Juneteenth Lecture with Kinohi Nishikawa
Join us for a compelling lecture by Professor Kinohi Nishikawa (Princeton University) titled "What Comes Before the Haunting? Toni Morrison’s Late Style in A Mercy."
This talk explores how Morrison’s 2008 novel A Mercy reimagines the legacy of slavery by envisioning a world before its full establishment. Drawing on archival materials, Nishikawa examines how Morrison’s narrative challenges the framework of the “afterlife of slavery,” a concept developed by Saidiya Hartman.
This talk explores how Morrison’s 2008 novel A Mercy reimagines the legacy of slavery by envisioning a world before its full establishment. Drawing on archival materials, Nishikawa examines how Morrison’s narrative challenges the framework of the “afterlife of slavery,” a concept developed by Saidiya Hartman.
Registration period
Tuesday, 10.06.25
Time
Tuesday, 17.06.25 - 06:00 PM
- 07:30 PM
Event format
Talk
Topic
What Comes before the Haunting?
Target groups
All interested
Students
Researchers
Languages
English
Location
Bonner Universitätsforum, Heussallee 18-24, 53113 Bonn
Reservation
required
Registration/Ticket
Additional Information
Organizer
cooperation between: Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, North American Studies Program at the University of Bonn, Amerikahaus NRW, organized by Luvena Kopp (BCDSS) and Prof. Dr. Pia Wiegmink (BCDSS).
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