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The Third Body: Black Women, Black History, and Speaking Difficult Truths

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The Third Body: Black Women, Black History, and Speaking Difficult Truths

The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Wednesday, February 26, 2025 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Susquehanna Hall, 3105

The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is excited to welcome Dr. Jessica Marie Johnson to campus for her talk The Third Body: Black Women, Black History, and Speaking Difficult Truths. How have Black women scholars grappled with pain so thick it cuts off the tongue. By speaking around the wound. This talk explores the history of Black women creating history, speaking hard truths, and quilting healing from difficult pasts, again and again. Join us online and in-person in SQH 3105 at 12:30 pm on Wednesday, February 26th. To RSVP, follow the link in the sidebar on the right hand side of this page. 

Jessica Marie Johnson is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of Wicked Flesh: Black Women, Intimacy, and Freedom in the Atlantic World (University of Pennsylvania Press, August 2020). Her work explores histories of slavery, African diaspora, and Black life in the Americas.

Add to Calendar 02/26/25 12:30:00 02/26/25 14:00:00 America/New_York The Third Body: Black Women, Black History, and Speaking Difficult Truths

The Harriet Tubman Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies is excited to welcome Dr. Jessica Marie Johnson to campus for her talk The Third Body: Black Women, Black History, and Speaking Difficult Truths. How have Black women scholars grappled with pain so thick it cuts off the tongue. By speaking around the wound. This talk explores the history of Black women creating history, speaking hard truths, and quilting healing from difficult pasts, again and again. Join us online and in-person in SQH 3105 at 12:30 pm on Wednesday, February 26th. To RSVP, follow the link in the sidebar on the right hand side of this page. 

Jessica Marie Johnson is an Associate Professor in the Department of History at the Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of Wicked Flesh: Black Women, Intimacy, and Freedom in the Atlantic World (University of Pennsylvania Press, August 2020). Her work explores histories of slavery, African diaspora, and Black life in the Americas.

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