The Department of German Studies, with generous co-sponsorship from the African American Studies Program, Gender & Queer Studies Program, Department of History, and Interdisciplinary Humanities Emphasis, and with support from the Catharine Gould Chism Fund for the Humanities are very honored to welcome Dr. Tiffany Florvil, award-winning scholar and Associate Professor of 20th-century European Women’s and Gender History at the University of New Mexico, to campus on October 15!

Already well-known for her groundbreaking book, Mobilizing Black Germany: Afro-German Women and the Making of a Transnational Movement (2020), fully translated and published in Germany as Black Germany (2023), Dr. Florvil's forthcoming work focuses on the birth of modern Afro-German activism and identity through ties to the work of African American poet and activist Audre Lorde. May Ayim, an Afro-German poet, educator and activist, whose ground-breaking work in forming a Black German community and in challenging German history predominantly being told from a white perspective, worked closely with and was deeply influenced by Lorde. Lorde as a central figure in African American studies and 20th-century American history, and her link to Afro-German women, thus renders Florvil’s talk and broader body of work of significance to students and faculty not only in German Studies, but also in African American Studies, Gender and Queer Studies, History, and other humanities disciplines. Additionally, an introduction to May Ayim is long overdue in the United States. Students, faculty and all campus community members will learn something new from Dr. Florvil's work.

Reception at 4:30 p.m. followed directly by Dr. Florvil's talk. All campus community members are welcome to join us!