Rosemarie H. Peña holds a PhD in Childhood Studies from Rutgers University-Camden where she also earned her MA in Childhood Studies and BAs in German and Psychology. She identifies as a dual heritage Black (Senegalese) German American transnational adoptee and is the founder and president of the Black German Heritage and Research Association (BGHRA).

In her keynote, Rosemarie Peña will discuss the role of the Black German Heritage and Research Association (BGHRA) with respect to Black German family and community reunification, and the expansion of Black German Studies in the U.S. as an interdisciplinary field of academic research.

Please register for the keynote lecture using the booking form by Tuesday 3rd November. Once registration has closed, you will be sent a link to join the virtual keynote.

The full programme for the Women in German Studies UK & Ireland Conference has now been published: https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/modernlanguages/academic/ks/womeningermanstudies.

Due to the online format, the conference will be free to attend for paid-up members. In support of our PG and precarious colleagues, we invite you to make a donation to the WIGS account (please use the word “donation” in the payment reference). This money will go towards supporting future conference attendance, travel grants and emergency hardship funds for PGRs, ECRs, and members on precarious contracts. To join WIGS or to find out the details of the bank account, please contact Sarah Pogoda.

The conference will take place via MS Teams. All paid-up members are invited to participate. Links for the meetings will be shared on WIGS-FORUM@JISCMAIL.AC.UK in the week before the conference. Please contact K.Stone@warwick.ac.uk if you have any questions.