Past Events
Young, Gifted, and Diverse: Origins of the New Black Elite
A Book Talk with Professor Camille Z. Charles
Be sure to join us and our own Camille Z. Charles for a very special Book Talk!
Camille Z. Charles is Walter H. and…
Africa Lecture Series
Defetishizing Material Culture in Museums: Public Education with Vanicléia Silva-Santos
Public educational institutions like museums must correct mistaken views about Africa and Africans. This lecture addresses the history of removing material culture from Africa and the process of naming objects…
African Languages & Culture Day
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Come and experience the beauty and hospitality of African cultures through songs, skits, dance, poems and delicious cuisine!
No registration needed.
10th Annual Graduate Student Symposium
Exploring Africana Methods (Moderated by Grace Sanders Johnson)
Join us for our 10th Annual Graduate Student Symposium!
Symposium Title: Exploring Africana Methods
Meet the Speakers:
Celina Davidson de Sà, Ph.D.…
2nd Annual Distinguished Lecture in African Studies
featuring His Excellency Dr. Mokgweetsi E. K. Masisi
VIRTUAL SEATING ONLY NOW AVAILABLE - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2nd-annual-distinguished-…
The Inaugural W.E.B. Du Bois Lecture in Public Social Science
A Conversation Dr.Brent Staples. Moderated by Dr.Tukufu Zuberi
The Inaugural W.E.B. Lecture in Public Social Science: A Conversation with Dr. Brent Staples, New York Times. Moderated by Dr. Tukufu Zuberi,…
Black Reconstructions: Archival Assembly and Histories of American Education
A Book Talk with Dr. Jarvis R. Givens
Jarvis R. Givens is an associate professor of education and African & African American studies at Harvard University. He is the author of Fugitive Pedagogy: Carter G. Woodson and the Art of…
Beyond America’s Racial Fault Line – A dialogue with Ben Jealous
A conversation about his new book "Never Forget Our People Were Always Free: A Parable of American Healing"
Ben Jealous has spent his professional life at the nexus of social change, media, and emerging technologies.
He is a former Democratic Nominee for Governor of Maryland, former National President & CEO of…
MLK Jr. Lecture in Social Justice
Featuring Nikole Hannah-Jones
NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES is the Pulitzer Prize-winning creator of the 1619 Project and a staff writer at The New York Times Magazine. The book version of The 1619 Project was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller.…
Tara Bynum Book Launch
Tara A. Bynum is an assistant professor of English and African American Studies at the University of Iowa and a Barra Sabbatical Fellow at the McNeil Center for Early American Studies.
Book…