Past Events




Faculty Colloquium: Vaughn Booker

Feb 15, 2022 at -

From the Back of the Church: Irreverent Religion in African American History



21st Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture in Social Justice

ft. Alexis McGill Johnson w/ Dorothy Roberts
Jan 25, 2022 at -

Join us for our 21st Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lecture in Social Justice featuring Alexis McGill Johnson, President and CEO of Planned Parenthood Federation of America and the…



Africa Lecture Series ft. Ebenezer Babatunde Obadare

Dec 7, 2021 at -

From Man of Letters to Man of God: The Social Origins of Clerical Authority in Nigeria 

Ebenezer Babatunde Obadare, Professor of Sociology, University of Kansas; Research Fellow,…



Africa Lecture Series ft. Cheikh Anta Babou

Africa Lecture Series
Nov 17, 2021 at -

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"The Muridiyya on the Move: Islam, Migration, and Place Making…



New Directions in Afro-Latinx Studies Series

ft. Paul Joseph López Oro
Nov 16, 2021 at -

“Refashioning AfroLatinidad: Garifuna New Yorkers in Diaspora”



Earthen Poetics: The Intersections of Haptics, Mined Materials, and the Black Body

Nov 10, 2021 at -

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Join University of New Mexico Professor of Art and Associate Dean of Equity and Excellence…



BOOK TALK: Traveling Black: Exploring a History of Race and Resistance  

ft.. Mia Bay
Nov 1, 2021 at -

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Traveling Black: Exploring a History of Race…



New Directions in Afro-Latinx Studies Series

ft. Yomaira C. Figueroa-Vásquez
Oct 27, 2021 at -

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Intimacies to Apocalypso: Decolonizing…



Read Until You Understand: The Profound Wisdom of Black Life and Literature

BOOK TALK
Farah Jasmine Griffin
Oct 6, 2021 at -

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Join us for a…



AFRICANA DANTES 2021

Creative Responses to the Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
Sep 30, 2021 at -

hosted by: Herman Beavers (Professor of English & African Studies, Director of Civic House), with general introduction by David Wallace (Center for Italian Studies)