Prize-winning historian Tiya Miles will present “Eco-Consciousness in the Lives of Enslaved Black Women” at Boston College on October 8 at 7 p.m. in Gasson 100. Miles is the author of eight books, including the highly acclaimed All That She Carried: The Journey of Ashley’s Sack, a Black Family Keepsake, a bestseller that won 11 historical and literary prizes, including the Cundill History Prize, the Frederick Douglass Prize, and a National Book Award. Her latest book is the biography Night Flyer: Harriet Tubman and the Faith Dreams of a Free People. Her work primarily explores the intersections of African American, Native American, and women’s histories in the context of place. She has published essays and reviews in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, The Atlantic, The New York Review of Books, and other publications. A MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Award recipient, Miles is the Michael Garvey Professor of History and Radcliffe Alumnae Professor at Harvard University. Her lecture is presented by the Lowell Humanities and cosponsored by the History Department, American Studies, African and African Diaspora Studies, Women’s Studies, Environmental Studies, the Boisi Center for Religion and American Public Life, and the Forum for Racial Justice in America. The event is free and open to the public, but registration is required.