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X-WR-CALNAME:Sherry Johnson: Slavery North Fellow Talk 
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DESCRIPTION:Slavery North invites you to the third in our series of eight F
 ellow Talks in Spring 2026. Visiting Research Professor Fellow\, Dr. Sherr
 y Johnson\, shares her research troubling historical narratives of Canada 
 as a promised land of freedom for Black people. \n\n \n\nThis hybrid talk 
 is open to students\, faculty\, staff\, and members of the public.\n\n \n\
 nSpeaker: Dr. Sherry Johnson\, Visiting Research Professor Fellow\, 2025-2
 6\n\n \n\nModerator: Dr. Martha McNamara\, Associate Professor of Public H
 istory & Associate Director Slavery North\n\n \n\nLecture: Black Geographi
 es\, Text\, and the Troubling of Canadian National Narratives of a Promise
 d Land \n\n \n\nLecture abstract: In this lecture\, Dr. Johnson discusses 
 two principal moments in Canadian historical narrative that depend on Blac
 k spatial movement. She will focus on the irony of geographical movement a
 nd a national narrative that requires Black people’s fixed positionality
 .\n\n \n\nBio: Dr. Sherry Johnson tells stories that engage memory and Bla
 ck writing between Canada and the United States. She is a writer\, researc
 her\, and scholar of literature\, particularly at the intersection of Blac
 k women’s lives and their writing\, African American visual culture\, an
 d the digital humanities. Currently an associate professor\, Dr. Johnson t
 eaches courses in African American literature\, Multicultural American lit
 erature\, neo-slave narratives\, and critical approaches to literary study
 .
GEO:42.387465;-72.527177
LOCATION:Herter Hall\, 601
SUMMARY:Sherry Johnson: Slavery North Fellow Talk 
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.umass.edu/event/sherry-johnson-slavery-north-f
 ellow-talk
CATEGORIES:Conference/Seminar/Workshop
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