Emily Kirkland Mctighe Musil
Ph.D. in History, UCLA, 2007; M.A. in African History, UCLA, 2003; B.A. in American Studies, Race & Ethnicity, Drew University, 2000.
Fax: 310-206-7833
E-mail:
emusil@ucla.edu
Field
Black Atlantic, Africa, Latin America, French Colonialism, Women
Research Interests
Archival Research/Fieldwork in: Cote d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mauritius, Reunion, Senegal, and the United States.
Notes
Dissertation Title--La Marianne Noire: How Gender and Race Reshaped the Debate about Human Rights in the Twentieth Century Atlantic World Reshaped the Debate about Human Rights.
Publications
"L'Histoire, L'Apartheid Mondial, et Les Retrouvailles," La Diaspora Africaine, fall 2005.
"L'Union des Femmes: Women's Political Organizations in the French Antilles, 1925-1950," Ultramarines, Spring 2006.
Grants and Awards
*Fulbright-Hays Dissertation Research Award.
*Jean Stone Dissertation Fellowship from the Center for the Study of Women.
*Council of American Overseas Research Centers (CAORC) Multi-Country Research Fellowship.
*Title VI Foreign Language Area Studies (FLAS) Fellowship.
*Bessie Stak Schiffman Award for Excellence in Women's Studies.
Advisors
Co-Chairs:
Edward A. Alpers & Ghislaine Lydon.
Committee Members:
Robin Derby
Ellen DuBois
Francoise Lionnet
Conference Presentations
Women's Studies Colloquium 2000; Thinking Gender Conference 2003; African Studies Association Annual Conference 2003 and 2004.
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