In this very special event, in partnership with the McCord Stewart Museum and CBC Ideas, renowned historian Dr. Tiya Miles will give a talk in celebration of her 2022 winning book All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake, which traces the life of a single rough cotton bag handed down through three generations of Black women to craft an extraordinary testament to people who are left out of the archives. Dr. Miles unearths these women’s faint presence in archival records to follow the paths of their lives—and the lives of so many women like them—creating a singular and revelatory history of the experience of slavery and the uncertain freedom afterward, which serves as a visionary illustration of how to reconstruct and recount their stories today.
Dr. Miles will be introduced by , Head of Collections and Research Curator of at the McCord Stewart Museum, who will explore how Dr. Miles’ work breaks ground for research that centres textiles within decolonizing narratives and inspires future directions for material culture studies.
In the second half of the evening, Nahlah Ayed, host of CBC’s Ideas, will carry out an interview with Dr. Miles for later broadcast on the program, drawing on Dr. Miles’ earlier talk and exploring her work since winning the 2022 .
The free event, presented on Wednesday, April 3, 2024, at 6 p.m, at theĚýBibliothèque et Archives nationales du QuĂ©bec (BANQ), 475 boul. de Maisonneuve East, Montreal.
Doors open at 5:30 p.m. Please arrive 15 minutes ahead to secure your seat. Discussion in English, simultaneous translation in French will be available.
Duration: 90 minutes
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