MCL and CS Faculty and Grad Student Forum #13
Re-imagining Return
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 1:30 PM EDT
Horizon Hall, 5225
Re-imagining Return
Speaker: Régine Romain (Cultural Studies)
Date: March 18, Wednesday
Time: 1:30 pm to 3:00 pm
Location: Horizon 5225 (Hybrid)
Zoom Meeting ID: 997 0708 0724
“Re-imagining Return” explores how memory, narrative, and digital media shape diasporic imaginaries of belonging across the Black Atlantic, framing “return” as both a spiritual and political act of repair, reclamation, and renewed dialogue. Grounded in decolonizing and reciprocal creative praxis, it draws on mixed-media storytelling from the WaWaWa Diaspora Centre to position return journeys as reconstructive sites of transnational connection and Pan-African futures.
About the Speaker:
Régine Romain is a multilingual Haitian-American artist, educator, author, and PhD student in Cultural Studies, whose community-based, mixed-media practice centers healing, reparative justice, and participatory learning around race, representation, and culture. In 2016, she founded the WaWaWa Diaspora Centre in Benin to advance cultural innovation, reconciliation, and healing for descendants of the Transatlantic Slave Trade through a global network of programs and creative initiatives.
