Diasporic Narratives. Scholarship. The Arts.
The Simone Leigh Lecture Series
The Simone Leigh Lecture Series is a new lecture series that seeks to provide graduate students and post-doc scholars with a paid opportunity and platform to present their research related to the arts, cultural institutions, and cultural stewardship in the African Diaspora. Clink on the links below to watch each episode. Subscribe to our gallery YouTube channel
Episode 1: Spirituality, Black Girlhood/Womanhood, and the Musical Arts
Ambre Dromgoole, PhD - Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Provost Faculty Fellow at Cornell University. Ambre’s work centers the composition, perception, and projections of Black sacred soundings across different social contexts, the ways that gender is (re)constituted in these spaces, and the artistic innovation that occurs outside the purview of traditionally recognized social, educational, and ecclesial institutions.
Episode 2: Delores Williams, Simone Leigh, and the Aesthetics of Trans-fugitivity
Amina Shumake is a second year Ph.D. student in the Department of Religion at Vanderbilt University. With a concentration in theological studies, her interests lie in the intersection of Womanist Theology, Black Feminist theory, African American visual art, and continental philosophy.