"Empire's Daughters: Girls and Britain’s Colonial Past," Elizabeth Dillenburg

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February 28, 2025
12:00PM - 1:00PM
via Zoom

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2025-02-28 12:00:00 2025-02-28 13:00:00 "Empire's Daughters: Girls and Britain’s Colonial Past," Elizabeth Dillenburg Registration Join Elizabeth Dillenburg as she traces the interconnected histories of girlhood, whiteness, and British colonialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through the study of the Girls’ Friendly Society. Her talk—that draws from her new book Empire's daughters: Girlhood, whiteness, and the colonial project–explores the ways in which girls participated in the empire as migrants, settlers, laborers, and creators of colonial knowledge and also how they resisted these prescribed roles and challenged systems of colonial power. Elizabeth Dillenburg is an Assistant Professor of History at The Ohio State UniversityNicholas Breyfogle (Moderator) is a Professor of History and Director of the Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching at The Ohio State University via Zoom America/New_York public
 
Join Elizabeth Dillenburg as she traces the interconnected histories of girlhood, whiteness, and British colonialism in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries through the study of the Girls’ Friendly Society. Her talk—that draws from her new book Empire's daughters: Girlhood, whiteness, and the colonial project–explores the ways in which girls participated in the empire as migrants, settlers, laborers, and creators of colonial knowledge and also how they resisted these prescribed roles and challenged systems of colonial power.
 
Elizabeth Dillenburg is an Assistant Professor of History at The Ohio State University
Nicholas Breyfogle (Moderator) is a Professor of History and Director of the Goldberg Center for Excellence in Teaching at The Ohio State University

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