Myriam J.A. Chancy – Hartley Burr Alexander Chair in the Humanities

Dr. Myriam J. A. Chancy has the following accomplishments to share.

Publications:

Spirit of Haiti. (A Novel). 20th Anniversary Reprint Edition. SUNY: November 1, 2023.

Harvesting Haiti: Unnatural Disasters (Essays) – Essays on post-earthquake Haiti 2011-2022, October 10, 2023, University of Texas Press.

 

Invited Talks, Interviews & Addresses:

Multiple Engagements, CBC, Salon Du Livre, Sherbrooke University, Montréal, Québec, Canada for the launch of Voix, Eclairs, Folie, French Translation of What Storm, What Thunder, November 22-26, 2023.

Guest Panelist & Moderator, “Echoes of the Caribbean: Exploring Identity, Culture and Resistance in Contemporary Literature,” with Karen Lord, Keith Jared Hosein, and Safiya Sinclair, Miami Book Fair, November 18, 2023.

Guest Panelist, “Haiti Unveiled: Narratives of Culture, History and Womanhood,” with Edwidge Danticat, Solanges Vivens, Micki Bertholot Morency and moderator MJ Fievre, Miami Book Fair, November 18, 2023.

Guest Panelist, Presidential Session, Haitian Revolutions: Making Feminist Sense of the Past, Present, and Future Baltimore Convention Center, NWSA, with Marlene Daut, October 27th.

 

Presentations & Conference Papers 

Spirit of Haiti Launch with Akilah White (@ifthisisparadise/Jamaica), Virtual/International, November 1, 2023. (Pub Day)

Harvesting Haiti Launch with Deep Routes (NY/Germany), IG Live, October 10, 2023 (Pub day) 

Guest Moderator, The International Library and Brooklyn Caribbean Literary Festival present Elektrik: Francophone Literature in Glittering Translations, with Danielle Legros Georges, Gaël Octavia & Marie-Célie Agnant. Organized by Center for Art of Translation (San Francisco), American Library (Paris) and Center for Fiction (NY). Virtual and in-person in all three locations, September 14, 2023.

 

Community Outreach: 

Guest Speaker (What Storm, What Thunder), Wells Scholars Freshmen Seminar, Indiana University, November 7, 2023.

Guest Speaker, USC graduate English/MFA program professional development session, Virtual, September 25, 2023.

Guest Speaker (What Storm, What Thunder), Book Club Event, Virtual, Read Between The Lines, Nova Scotia, September 24, 2023.

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