TALK OF GREENWOOD
Dr. Jerry Goodwin
Dr. Tiya Miles, Michael Garvey Professor of History and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at Harvard University, will be keynote speaker on the topic of “Afro-Indigenous Intersections, Past and Present: Through the Lens of Women” at the University of Tulsa Lorton Performance Center on Sept. 12. Photo Stephanie Miller
The John Hope Franklin Center for Reconciliation has announced its last lecture in a four-part series. The Part 4 – “Afro-Indigenous Intersections, Past and Present: Through the Lens of Women” program will feature Dr. Tiya Miles of Harvard University at the University of Tulsa Lorton Performance Center, 550 S. Gary, on Sept. 12.
Miles is the Michael Garvey Professor of History and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University.
She is the author of New York Times bestseller “All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake.” The book is the recipient of 11 awards, including the National Book Award for Nonfiction.
The former professor at the University of Michigan, where she served as chair of the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, is also a public and academic historian, a creative writer, and a museum and historic site consultant. A recipient of many awards, including the American Historical Association Equity Award in 2022, the Cincinnati, Ohio, native’s research has primarily explored the intersections of African American, Native American, and women’s histories in the context of place.
Miles offers courses on slavery and public history, women’s history and literature, interrelated Black and Indigenous histories, and environmental humanities. She has become increasingly focused on ecological questions, environmental storytelling, and ways of articulating and enlivening African American environmental consciousness.
The event at the University of Tulsa will highlight the launch of the university’s new academic program, Historical Trauma and Transformation.
The event is co-sponsored by the University of Tulsa Institute for Trauma, Adversity, and Injustice, National Endowment for the Humanities, and the John Hope Center for Reconciliation.
The program is free and open to the public.
For more information, visit https://www.jhfnationalsymposium.org/.
