American and Canadian Studies hosts leading Harvard scholar at Nottingham

Professor Glenda Carpio spoke to a crowd of 165 people about immigration and exile

Delivering the department's distinguished annual lecture for 2015, Professor Carpio discussed multicultural America, new American identities, and the problem of exile in the land of the free. She is Professor of African and African American Studies and English at Harvard University, and one of the world's leading experts on black and minority ethnic literature and culture. She has been named one of The Root's 100 top African American "achievers and influencers" and has received Harvard University's Abramson Award for Excellence and Sensitivity in Undergraduate Teaching. Among her many publications, her book Laughing Fit to Kill: Black Humor in the Fictions of Slavery was published by Oxford University Press, and she is currently working on a book about immigration, expatriation, and exile. Professor Carpio also joined members of the Centre for Research in Race and Rights for a seminar discussion earlier in the day.