Emily Burrill
- Associate Professor of History, University of Virginia
- Karsh Institute’s John L. Nau III History and Principles of Democracy Lab, University of Virginia
- Co-Host, Democracy in Danger, Karsh Institute of Democracy, University of Virginia
Emily Burrill is a historian of modern West Africa, focusing on gender, law, and contemporary human rights. She is the author of States of Marriage: Gender, Justice, and Rights in Colonial Mali and co-editor of Legislating Gender and Sexuality in Africa: Human Rights, Society, and the State and Domestic Violence and the Law in Colonial and Postcolonial Africa. Burrill co-edits the books series Democratic Ideals in Global Perspective at UVA Press with Jacqueline Arthur-Montaigne and is the guest co-host of the podcast Democracy in Danger.
Events
Democracy Across Cultures
Jacqueline Arthur-Montagne, Emily Burrill, Christopher Carter, Oludamini Ogunnaike, Kristina Richardson, Jhanisse Vaca-Daza
How are practices and concepts related to democracy articulated in different cultural contexts? Faculty members gather to discuss three specific examples: the classical ancient world, indigenous Latin America, and Islamic societies.
Women in Print and on Film: 50 Years of Feminism at Home and Abroad
Emily Burrill, Samhita Sunya, Siva Vaidhyanathan, Jennifer Weiss-Wolf
Jennifer Weiss-Wolf of "Ms." magazine and UVA cinema expert Samhita Sunya join a live recording of the Karsh Institute’s "Democracy in Danger" podcast. Weiss-Wolf’s work is featured in the new book "50 Years of Ms." Sunya studies film, feminism, and gender dynamics in South Asia and the Middle East.