Abolition :: Fascism 

Robyn Maynard is an author and scholar based in Toronto, where she holds the position of Assistant Professor of Black Feminisms in Canada at the University of Toronto-Scarborough in the Department of Historical and Cultural Studies. Her writing on borders, policing, abolition and Black feminism is taught widely in universities across Canada, the United States and Europe.

Hosted by the Black Studies Summer Seminar. The Black Studies Summer Seminar is a one-week, on-campus, research-intensive seminar that explores various themes in or connected to Black studies. It honours the field’s radical interdisciplinarity by centering collaboration, co-creation, and experiential learning. It brings together Black artists and scholars at the intersection of imagination and academic trajectories, necessitating alternative modalities of knowledge production and the intramural.

This year’s Black Studies Summer Seminar will take place in Kingston, Ontario, from June 9-13, 2025, featuring workshops, seminars, keynote lectures, and dedicated spaces for critical discussion, meaningful engagement, and gathering.