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Holden's research examines slave insurrections and their impact on our understanding of the nation's founding, with particular attention to the experiences of women and children whose stories are often absent from traditional narratives of early American democracy.\n\nHolden is also co-creator of the Freedom on the Run public humanities project, which preserves and makes accessible historical newspaper advertisements documenting the efforts of enslaved people to self-emancipate. Drawing from her scholarship and public humanities work, Holden will explore how expanding our understanding of who was present at the founding can deepen conversations about democracy, citizenship, and belonging in the United States.\n\nHeld in conjunction with programming surrounding the nation's 250th anniversary and Constitution Day, the event invites students, faculty, staff, and community members to engage with the complex histories that continue to shape American democracy today.\n\nCopies of Holden's work and the Summer 2026 special issue of Ms. Magazine, Feminism and the Founding, will be available while supplies last.", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"150640-21909761@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/150640", "building_id":"1000172", "building_name":"Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)", "campus_maps_id":"71", "room":"Amphitheater (4th Floor)", "location_name":"Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.)", "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":["Activism","Women's And Gender Studies","Women History","women","interdisciplinary","institute for research on women and gender","History"], "website":"http:\/\/irwg.umich.edu\/", "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"Institute for Research on Women and Gender", "group_id":"1031", "website":"http:\/\/irwg.umich.edu\/" } ], "image_url":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150640_original-1.png", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150640_original-1.png", "event_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150640_original-1.png", "event_large_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_large_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150640_original-1.png", "event_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150640_original-1.png", "group_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150640_original-1.png", "group_thumb_square":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_thumb_square\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150640_original-1.png", "group_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150640_original-1.png", "group_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150640_original-1.png", "event_large_crop":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_large_crop\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150640_original-1.png", "event_list":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_list\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150640_original-1.png", "event_list_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_list_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150640_original-1.png", "event_grid":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_grid\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150640_original-1.png", "event_grid_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_grid_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150640_original-1.png", "event_feature_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_feature_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150640_original-1.png", "event_feature_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_feature_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/08\/event_150640_original-1.png" }, "occurrence_count":1, "first_occurrence":21909761 } , "150653-21909762": { "datetime_modified":"20260902T102713", "datetime_start":"20260923T170000", "datetime_end":"20260923T181500", "has_end_time":1, "date_start":"2026-09-23", "date_end":"2026-09-23", "time_start":"17:00:00", "time_end":"18:15:00", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"Vivian R. 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The lecture was created to address \u201creal world issues\u201d related to women and gender and has brought distinguished scholars, writers, and public intellectuals to the University of Michigan for nearly three decades.\n\nHonor\u00e9e Fanonne Jeffers is an essayist, novelist, poet, and student of United States history whose work illuminates the intersections of race, gender, memory, and social justice. She is the author of seven books spanning poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. Her debut novel, The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois, was an instant New York Times bestseller, an Oprah\u2019s Book Club selection, and a recipient of numerous honors, including the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. 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