<p>‘Why do people look at Black people the way they do?’ This is the central provocation of our guest scholar&#39;s work. </p><p><br></p><p>Dr Brenna Greer is an African Americanist and Associate Professor of History at <strong>Wellesley College</strong>. Her work traverses the histories of culture, race, gender, and, more recently, citizenship in the United States. We discuss her paper, <strong>“African Americans and the Photographic Seat of Honour,”</strong> which emerges from her ongoing project examining self-portraits created by African Americans, particularly in the nineteenth century.</p><p>Questions of historical process and causality drive her research: How did these portraits shape ideals and images of Blackness? And how might they help teach students and wider publics about the Black past—Black freedom, activism, and protest?</p><p><br></p><p>Co-hosts: </p><p>Megan Renoir (PhD Candidate) researches Indigenous sovereignty and land conflict. Megan’s recent publication looked at<em>“Recognition as Resilience: How an Unrecognized Indigenous Nation is Using Visibility as a Pathway Toward Restorative Justice&quot;. </em></p><p><br></p><p>Sam Lanevi (PhD Candidate) researches World War II fraternization and war bride policy with a particular focus on German and Japanese war brides.</p><p><br></p><p>Editing, production and cover art by Daisy Semmler (Cantab MPhil Graduate).</p><p><br></p><p>Thanks for listening.</p><p>This episode was recorded on 26/5/2025. </p><p><br></p>