The Center for “Race,” Culture and Social Justice COLLOQUIA SERIES
A Conversation with Dean J. Guarnaschelli, PhD
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature, Languages, and Linguistics
Hofstra University
Tropical “Hygge”
In 1892, young Ariel “Della” Hottel from Virginia worked as a nanny in the former Danish West Indies (U.S. Virgin Islands). While living with American Consul William F. Moore and his family, Della wrote letters back home. This presentation describes Della’s experience as a female foreign worker on St. Croix in the years between the emancipation of its enslaved population and its post-colonial phase. Her perspective widens the niche of women employed in Caribbean colonial settings, an area of history long obscured by national narratives romanticizing the past.
Dr. Dean Guarnaschelli teaches German language and culture at Hofstra University and has almost 30 years of full-time teaching in the NYS public schools.
Wednesday, September 18, 2024
1-2:25 p.m. (Common Hour) Room 203 Roosevelt Hall, South Campus