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Join us for a conversation with authors Alyson K. Spurgas and Shimrit Lee as they discuss intersections in their two recent books: Decolonize Self-Care and Decolonize Museums (O/R Books). Spurgas and Lee will critically engage each others’ work around self- and nation-branding; cultural appropriation as individualized “enrichment”; universalizing discourses surrounding national heritage, whiteness, and femininity; and the promises and pitfalls of the framework of decoloniality.

About the Authors:

Alyson K. Spurgas is an Associate Professor of Sociology and affiliated faculty in Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. Spurgas researches, writes, and teaches about the sociology of trauma, the politics of desire, and technologies of care from an interdisciplinary and intersectional feminist perspective.

Shimrit Lee is a writer, educator, and instructional designer based in Philadelphia. She holds a Ph.D. in Middle Eastern Studies from NYU, and teaches community-based adult education at the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research.