Black Mobilities: From the Revolutionary Caribbean to U.S. Afro-Latinx Histories

Dr. Reid-Vazquez will discuss her current research on Black mobilities in the age of revolution, with a focus on Jamaica. In addition, she will highlight her work-in-progress on the history of Afro-Latinx community formation and civil rights history, and how she translates her research into teaching, professional development, digital humanities, and public scholarship.

Dr. Michele Reid-Vazquez is Associate Professor of Africana Studies, and director of the Center for Ethnic Studies Research and the Afrolatinidad Studies Initiative at the University of Pittsburgh. She specializes in the history of slavery, freedom, revolution, and mobilities in the 19th-century Caribbean and Afro-Latin America and 20th-century U.S. Afro-Latinx community formation and civil rights. She is the author of The Year of the Lash: Free People of Color in Cuba and the Atlantic World, with articles in journals and edited collections. She has garnered nearly sixty grants and fellowships for her research and collaborative projects. Dr. Reid-Vazquez is also the executive producer and host of the Dialogues in Afrolatinidad podcast.

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