Lecture: Gabriella Ghermandi, "Counter-Narratives: Challenging Stereotypes of Ethiopian Women in Fascist Colonial Italy"
Followed by Q&A.
Event Details
Date
Monday, September 29, 2025
Time
3:30-4:30 p.m.
Location
126 Memorial Library
Description
Ghermandi’s lecture is based on her ongoing research on the history of 20th-Century Italian colonialism during Fascist Italy and visual representation of Ethiopian and Eritrean women. She will examine closely images of Ethiopian and Eritrean Women in popular culture and analyze historical documents, discuss Italian racial laws of 1938 and Ius Sanguinis legislation in Italy today, and explain how her recent music research project Maqeda breaks with stereotypes.
Cost
Free
Contact
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodations for this event. Please call 608-265-8274 or email gmeneche@wisc.edu to make a disability-related accommodation request. Reasonable effort will be made to support your request.