Francis presents work at three conferences
Associate professor Terri Francis was busy during the months of April and May, travelling around the world to present her research at three different conferences.
April 2, Francis spoke at the Caribbean Queer Visualities Symposium at Columbia University in New York. She teamed up with Trinidad-born, Toronto-based culture critic Richard Fung during the symposium session. This event was coordinated to discuss the impact of illuminating queer peoples in contemporary Caribbean art, according to the website.
Francis gave a presentation entitled, “For Education Purposes Only: The Jamaica Film Unit Works, 1951-1961” in Chicago May 9. Her presentation was a part of The Streets and the Classrooms: Educational and Industrial Films in an Era of Massive Social Change, organized by South Side Projections. This nonprofit organization presents film screenings at different locations in the south side of Chicago, fostering discussion about the significance and messaging of each film.
Also in May, Francis travelled to Florence, Italy, to take part in the Black Portraitures conference sponsored by New York University. This is the sixth annual conference of its kind and aims to bring together scholars and artists from various disciplines to discuss imaging of the black body. Francis’ talk was a part of the program, Imaging the Black Body and Re-staging Histories.