Speaker: Elizabeth Jacob
Time: 12:00 pm- 1:00 pm CST
Venue: VIRTUAL (Zoom Webinar) Join Livestream
Speaker’s Bio
Elizabeth Jacob is a historian of modern West Africa who focuses on gender, family, and politics in twentieth-century Côte d’Ivoire. Her first book project examines how ideas about African motherhood shape possibilities for Ivoirian women’s civic action and how expectations of civic motherhood change over time. She holds a PhD in History from Stanford University, with a minor in Feminist, Gender & Sexuality Studies and a certificate in African Studies. She received a BA in History and French & Francophone Studies from Columbia University. Her research has been supported by institutions such as the American Philosophical Society, the Clayman Institute for Gender Research, the Fulbright Program, and the Stanford Humanities Center.