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Lesley Feracho

Associate Professor
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Associate Professor of Spanish
Associate Director of the Institute for African American Studies

Dr. Lesley Feracho is an Associate Professor in the Department of Romance Languages and the Institute of African-American Studies. Dr. Feracho specializes in contemporary Latin American narrative and in particular women's narrative of the Caribbean, as well as Afro-Latin American narrative and poetry. Her current research involves cross-cultural literary texts (in both narrative and poetry) of women writers of African descent from the Americas (both Spanish-speaking and from Brazil). Dr. Feracho has published work on the poetry of Carolina Maria de Jesus, Miriam Alves and Nancy Morejon in the journals Afro-Hispanic Review and Hispania.

Feracho was awarded the Lilly Teaching Fellowship which she used to develop a multimedia course at the undergraduate and graduate level on "Narratives of Revolution and Unrest in Latin America and the Caribbean." Dr. Feracho was a recipient of the DuBois-Mandela-Rodney Fellowship of the Center for African American Studies at the University of Michigan where she worked on the identity politics of comparative original and published works of Carolina Maria de Jesus and Zora Neale Hurston. Dr. Feracho's book Linking the Americas: Race, Hybrid Discourses and the Reformulation of Feminine Identity was published by SUNY Press in April 2005.

Research Interests:

Dr. Feracho specializes in contemporary Latin American narrative and in particular women's narrative of the Caribbean, as well as Afro-Latin American narrative and poetry. Her current research involves cross-cultural literary texts (in both narrative and poetry) of women writers of African descent from the Americas (both Spanish-speaking and from Brazil). Dr. Feracho has published work on the poetry of Carolina Maria de Jesus, Miriam Alves and Nancy Morejon in the journals Afro-Hispanic Review and Hispania.

Articles Featuring Lesley Feracho

On Oct. 17, the Black feminist scholar Djamila Ribeiro visited the University of Georgia’s campus to speak about her new book Where We Stand — her first work translated into English.

Events featuring Lesley Feracho, Cris Lira
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Brooks Hall - Room 145

Djamila Ribeiro is one of the world's most impactful voices on race, gender, and social justice. A renowned Brazilian intellectual, philosopher, and activist, Ribeiro will share insights from her influential work, which has resonated globally, earning her a spot among BBC's 100 most influential women in 2019. Don't miss the lecture "Where We Stand*: A…
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MLC 248

On October 28, Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa will give the lecture “Forgotten Women:  Giving Voice to the Voiceless” with a brief opening intervention by Marcela Garza, ABD and Racheal Fulford, PhD.
 
There will be an opportunity for Q&A and to obtain her latest novel, A Woman of Endurance. 
 

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