Lecture: Lia T. Bascomb

"In Plenty and in Time of Need," Lia T. Bascomb, associate professor of African American studies, Georgia State University. 

Part of a series on Gender, Race, and Slavery in the Atlantic World, presented by the History and Gender Workshop, a Research Seminar of the Willson Center for Humanities and Arts.

Bascomb will discuss her book In Plenty and in Time of Need: Popular Culture and the Remapping of Barbadian Identity (Rutgers U Press, 2019). Bascomb is trained as an interdisciplinary black studies scholar with emphases in diaspora theory, cultural theory, visual culture, performance studies, gender and sexuality, and literature. Her scholarly interests focus on representations and performances of nation, gender, and sexuality across the African diaspora with an emphasis on the Anglophone Caribbean.

This talk is expected to be presented remotely via Zoom. Reservation details will be announced at https://history.uga.edu/events/content/2020/plenty-and-time-need-dr-lia-bascomb. Graduate students in history who attend will receive a copy of the book in advance. A short presentation about the book will be followed by a Q and A session and general conversation.