{"id":16488,"date":"2026-11-02T09:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T14:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/?p=16488"},"modified":"2026-11-02T09:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T14:04:09","slug":"lisbon-paris-maymester-27-info-sessions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/lisbon-paris-maymester-27-info-sessions\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisbon &amp; Paris Maymester &#8217;27 Info Sessions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Explore the culture, history, and identity of Lisbon and Paris with Drs. Eva Michelle Wheeler and Alioune Fall this Maymester 2027! Info Sessions on Monday, November 2nd and Wednesday, November 11th from 5-6pm in Moore Hall 118. *Fulfills Diversity Proficiency*<br>This program explores the long-existing presence of people of African descent on the European continent. Students will investigate how pivotal moments of French and Portuguese history have shaped contemporary understandings of Blackness in western Europe. An interdisciplinary focus on the history, experiences, and presence of people of African descent in these countries will help us understand how language, race, and identity reveal complex iterations of Blackness in Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Contact Dr. Wheeler (ewheele4@providence.edu) or Dr. Fall (afall1@providence.edu) with questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"791\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/11\/LisbonPortugal2027-791x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Maymester 2027 flyer, Lisbon and Paris, Department of Black Studies\n\" class=\"wp-image-16489\" srcset=\"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/11\/LisbonPortugal2027-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/11\/LisbonPortugal2027-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/11\/LisbonPortugal2027-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/11\/LisbonPortugal2027-1187x1536.jpg 1187w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/11\/LisbonPortugal2027-1583x2048.jpg 1583w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/11\/LisbonPortugal2027-1568x2029.jpg 1568w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/11\/LisbonPortugal2027-1320x1708.jpg 1320w, https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/11\/LisbonPortugal2027.jpg 1700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 791px) 100vw, 791px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Explore the culture, history, and identity of Lisbon and Paris with Drs. Eva Michelle Wheeler and Alioune Fall this Maymester 2027! Info Sessions on Monday, November 2nd and Wednesday, November 11th from 5-6pm in Moore Hall 118.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,15,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-of-2028-news-information","category-class-of-2029-news-information","category-class-of-2030-news-information","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16488"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16488\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16490,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16488\/revisions\/16490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/friarwire.providence.edu\/morning-mail\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}