Hollis Robbins, 'Robert Hayden: A Study of Poetic Influences'

Poster

Date and Time

September 17, 2025
12:00PM - 01:30PM EDT

Location

Hiphop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center

In-person and livestreaming at youtube.com/hutchinscenter

Hollis Robbins is Special Advisor for Humanities at the University of Utah. 

In residence as a Hutchins Family Foundation Fellow for the 2025-2026 academic year, Robbins will be completing three book projects: Robert Hayden, a study of poetic influences; Black Sonnets, the first anthology of African American sonnets; and Hannah Crafts: Discovered! New Scholarship on The Bondwoman’s Narrative, an anthology of scholarship on Hannah Crafts.

Part of the W. E. B. Du Bois Research Institute Weekly Colloquium Series

Colloquia are held Wednesdays at Noon, September 10 - November 19 (excluding November 5), in the Hiphop Archive & Research Institute at the Hutchins Center