Ashleigh DeosaranContemporary Haitian Art: Marilyn Houlberg’s Chicago StudioMarilyn Houlberg was born and raised in Chicago and educated in anthropology at the University of Chicago and the University of London…4 min read·Dec 12, 2020----
Ashleigh DeosaraninLessons from HistoryHaiti Captured: Chicago’s Print Coverage of U.S. Occupation (1915–1935)The images of Haiti in Chicago that proliferated in print media from the 1910s to the 1930s hinged on U.S. military occupation and its…11 min read·Dec 12, 2020----
Ashleigh DeosaranHaiti & The Chicago Renaissance (1930–1955)The Chicago Renaissance — a time of prolific musical, artistic, scholarly, and literary creation in the Black community of Chicago, whose…7 min read·Dec 11, 2020----
Ashleigh DeosaranImperial Imaginings: The Zombie Trope in U.S. Popular Culture (1925–1945)Haitian Vodou and the Zombie during and after the U.S. Occupation7 min read·Dec 11, 2020----
Ashleigh DeosaranGlimpses of Haiti: An IntroductionRe-representing Representation5 min read·Dec 11, 2020----