic year will be taking place this Thursday October 6th (virtually)! Tubman’s Visiting Scholar Tii Nchofoung will be presenting his research titled “Natural Resources, Renewable Energy, and Governance: A path towards sustainable development in Africa. Abstract: The transition to renewable energy sources is essential for decarbonization, climate change mitigation […]
The summer 2022 issue of the iJournal, focusing on Difficult Memories and the Museum, organized by Tubman Faculty Fellow Bruno R. Véras is out! The iJournal is an open-access journal at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information (iSchool). It aims to foster collective identity and interdisciplinary understanding among information students, faculty, and practitioners in […]
The Harriet Tubman Institute (HTI) and Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (LAPS) presents: Engaged Scholarship and Social Media: Reflections and Experiences on Change Making with Professor Funké Aladejebi Time: Tuesday September 20th, 2022 at 6:30pm EST Location: Virtual (Please contact brunorv@yorku.ca for the Zoom information.) Bio: Funké Aladejebi is a scholar of the twentieth century […]