Scattered and Fugitive Things: Queer Readings on Black Archives
November 12, 2025 | 4:00PM - 5:30PM
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In-person
Room 108N, 1 Devonshire Place Toronto, ON M5S 3K7
Join the Women and Gender Studies Institute and the Centre for the Study of the United States at Munk for an exciting Research Seminar with Dr. Laura E. Helton, titled “Scattered and Fugitive Things: Queer Readings on Black Archives.”
Dr. Laura E. Helton
Laura Helton is a historian who writes about collections and how they shape our world.
She is currently an Associate Professor of English and History at the University of Delaware, where she teaches African American literature, book history, archival studies, and public humanities. Her first book, Scattered and Fugitive Things: How Black Collectors Created Archives and Remade History, was published by Columbia University Press in April 2024. Her research and writings chronicle the emergence of African diasporic archives in the United States and, more broadly, ask how information practices–material acts of collecting, collation, and cataloging–scaffold literary and historical thought.
Speakers
Dr. Laura E. Helton
Associate Professor of English and History at the University of Delaware