Zachery Williams to Speak at Opening Africana Studies Seminar Sept. 12

Zachery Williams

WOOSTER, Ohio - Zachery Williams, assistant professor of history at the University of Akron, will present "What's Masculinity Got to do with It?" at the first Africana Studies Seminar of the fall semester on Tuesday, Sept. 12, at The College of Wooster. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held in Room 119 of Lowry Center (1189 Beall Ave.) beginning at 11 a.m.

Williams, who specializes in African American and United States history, is an expert in African Diaspora and its connection to Pan African Studies. He has also studied the history of black men, black theology, black nationalism, hip-hop culture, and black public intellectuals and activists. His forthcoming book, Soul Brother: Historical Essays in Black Men's Studies, will be published by Carolina Academic Press.

A graduate of Bowling Green State University, where he earned his Ph.D. in history, Williams teaches undergraduate- and graduate-level courses in African American history at Akron. He is also a member of Akron's Pan African Studies Advisory Committee and executive director of the Africana Cultures and Policy Studies Institute, a non-profit policy research organization that examines the link between African history and cultures and policy analysis. In addition, he is a Christian minister, who has served in the Baptist and African Methodist Episcopal denominations.

The Africana Studies Seminars are designed to explore topics that are pertinent to the black community. For additional information, please call 330-263-2044.