This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture
"This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture" is a monthly podcast produced by Dr. Hettie V. Williams Professor of History in the Department of History and Anthropology at Monmouth University. Williams is the author of several essays, articles, book chapters and the author/editor of seven books. Her research interests include African American intellectual and cultural history, women's history, and race/ethnic studies. She is also the former director of the Trotter Institute for the Study of Black Culture at UMass Boston. Williams periodically interviews scholars, authors, activists, and community leaders on matters related to the history, society, and culture of Black and African American communities in the United States (U.S.) and the world. These podcast episodes are on a variety of subjects including, but not limited to, higher education, economics, criminal justice, reparations, mental health, history, science, gender, popular culture, women, and politics. A new episode will be released monthly on Monday mornings from September to May during each academic term.
This Week in Black History, Society, and Culture
Nella Larsen's Passing
In this episode, Hettie V. Williams is in discussion with Dr. Anwar Uhuru and Dr. Zaneta Rago-Craft about Nella Larsen’s Passing in literature and on film. Williams is an Associate Professor of African American history in the Department of History at Monmouth University. Dr. Uhuru is an Associate Professor of African American literature at Monmouth University and Dr. Rago-Craft is the inaugural Director of the Intercultural Center. She also identifies as multiracial. Uhuru’s teaching and research interests include Afro-Diaspora literature, critical race theory and gender/sexuality theory. This conversation focuses primarily on race, gender and sexuality in Larsen’s text and in the recent Netflix film adaptation of Passing.
