Dr. Robin Mitchell History California State University Channel Islands (CI) Cal State - Channel Islands Mon, 11/08/2021 - 5:00pm via Zoom The History and Gender Workshop presents a virtual speaker series on Gender and Race in Europe. Please join us for this event featuring Dr. Robin Mitchell, with a talk entitled "Vénus Noire". 5:00 - 6:30 PM. Pre-registration is required. A limited number of books by the author and historian will be given at no charge to history graduate students who register for this event. Register here Dr. Mitchell is an Associate Professor of History at the California State University Channel Islands (CI). In addition to numerous published journal articles, Professor Mitchell’s first book, entitled VÉNUS NOIRE: Black Women & Colonial Fantasies in 19th-Century France was published with University of Georgia Press in January of 2020. It was named by the African American Intellectual History Society as one of "The Best Black History Books of 2020" and by The Guardian in 2021 as one of the "best books about sex." Presented by the Gender and History Workshop and funded by a Faculty Research Seminar Grant from the Willson Center for the Humanities and the Arts. Research Area: Gender and Sexuality
