Dr. Robin Mitchell is an adept lecturer and speaker, having participated in invited virtual class discussions, university speaking engagements, keynotes, commencements, and conferences on a variety of topics. Some of these include topics on modern France; nineteenth-century African American history; the African Diaspora; race, gender, and sexuality studies; and diversity in higher education.
Invited Virtual Presentations
University of Virginia, April 4, 2024
Clark University, March 21, 2023, March 19th 2024
John Hopkin’s University, February 7, 2023
Washington and Lee University, October 1, 2021, March 2, 2022, February 1, 2023, October 2, 2023
Wake Forest University, April 27, 2022
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, April 8, 2022
Princeton University, February 15, 2021
University of Cambridge, March 15, 2021
Oxford University, May 11, & January 29, 2021
University of California, Berkeley, History Department Commencement, May 18, 2021
Georgetown University, September 18, 2021
University of Georgia, November 8, 2021
Duke University, August 28, 2020
Harvard University, September 16, 2020
Get in touch to schedule a presentation for your institution.
Interviews
BBC’s Free Thinking
New Books in French Studies
Robin Mitchell, Vénus Noire: Black Women and Colonial Fantasies in Nineteenth-Century France
Betwixt The Sheets: The History of Sex, Scandal, & Society
The French History Podcast
Black Venus: African Women in 19th Century France with Dr. Robin Mitchell