The Inaugural Dr Joyce Mitchell Cook Memorial Lecture
At this event, we will celebrate the life and career of trailblazing St Hilda’s alumna, Dr Joyce Mitchell Cook, the first African American woman to achieve a PhD in Philosophy in the USA.
We are delighted to welcome our first speaker of the series, Professor Anita L. Allen, JD., PhD, the Henry R Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.
This will be an online event followed by panel discussion with recent graduates and audience Q&A, chaired by Dr Anita Avramides.

Tickets are £5 (free for current students). All proceeds will go to the Joyce Mitchell Cook Memorial fund
Date: 26 May 2021, 18:00 (Wednesday, 5th week, Trinity 2021)
Venue: St Hilda's College, Cowley Place OX4 1DY
Venue Details: online
Speaker: Professor Anita L. Allen, JD., PhD (University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School)
Organising department: St Hilda's College
Organiser: St Hilda's College
Organiser contact email address: development.office@st-hildas.ox.ac.uk
Host: St Hilda's College
Booking required?: Required
Booking url: https://www.st-hildas.ox.ac.uk/content/inaugural-dr-joyce-mitchell-cook-memorial-lecture
Cost: Tickets are £5 (free for current University of Oxford students).
Audience: Public
Editor: Claire Harvey