St John's Black History Month Lecture 2024
'Fears of Jim Crow: Jamaica at the Dawn of the American Century'
St John's are thrilled to welcome Dr Christienna D. Fryar for this year's Black History Month Lecture. Dr Fryar's lecture will examine 'Fears of Jim Crow: Jamaica at the Dawn of the American Century'.
Dr Fryar is a writer and independent historian of modern Britain, the British Empire, and the modern Caribbean. After taking a Ph.D in History at Princeton University, she lectured at Duke University, SUNY Buffalo State, the University of Liverpool, and Goldsmiths, University of London. At Goldsmiths, Dr Fryar created and convened the MA in Black British History, the first taught Masters' degree of its kind in the United Kingdom.
Since leaving academia in 2023, Dr Fryar has been researching and writing her monograph, Entangled Lands: A Caribbean History of Britain, set to be published by Allen Lane/University of California Press in 2025. In 2020, she was named a BBC New Generation Thinker and is a regular contributor to BBC Radio.
Drinks will be served following the lecture.
All are very welcome to join - Register for free tickets via Eventbrite.
