Dear Toni Morrison: Notes Towards a Sustainable Black Sovereignty

Time: April 5, 2024, 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.

Location: Virtual

UPDATE: This event will take place via Zoom.

Kristie Dotson (University of Michigan)

Presenting this year's Anbar Lecture in Philosophy, Dotson discusses her current book project, a collection of philosophical love letters to notable, infamous, and/or unknown Black women in the United States. Tentatively entitled, Love Politic, it is a Black feminist world building project. Each letter in the volume tackles some topic that emerges periodically as part of existing as a Black woman in the United States of America. The focus of this lecture is Dotson's letter to Toni Morrison, which explores the question, “what does a sustainable, Black sovereignty look like here?” The letter continues to sketch an intergenerational “dream session” between Morrison and the author on issues of Black sovereignty on this land.

For more information, please contact Alanis Hamblin.

About the speaker: Professor Dotson specializes in epistemology, metaphilosophy, and feminist philosophy (particularly, women of color and Black feminisms). Specifically, Dr. Dotson works on how knowledge-related concerns play a role in maintaining and obscuring oppression. She has published numerous journal articles in political epistemology, Black feminist philosophy, and metaphilosophy.