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This year’s Virginia C. Gildersleeve Visiting Professor advocates for arts in Kenya and East Africa.
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Mary Sibande — one of the most significant contemporary South African artists and a major voice in the intersectional dialogue on race, culture, and labor — is this year’s Virginia C. Gildersleeve Professor.
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Autesserre’s work helps promote grassroots humanitarian efforts and an increase in women peacekeepers.
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Internationally-recognized political science professor discusses her research with domestic and foreign outlets
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Watch political science Professor Séverine Autesserre share her journey from aspiring reporter to activist to Ivy League professor in the first episode of Barnard's Pathways to Passion series.