Chad Williams, assistant professor of history, presented at two recent conferences. On March 27 Williams delivered a paper titled "A Mobilized Diaspora: The First World War, Military Service, and Black Soldiers as New Negroes" at The Harlem Renaissance Revisited: Politics, Arts, and Letters, a three-day international conference held at the University of Connecticut.
On March 29, at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians in New York City, Williams participated on the panel "New Directions in the Study of African Americans, War, and Military Service in the Twentieth Century." His comments focused on re-examining the history and memory of African Americans in the First World War.
On March 29, at the annual meeting of the Organization of American Historians in New York City, Williams participated on the panel "New Directions in the Study of African Americans, War, and Military Service in the Twentieth Century." His comments focused on re-examining the history and memory of African Americans in the First World War.
