A wealth of recent political science research focuses on how media consolidation under state rule can exacerbate democratic erosion, among other things by limiting access to narratives that counter the government’s viewpoint. Hungary is one of the most frequently cited examples of this corrosive media effect. We disagree with the corrosion hypothesis, and seek to test the […]

Professor Roberts will be reading from her latest book, I Can't Wait to Call You My Wife. In this stirring curatorial achievement, a scholar compiles letters exchanged among African Americans as the Civil War blasted away the scaffolding of bondage, hinting at an uncertain future. In 1861, a Virginia slave, John Washington, proposed marriage to […]

Dr. Treve B. Lindsey will present our annual Sojourner Truth Lecture in Balch Auditorium. Dr. Treva B. Lindsey is a Professor of Women’s , Gender and  Sexuality Studies at The Ohio State University and the co-founder of Black Feminist Night School at Zora’s House.  Her research and teaching interests span from African American women’s history, […]