Media Releases

Black History Month

January 31, 2013

The fol­low­ing is a list of Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to experts who can com­ment on a vari­ety of issues relat­ed to Black His­to­ry Month.

Mul­ti­cul­tur­al­ism and social inte­gra­tion
Post-war immi­gra­tion in Cana­da, Ger­many, U.K., France
Ran­dall Hansen
Cana­da Research Chair in Immi­gra­tion and Gov­er­nance
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
Office: 416–978-3291
r.hansen@utoronto.ca
*NOTE: Only avail­able by email

African social and eco­nom­ic his­to­ry
Tan­zan­ian and East African his­to­ry
South Africa and African con­flicts
Stephen J. Rock­el
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of His­tor­i­cal and Cul­tur­al Stud­ies
Office: 416–287-7145
Home: 416–462-1143
stephen.rockel@utoronto.ca

Slav­ery
Race and U.S. crime
Race and U.S. law
African-Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture, Cul­ture and His­to­ry
Amer­i­can Lit­er­a­ture, Cul­ture and His­to­ry (espe­cial­ly before 1900)
Jean­nine Marie DeLom­bard
Asso­ciate Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment of Eng­lish
Affil­i­at­ed Fac­ul­ty, Cen­tre for the Study of the Unit­ed States
Affil­i­at­ed Fac­ul­ty, Book His­to­ry and Print Cul­ture
Home: 416–203-2266
Cell: 416–809-8489
j.delombard@utoronto.ca
*NOTE: Best to email with fol­low-up call to cell

African pol­i­tics (West Africa, Nige­ria and Ivory Coast)
Dr. Ruth Mar­shall
Assis­tant Pro­fes­sor
Depart­ment and Cen­tre for the Study of Reli­gion
Depart­ment of Polit­i­cal Sci­ence
Office: 416–978-0241
Cell: 416–839-9295
ruth.marshall@utoronto.ca

African-Cana­di­an history/literature
African/American/Canadian Poet­ry
Anti-racism ini­tia­tives
Canadian/American/African poet­ry
Canadian/American/African poet­ry, African-Can­di­an history/literature 
George Elliott Clarke
Pro­fes­sor
St.George Cam­pus
Depart­ment of Eng­lish
Phone: 416–406-6695
georgeelliott.clarke@utoronto.ca

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For more infor­ma­tion, please con­tact:

Uni­ver­si­ty of Toron­to media rela­tions:
416–978-0100
media.relations@utoronto.ca