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DESCRIPTION:An interdisciplinary panel discussion on Horror and Hidden Hist
 ories in Sinners (2025\, Ryan Coogler)\n\nJoin us for a roundtable on how v
 ampires and music reveal interconnected stories of the African American and
  Irish diasporas. Participants include Mary Burke (University of Connecticu
 t)\, Jerry Rafiki Jenkins (University of Georgia)\, Demetrius Murphy (Bosto
 n College)\, and Diane Negra (University College Dublin). \n\nMary Burke is
  a Professor of English at UConn. A scholar of Irish and Irish-American ide
 ntities and cultures\, she is the author of Race\, Politics\, and Irish-Ame
 rica: A Gothic History (Oxford University Press\, 2023). Her first book wit
 h Oxford UP was a cultural history of Ireland's indigenous minority\, the T
 raveller community\, and in 2022\, she collaborated with Tramp Press on a n
 ew edition of a cult novel by the neglected Irish Traveller writer Juanita 
 Casey. Burke will contribute a chapter on Irishness in Sinners for a Duke U
 niversity Press edited collection on the film\, being edited by Jonathan Gr
 ay.\n\nJerry Rafiki Jenkins is the Assistant Director of the Institute for 
 African American Studies at the University of Georgia. He holds a doctorate
  in Literature from the University of California\, San Diego\, and his rese
 arch focuses on Black speculative fiction and film\, with an emphasis on ho
 rror and future human studies. He is the author of Anti-Blackness and Human
  Monstrosity in Black American Horror Fiction (Ohio State University Press\
 , 2024) and The Paradox of Blackness in African American Vampire Fiction (O
 hio State University Press\, 2019).\n\nDemetrius Miles Murphy is an Assista
 nt Professor of Sociology and African & African Diaspora Studies at Boston 
 College. He focuses on flourishing\, social infrastructure\, and the Black 
 class and status structures in the Americas. He has two ongoing book projec
 ts. The first\, Affirming Blackness: Brazilian Race-making and Resistance i
 n the Digital Age\, examines how Brazilians use social media to challenge a
 nti-Blackness and to highlight their racial experiences. His second book pr
 oject\, A Place to Flourish: Black Social Infrastructure\, Wellbeing-Making
  and Futurity in Los Angeles County\, examines how gathering sites are crea
 ted and maintained and their role in fostering overall well-being. \n\nDian
 e Negra is Professor of Film Studies and Screen Culture at University Colle
 ge Dublin. A member of the Royal Irish Academy\, she is the author\, editor
 \, and co-editor of fourteen books\, including What A Girl Wants?: The Recl
 amation of Self in PostFeminism (2008)\, The Irish in Us: Irishness\, Perfo
 rmativity and Popular Culture (2006)\, Extreme Weather and Global Media (20
 15)\, and I'm Sorry You Feel That Way: The New Cultures of Customer Service
  (2026). Her work in media\, gender\, and cultural studies has been widely 
 influential and recognized with a range of research awards and fellowships.
 \n\nThis event is part of the ongoing collaborative series between BC's Iri
 sh Studies and African and African Diaspora Studies programs.
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LOCATION:Devlin Hall\,  Room 101
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SUMMARY:Horror and Hidden Histories in Sinners
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