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Dawne Y. Curry

Dawne Y. Curry

Associate Professor of History and Ethnic Studies

UNL - History and Ethnic Studies
resistance, women and gender, comparative African history, South African history, oral history

While my interests in South Africa has fueled my research, I am extremely interested in the transnational discussions that women on the continent had with each other. As a doctoral graduate of Michigan State University's African history program, I chose as one of my fields comparative black history which exposed me to the continuities and discontinuities between and among people of African descent. Therefore, as a professor and US Fulbright Scholar 2017-2018, I continue to pursue scholarship that animates the lived experiences of lesser known individuals or shows their relationships with those most prominently known.