Book Conversation with Dr. Tamara Walker

Join the Department of African American and Africana Studies on Wednesday, February 12th from 12:30 pm 2:00 pm—at Taliaferro Hall or on Zoom—as Associate Professor Dr. Walker discusses her recent book "Beyond the Shores: A History of African Americans Abroad" (Crown, June 2023). Part history, part memoir, "Beyond the Shores" reveals poignant histories of African Americans who left the United States over the past century. Together, the interwoven stories highlight African Americans' complicated relationship to the United States and the world at large.

Dr. Tamara J. Walker specializes in the history of slavery, gender, and racial formation in Latin America, their legacies in the modern era, and the theme of global Black mobility. She is the author of "Exquisite Slaves: Race, Clothing, and Status in Colonial Lima," which was published by Cambridge University Press in 2017 and won the 2018 Harriet Tubman Prize from the Schomburg Center for Research on Black Culture. Her most recent book, "Beyond the Shores: A History of African Americans Abroad" (Crown, June 2023), was a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice. She is currently at work on two new research projects, one focused on race and visual culture in Latin America (under contract, University of Texas Press), and the other on the interconnected history of slavery and piracy. Her teaching covers these diverse thematic areas as well, and she offers courses on topics such as Afro-Latin American Art, Afro-Latin American History and Culture, Slavery & Freedom in Latin America, and Black Americans Abroad.

Zoom Registration Link: go.umd.edu/Walker2025